3 posts and columns on Bill Kreher

Investors to Sun: We've Got Another Place for You to Put the Dot You Put in Dot-com

in News on April 7, 2009 at 10:28 am PT

The market today continues to have its say on Sun’s rejection of IBM’s acquisition offer. The consensus: IBM threw Sun a rope and the company used it to make a noose. Shares of Sun–which fell nearly 27 percent Monday following the collapse this weekend of merger talks with IBM–are slipping again today on fears that the company has bollixed up what may have been its only chance at salvation.
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Investors to Sun: We’ve Got Another Place for You to Put the Dot You Put in Dot-com

in News on April 7, 2009 at 10:28 am PT

The market today continues to have its say on Sun’s rejection of IBM’s acquisition offer. The consensus: IBM threw Sun a rope and the company used it to make a noose. Shares of Sun–which fell nearly 27 percent Monday following the collapse this weekend of merger talks with IBM–are slipping again today on fears that the company has bollixed up what may have been its only chance at salvation.
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Street Unimpressed by Dell Depressiron

in News on September 16, 2008 at 3:00 pm PT

If Dell sees “further softening” in global demand for its products it’s going to need stilts to keep from sagging below water level. Shares in the company fell to their lowest point in seven years Tuesday after Dell warned of a slowdown in investment technology spending in the U.S. and abroad.