HP Analysts Like Losing Léo, Not Sold on Whitman as CEO

Analysts covering HP all seem united in their approval of its apparent move to oust CEO Léo Apotheker. They’re a lot less enthusiastic about his replacement.
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Japan Quake Roundup: Some Companies More Disrupted Than Others

Assessments of the disruptions that companies around the world are expecting as a result of the earthquake in Japan are still emerging nearly a week after the initial event. One thing that’s clear is that some companies will be worse off than others.

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Telcos: Wireless Sub Growth Slowing Rapidly, Analyst Says

It may be hard to imagine given how much attention the market pays to the mobile phone market, but the subscriber growth rate in the U.S. wireless industry is rapidly grinding towards zero. Collins Stewart telecom analyst Greg Miller this morning noted that the industry “continues to slow at a surprisingly fast rate.”

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Analyst: Swap Comcast for Time Warner

Collins Stewart analyst Thomas Eagan thinks you may be swapping your Comcast shares for Time Warner Cable sometime soon. In a note to clients this morning, Eagan writes that investors may rotate out of Comcast if the company decides to invest $12 billion to $14 billion for a stake in GE’s NBC-Universal, as rumored.

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Palm Reportedly Cuts Pre Production Plans

The best days for the Palm Pre may already have past. That was the implication of the Sell call on the stock this morning from Morgan Joseph – and the same theme can be found in a similarly bearish note this morning from Collins Stewart analyst Ashok Kumar.

Intel Blows Doors Off Estimates

If Intel’s latest earnings are truly an indication of how the tech industry is holding up in the econalypse, then the tech industry isn’t doing too badly (though, obviously, it has seen better days). After market close Tuesday, the chip behemoth posted second-quarter results far in excess of expectations.
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Intel Blows Doors Off Estimates

If Intel’s latest earnings are truly an indication of how the tech industry is holding up in the econalypse, then the tech industry isn’t doing too badly (though, obviously, it has seen better days). After market close Tuesday, the chip behemoth posted second-quarter results far in excess of expectations.
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The YHOO-MSFT Crap Shoot

On stage at our All Things Digital conference last month, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said that a search deal with Microsoft would require a “boatload of money,” and an outright acquisition even more. It doesn’t require a great feat of augury to see that an agreement between the two–at least at this time–isn’t that likely, as a number of analysts have recently noted.
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Apple: Collins Stewart Upgrades; BMO Capital Ups Target

Collins Stewart analyst Ashok Kumar this morning upped his rating on Apple to Buy from Hold, setting a $170 price target. Kumar contends that Apple will gain share in the smart phone segment from both Research In Motion and Microsof Windows Mobile. He also writes that Google Android is “positioned to be a winner” in the sector.

Analyst: "The Pre Is DOA"

Analyst: “The Pre Is DOA”

Analyst: The Great Dark Times Cometh!