by Tiernan Ray, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily
The cut-rate prepaid cellular market, though representing fully a third of the growth in wireless in the U.S., is not always a comfortable place to be, as evidenced by the results today from Metro PCS, the discount prepaid cellular operator whose stock was cut by a third after disappointing Q2 earnings.
by Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily
It’s a nice day for the solar sector, which is getting a boost from a flurry of analyst comments following the recently completed Intersolar trade show in Munich.
“By the end of Intersolar, we sensed growing, albeit cautious optimism,” Cowen’s Robert Stone writes in a research note this morning.
by Tiernan Ray, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily
Citing ComScore data from last night’s search engine results for November, Thomas Weisel analyst Christa Quarles concludes that “Google continues to gain audience market share from its competitors and dominates the rankings globally while both Yahoo! and Microsoft continue on a downward trend.”
by Tiernan Ray, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily
In a report today, while chopping estimates slightly for Yahoo, Thomas Weisel analyst Christa Quarles takes a look at “2009 Potential Catalysts” for Yahoo shares–revolving, of course, around the matter of a potential deal to sell Yahoo assets to Microsoft.
by Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily
Dell shares are down today after a disappointing Black Friday weekend at Best Buy stores. A survey of 35 PC experts indicates that salespeople prefer HP to Dell by a margin of 5 to 1, and that Dell is the only brand at Best Buy with negative comments–pointing to potential quality issues.
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