Friday, November 20th, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘ ORCL ’

Oracle’s Future Clouded by Sun Takeover Complications

Sep 18th, 2009 | By Jason Simpkins | Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing

Despite earlier this week announcing disappointing first-quarter results, Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) says it expects its second quarter will be stronger. However, many analysts are skeptical, as the company’s attempted takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: JAVA) has not gone as smoothly as planned.



Investment News Briefs Friday, September 4, 2009

Sep 4th, 2009 | By Money Morning Staff | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

ECB Holds Rates at 1%; Shanghai Soars; Oracle-Sun Deal Faces European Probe; Dainippon Agrees to Buy Sepracor; South Korea 2Q GDP Moves 2.6%; OECD Says Global Recession May Be Over; Vale Restarting Idled Iron Ore Mines; Cerberus: No Withdrawals for 3 Years; Gold Nears $1,000 Mark



The Seven Myths of U.S. Healthcare Reform

Jul 29th, 2009 | By Justice Litle | Category: Featured, Politics & Economics

When it comes to healthcare reform, people believe some very strange things. Or so says Cliff Asness, founder of AQR Capital Management. Today, the seven biggest “myths” are exposed…



Investment News Briefs Friday, July 17, 2009

Jul 17th, 2009 | By Money Morning Staff | Category: Financial News

Google Revenues, Profits Rise; IBM’s Bumps Margins; Foreclosures Up as Well as Single-Family Homebuilder Confidence; Initial Unemployment Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since January; Sun Shareholders Approve Oracle Merger



Will Week of Controversy Undermine Financial System Overhaul That Calls for Broad Expansion of Central Bank’s Power?

Jun 29th, 2009 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News

Documents brought to light by key by congressional investigators hightlight real disagreement between top-level U.S. Federal Reserve officials about how it should address the Bank of America Corp.(NYSE:BAC) acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. are almost certain to fuel the ongoing congressional debate over the central bank’s push to expand its authority over the U.S. financial system.



Tech Shares Boosted by Oracle’s Results

Jun 24th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

U.S. stocks gained today after software maker Oracle’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) results beat expectations and durable goods orders jumped unexpectedly, giving more hope that the economy is rebounding.



Will Housing Continue Its Uptick? GDP Could Scare The Market on Thursday

Jun 22nd, 2009 | By Christian Hill | Category: Financial News, Real Estate Investments

No real surprise here, Existing Homes Sales are expected to increase. It should be a combination of two factors, too-good-to-pass-up deals on foreclosed homes, and families moving to new school districts over the summer to avoid switching schools mid-year.



Insider Buying: The Best Buy Signal You Can Get

May 11th, 2009 | By Alexander Wissel | Category: Featured

Did you miss the perfect insider buying opportunity? You might have.  Over the past two months stocks have climbed almost 40%. After hitting historical lows – and being completely oversold – the markets have been clawing their way back up, week by week.



Takeover Targets: 3 Steps to Finding Them & 3 Stocks for Any Portfolio

May 6th, 2009 | By Louis Basenese | Category: Stock Market Investing

I promise. Alexander Green and I are not in cahoots about the coming boom in corporate takeovers… We both researched the possibility separately. Unprompted, I might add. And yet, armed with different evidence, we arrived at the same conclusion. If you ask me, such a convergence of analysis in a narrow space of time shouldn’t be ignored. So today, let’s move on from why a takeover boom is imminent and focus exclusively on three takeover targets you can profit from…



What to Buy…or Not Buy

May 5th, 2009 | By Marc Faber | Category: Stock Market Investing

From the tidal wave of e-mails and comments I have received from numerous different sources I am under the impression that most investors view the recent rally in the world’s stock markets as a bear market rally. I suppose we would need to define a bear market rally as a rally that fails to make a new all-time high (for the S&P 500, above the 1576 reached in October 2007) and is also followed by a new low for this cycle (below 666 for the S&P 500 reached in early March 2009).