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5 Things to Watch This Week: Schools, Sex, Seeds and FedEx
7:00AM 1/01/2012
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Investing, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Federal Express, Stocks in the News, Streetwise
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.
SAP's New Businesses Could Help It Grow
4:30PM 8/03/2011
Technology, Investing, Microsoft, Oracle, salesforce.com, SAP, Investment
Trefis has raised its expectations for SAP's stock price based on some of the German enterprise-software company's new businesses.
Greece is in debt, in trouble, and its people are rebelling against austerity measures. But it's not without resources: What could the government in Athens get if it leased the Parthenon? Or naming rights to the Acropolis? Sacrilege, perhaps -- but when you really need the money...
IBM Capitalizes on a Need to Make Cities Smarter
8:30AM 6/15/2011
Last week, IBM announced its Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities, aimed at providing in one easy package a software platform for cities to use in monitoring and managing city resources. Trefis sees this as a potentially huge boost IBM's lucrative middleware business.
The Best Corporate Citizens in Financial Performance
3:00PM 4/18/2011
Economy, Investing, Oracle, Starbucks, TJX, Stock Picks, Stocks in the News, Market News, Investment
Everybody wants to support good corporate citizens and everybody wants high returns on their investments, but is it possible to combine the two? This list of good companies with good returns suggests that it is!
Week in Preview: Discover, Oracle and Tiffany Earnings
8:00AM 3/20/2011
Economy, Investing, Earnings, Oracle, Tiffany & Co, Stocks in the News
Oracle, Discover and Tiffany are all expected to report year-over-year growth for their most recent quarters this week. Meanwhile, many will be looking for an updated snapshot of the housing market, with three sets of real-estate data coming out.
Here's the Next Company Buffett Should Buy
1:35PM 3/02/2011
Warren Buffett recently said he was anxious to pull the trigger on another large deal. Sheldon Liber, who correctly predicted some of Buffett's earlier acquisitions, writes about which company Buffett could acquire next. You heard it here first.
Hewlett-Packard to Launch Investigation into Circumstances of Hurd's Departure
9:50AM 1/20/2011
Company News, People, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Biz Brief, Stocks in the News
Hewlett-Packard is planning an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the forced resignation of CEO Mark Hurd last year and the compensation package he received. A shareholder lawsuit claims HP's directors wasted company money by awarding Hurd as much as $53 million in severance.
The gap between America's super-wealthy and the rest of us has grown so vast it's hard to even comprehend the sums they spend on their luxuries. But if you measure, say, a $200 million luxury yacht in terms of the average U.S. family's household income, the picture comes back into focus.
Tech Takeovers: Nine Good Bets for 2011 Stock Gains
10:00AM 1/05/2011
Even after a round of acquisitions in 2010, some big tech companies are still rolling in cash -- and 2011 looks like another promising year for tech mergers. Here's columnist Peter Cohan's list of top tech acquisition targets for 2011.
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