Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits: Opera Software said Thursday it is filing acomplaint against Microsoft (MSFT) in the European Union alleging the softwaregiant is abusing its power and tying Internet Explorer to the Windowsoperating system. Opera also has a beef about Microsoft?s support forWeb standards.Complete Story »
Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: The Nasdaq recently released its month-end November short interest data, and below we highlight the 25 stocks in the Nasdaq 100 with the highest and lowest short interest as a percentage of equity float.Complete Story »
Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits: Technology executives are asking ForresterResearch for advice on whether to add iPhone support to theirenterprise lineup. The answer: Not yet. The iPhone just isn?t anenterprise class device, says Forrester. Complete Story »
Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: Below we highlight the 20 worst and 20 best performing stocks in the S&P 500 since the market close prior to the Fed Day on Tuesday.Complete Story »
EricSavitz(Barron's) submits: Red Hat (RHT) shares are lower Thursday after Bank of America analyst Kirk Maternecut his rating on the stock to Neutral from Buy. His price target goes to $21 from $23.Complete Story »
Eric Savitz(Barron's) submits: Fascinating post today by Henry Blodgeton Silicon Alley Insider asking whether Google (GOOG) will soon force Time Warner (TWX) to take AOL public.Complete Story »
Shares of Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI)andXM Satellite Radio (XMSR) recorded solid gains Thursday after the companies announced three U.S. lawmakers have publicly supported the two companies' merger.Complete Story »
Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: For those unfamiliar with the Dogs of the Dow, it represents the 10 highest yielding stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the investment strategy behind it is simply buying these 10 stocks at the beginning of each year in hopes of outperforming the index as a whole.Complete Story »
Eric Savitz(Barron's) submits: Analysts at both Morgan Stanley and American Technology Research Thursday said that fourth quarter listings growth at eBay(EBAY) is running ahead of expectations. Both firms maintain their bullish posture on the stock.Morgan Stanley?s David Josephrepeated anOverweight rating on the shares, asserting that recent data suggest thecompany is seeing ?strong lifts in listings and conversion rates?aftera weak first half of the December quarter. He says those trends, plus apotential currency benefit of $40 million or more suggest eBay may betracking ahead of their estimates for the quarter of $2.15 billion inrevenue and EPS of 41 cents. He writes that listings and conversionrates seem to be going up together, suggests improving demand at themargin, and initial positive results from changes to the site?s userinterface. Complete Story »
Barry Ritholtzsubmits: The initial read on Retail sales was pretty good: The CommerceDepartment said Retail sales increased by 1.2% over October 2006, andup a huge 6.3% from November 2006.Complete Story »
Shares of both Qualcomm (QCOM)and Nokia (NOK)were lower Thursday after an administrative law judge released his initial determination [ID] in a patent infringement case filed by Qualcomm against Nokia in June 2006 with the International Trade Commission [ITC] in favor of Nokia.Complete Story »
Networking gear maker Ciena (CIEN)reported Thursday a more than doubling of fiscal Q4 net income to $30.4 million, or $0.30/share, with adjusted EPS of $0.48 easily beating Street estimates of $0.42/share. Revenues climbed 35% to $216.2M, compared to analyst expectations of $211.3M.Complete Story »
