5 posts and columns on Cowen & Co.

Cisco Shares Climb as Analysts Give a Tentative Thumbs Up

in News on September 14, 2011 at 9:50 am PT

Analysts are giving a cautious stamp of approval after Cisco Systems reset its growth expectations for the next three years. They also seem to like how Cisco has picked a fight with Juniper.
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Digital Videogame Sales Rally as Physical Revenues Expect More Declines

in Commerce on July 11, 2011 at 12:06 pm PT

Consumer spending on digital games, such as mobile, social and downloads, still falls short of more traditional formats, like PC and console games, but the gap is beginning to narrow.
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Fiber-Optic Networks Regain Some Glow

in News on December 29, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

After the telecom bubble burst a decade ago, fiber was a dirty word. Now, the fiber-optic network business is enjoying a resurgence, particularly for metro fiber, the high-capacity lines that connect a city’s office buildings, data centers and cellular towers to the Internet.

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"Medal of Honor" Not a Big Winner

in News on October 12, 2010 at 1:38 pm PT

“Medal of Honor,” the flagship first-person shooter from Electronic Arts, seems to be suffering more from disappointing reviews on its launch day than it did from the prelaunch controversy surrounding the game’s option to play as a Taliban fighter. EA dodged that bullet by changing the name of the enemy from Taliban to “OpFor,” but there’s no escaping the critics. Cowen & Co. analyst Doug Creutz says that “mixed reviews could impact the title’s legs as it will likely be competitively disadvantaged once Activision releases Call of Duty: Black Ops.” EA’s stock is down 5.3 percent.

Pre Historic: Analysts React to Palm Announcements

in News on January 9, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Palm’s long-suffering investors have apparently drunk themselves silly on Palm Pre Kool-Aid. Shares of the much diminished handset maker climbed almost seven percent to $4.45 Thursday after the company uncrated the device and Web OS, the new platform it will run on. Wall Street seems convinced that the Pre is not a postscipt for Palm, but the beginnings of its rebirth. A historic turning point worthy of a trading bacchanal.