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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
A downgrade of Lenovo bodes ill for HP and Dell	Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Forecasts, Bad news, Apple Inc (AAPL), Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), ChinaJP Morgan downgraded big China-based PC maker Lenovo. According to Reuters, the brokerage cut Lenovo "to neutral from overweight due to a near-term slowdown in revenue growth from weak China demand and a slower ramp-up of the U.S. consumer business." That is not exactly good news for U.S. PC companies Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) that already appea...	July 22, 2008
EDS shareholders want to postpone acquisition by Hewlett-Packard	Filed under: Deals, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Electronic Data Systems (EDS)Shareholders of EDS Corp. (NYSE: EDS) are starting to fidget in their collective seats now that the a shareholder meeting between the company and suitor Hewlett-Packard Corp. (NYSE: HPQ) is scheduled for July 31st. The delay is being brought on by a contingent of shareholders that believes the price H-P will be paying for EDS is, of course, too low.The shareholders claim that the $25 per share price is too low in addition to...	July 22, 2008
Spokesperson fiasco #12: The Dell Dude does drugs	Filed under: Dell (DELL), Marketing and advertisingThis post is part of a series on celebrity spokespeople who ended up doing serious harm to the brands they were hired to promote, or vice versa. See how we rank the 20 top spokesperson fiascos. When Ben Curtis first hit the TV advertisement airwaves, I couldn't decide whether I was enchanted or annoyed. Personal computers were all the rage and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) was the sweetest apple on the PC tree. When the "Dell Dude" enthusiastically told ...	July 19, 2008
Apple (AAPL): A Hard Ride Ahead	All the news from Apple (AAPL) is good. Recent Gartner and IDC data show the Mac outselling PC products from Dell (DELL) and HP (HPQ). The iPhone sold one... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	July 19, 2008
Back to School Stocks	Last year, I wrote an article about the various publicly traded colleges and universities. However, there are other ways to play the education market. Most high schools and colleges are starting their fall session in August and September so maybe it is worth taking a closer look at back to school stocks. One of the biggest expenses is a computer, with the primary choices being either an Apple (AAPL) MacBook laptop or a Dell (DELL) laptop. The primary choice for printers is the Hewlett Packard (H...	July 17, 2008
Intel Reportedly Hit By Push-outs From Notebook Makers	Intel (INTC) may suffer the consequences of order push-outs from some Taiwan-based motherboard companies and notebook makers, according to Jefferies semi analyst John Lau. Lau today repeated his Buy rating on the stock, but cut his price target to $26 from $28. Lau trimmed his September quarter EPS estimate to 34 cents from 35 cents, cutting the December quarter to 40 cents from 41 cents. For the year, he now sees $1.24, down from $1.26. For 2009, his new forecast is $1.54, down from $1.56. Lau...	July 14, 2008
Starbucks' Howard Schultz: Wake up, you're closing the wrong stores!	Filed under: Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, Starbucks (SBUX) Starbucks' (NASDAQ: SBUX) Howard Schultz came back to the CEO role in late 2007 to hopefully rescue the once great concept he has so passionately developed since the 1980s. Fair enough. Could this be the second coming of Steve Jobs of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) or would it resemble the mediocre return of Michael Dell of Dell (NASDAQ: DELL)? The jury is out and time will tell. For now, I have one major bone to pick. Howard, let'...	July 14, 2008
Short Interest Spike in Key Tech Stocks (INTC, CSCO, LVLT, DELL, YHOO)	The NASDAQ Short Interest is out again and we are seeing some trends cropping up in many key tech names shares sold short in a number of tech and telecom companies rose from the prior June report: The short interest in Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) was up 27.4 million to 89.1 million. The short interest in Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) was higher by 7.7 million to 72.6 million. The short interest in Level 3 (NASDAQ: LVLT) rose 7.6 million to 244.2 million. The short interest in Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) was up...	July 11, 2008
Closing bell: markets flip-flop and financials dive again	Filed under: After the bell, Dell (DELL), General Electric (GE), Wal-Mart (WMT), Intel (INTC), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Wachovia Corp (WB), Lehman Br Holdings (LEH)At the close, most of the indexes had done OK DJIA: 11,229.58 up .75% S&P 500 : 1,253.52 up .71% NASDAQ: 2,257.85 up 1..03% And, of course, the 52-Week Low Club Most of the market did relatively well, but shares in big financials could not be saved, even by reassurances from the Treasury Secretary himself. Comments...	July 10, 2008
Avocent Corporation (AVCT): Shares define bullish 'pennant' pattern	Filed under: Good news, Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), International Business Machines (IBM), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyAvocent Corporation (NASDAQ: AVCT) makes connectivity and management products for information technology (IT) infrastructure. Offerings include analog and digital keyboard, video, and mouse switching systems; serial connectivity devices; various extensions; and remote access devices. These allow IT administrators to manage servers, serially controlled devices, wirel...	July 10, 2008

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