Might Former HP CEO Mark Hurd End Up Running Dell?
Michael Dell's attempt to gain more control over his namesake computer company appears to be turning into a financial tug-of-war.
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5 Things to Watch When the Market Reopens
When the market reopens Tuesday after President's Day, it promises to be a busy week. Get ready for earnings reports from casual dining chains and struggling PC makers, as well as holiday sales figures from the world's largest retailer.
4 Former Growth Giants That Have Turned Into Stock Bargains
Recently, the line between growth stocks and value stocks has gotten a lot blurrier. Many well-known companies that were high-growth for years now find themselves viewed as top picks by value-oriented investors. Let's take a look at four of them.
The 10 Most Hated Companies in America
Botched product launches, plunging stock values, massive layoffs, unhappy workers and poor customer service: These are just some of the woes that can win a business a spot on the 24/7 Wall St. list of the 10 most hated companies in America.
Dispatches from CES 2013: Long Live the Handheld, the PC Is Dead
Walking the floor at the Consumer Electronics Show, you don't see many PCs: Everyone is using tablets. With all the Web just an uttered sentence or touchscreen away, PCs just aren't portable enough, which is why the focus at CES is on devices you'll hold in your hand or control via remote.
Wall Street Watch: Why Aeropostale Is Flying Low This Season
Aeropostale posted better than expected quarterly results after Wednesday's market close, but any good feelings were stamped out when the trendy apparel retailer offered up problematic guidance for the current quarter.
'Liar, Liar,' Says the Buyer: Firm HP Acquired Misled It About Finances
Hewlett-Packard said that British company Autonomy, which, it bought for $10 billion last year, lied about its finances, resulting in a $8.8 billion write-down of the value of the business. But HP is avoiding using the word "fraud" to describe the fictional bookkeeping.
Wall Street Watch: Waiting for All Week for Black Friday Numbers
Investors know that it will be a week of heavy eating and light trading. The market is closed on Thanksgiving, and will close early on Friday. However, it won't be a light week for retail, so the Black Friday and Cyber Monday results will be top of mind for the market-minded.
This Should Be a Good Time for Microsoft. It's Not.
These should be good times for Microsoft. It's going on the offensive ahead of the holiday shopping season, with new PCs, tablets with Windows 8, and smartphones running Windows Phone 8. Unfortunately for Microsoft, the buzz just isn't there.
Wall Street Watch this Week: PC Makers to Parade Paltry Profits
Computer users are starting to think outside of the box, and that's bad news for Dell and Hewlett-Packard. The two PC giants will be reporting this week -- Dell on Tuesday and HP on Wednesday -- but investors aren't holding out for much.
Why Hewlett-Packard Will Never Be Great Again
In the past two years, Hewlett-Packard's world has turned upside-down, thanks to CEO woes, costly acquisitions and a doomed attempt to revive webOS. All those problems cost the tech giant 58% of its market value. But as bad as things appear now, they can always get worse.
What to Watch This Week: Games, PCs, Jewelers, Pandora, and MIB3
Let's go over some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead on Wall Street: Activision Blizzard needs to bounce back; the Men in Black come back; jewelers may love their earnings, but PC sellers probably won't; and we won't know about Pandora until they open the box.
Best Buy Gets Worse: CEO Dunn May Be Done, but His Payday Isn't
Want to make an easy $6.6 million at Best Buy? Find a way to be its next CEO and then have an inappropriate relationship with an employee. Because as Brian Dunn has shown, getting booted for a shady affair won't cost you your big golden parachute.
Dow 13,000: What It Means to You
On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 13,005, the first time it had crossed the 13,000 line since its plummet as the nation sank into the financial crisis almost five years ago. But what is the Dow, anyway? And what are these "points" it's measured in? Allow us to explain...
What to Watch This Week: Seeds, Sex, Schools and FedEx
On Monday, the stock market will take the day off to shake the confetti out of its hair. But on Tuesday, it'll be back to business as usual on Wall Street. Here are some of the items that will shape the first trading week of 2012.