SAP shares are getting a boost this morning from Bernstein Research analysts Mark Moerdler and Rod Bourgeois, who this morning took an in-depth look at the prospects for the German software giant?s HANA in-memory database offering and came away impressed. Bernstein upped their rating on the stock to Outperform from Market Perform, with a new ...

pubblicato il: 13/03/2012 - 18:54

?What goes up must come down? is a saying we all know, understand and often fail to accept. Pundits ferociously apply without dereliction the theory to 's glorious ascension to titan of the S&P. But the brand has kept the public inspired and acquiescent, and it?s got something none of the previous corporate titleholders (, ...

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One of the most famous pieces of investing advice and a piece of advice I still give to my students is Peter Lynch's famous mantra, "Invest in what you know." The idea is that you or I can spot good products and thus promising companies as we go about our daily lives, and we consumers ...

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QE3 may be in the cards before too long, but it probably won't come out of Tuesday's Fed meeting.

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First a camera phone, now an iPad-killer? The dying tech giant might finally make a comeback. It seems like only yesterday I was mocking Nokia (NYSE:??NOK) and making fun of the company?s??Windows Phone 7 handsets. But after the 808 PureView - AKA??Nokia?s first iPhone-killer - made its public debut, it was hard to criticize the ...

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On ??Woman's Day,??Katharine Murphy wrote a piece in Australia's The Age titled The Truth About Sex and Power in Australia. Granted, we have here in Australia a female Prime Minister and two female premiers; but the news on equal political and corporate representation in Australia is not all good. New Parliamentary Library research finds that ...

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Just as it looked like the hometown school district of John Kasich, Ohio governor and inadvertent poster child for Tea Party backlash, would have to eliminate sports because of falling revenues and voters? rejections of property tax hikes, the voters of Westerville, Ohio, on March 6 passed a school levy that allows games, as well ...

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In trading on Tuesday, auto dealerships shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.3%. Leading the group were shares of Midas Group (MDS), up about 27.3% and shares of Travelcenters America (TA) up about 2.5% on the day. Also showing relative strength are construction materials & machinery shares, up on the day ...

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? Last week, my husband and I made a trip down to to my alma mater, the , with our six month old daughter, Ava. It was honestly one of the happiest days of my life, walking through the university grounds, showing my college where I had gained a priceless education, with my baby. As ...

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In trading on Tuesday, defense shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.8%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Alliant Techsystems (ATK), down about 6% and shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) down about 0.6% on the day. Also lagging the market Tuesday are publishing shares, down on the day ...

pubblicato il: 13/03/2012 - 18:54