7 posts and columns on UBS Securities

LinkedIn Aims to Raise $175 Million in IPO, Filing Shows

in Enterprise on January 27, 2011 at 1:41 pm PT

LinkedIn’s filings with the SEC show the social networking site for professionals was profitable in the first nine months of 2010, but says it doesn’t expect to remain so in 2011 as costs rise.

iPhone Undermining Microsoft in Enterprise?

in News on August 7, 2009 at 6:00 am PT

Microsoft best get Windows Mobile 7 to market, and soon, because its delay may be causing the company to lose traction in the enterprise market. In a note to clients Thursday, UBS Securities analyst Maynard Um noted that Apple’s iPhone is making some inroads in the enterprise space and that they’re coming at Microsoft’s expense.
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Baidu: UBS Raises to "Neutral," $380 Price Target

in News on August 4, 2009 at 2:35 am PT

A week and a half after Chinese search engine Baidu beat Q2 sales and profit estimates, and forecast above consensus, UBS Securities analyst Wenlin Li today raised the stock’s rating to “Neutral” from “Sell” and more than doubled its price target on the stock to $380 from $150.

Yahoo to Icahn: Hey, "Irrational" Is Our Middle Name

in News on May 15, 2008 at 4:10 pm PT

If, as Carl Icahn claimed this morning, Yahoo’s board has acted irrationally and lost the faith of shareholders, the Internet company apparently sees no point in acting rationally to regain it. In a letter to the investor-agitator, Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock dismissed Icahn’s threat of a proxy battle nearly as brusquely as it turned away Microsoft.
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Yahoo to Icahn: Hey, “Irrational” Is Our Middle Name

in News on May 15, 2008 at 4:10 pm PT

If, as Carl Icahn claimed this morning, Yahoo’s board has acted irrationally and lost the faith of shareholders, the Internet company apparently sees no point in acting rationally to regain it. In a letter to the investor-agitator, Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock dismissed Icahn’s threat of a proxy battle nearly as brusquely as it turned away Microsoft.
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It's Not So Much a Prediction as a Plea to Get the Damn Thing Over With …

in News on April 14, 2008 at 3:09 pm PT

News that Yahoo’s (YHOO) board of directors failed to reach any decisions after meeting Friday to discuss the company’s response to Microsoft’s (MSFT) bid has some folks wondering if Yahoo’s directors are, you know, … understandably … er … hesitant about merging with AOL (TWX). And it has others suggesting that Microsoft and the Internet [...]

It’s Not So Much a Prediction as a Plea to Get the Damn Thing Over With …

in News on April 14, 2008 at 3:09 pm PT

News that Yahoo’s (YHOO) board of directors failed to reach any decisions after meeting Friday to discuss the company’s response to Microsoft’s (MSFT) bid has some folks wondering if Yahoo’s directors are, you know, … understandably … er … hesitant about merging with AOL (TWX). And it has others suggesting that Microsoft and the Internet [...]