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Spotlight On: Software And Programming

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:14:00 GMT

Spotlight On: Software and Programming The software industry is ever changing and subject to new mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and strategic alliances between vendors. The industry can be fairly described as consisting of tiers. Tier I vendors serve the upper end of the market. Their products are for the Fortune 500, multi-location, and multi-national companies. These companies have complex needs and rely upon ERP systems. The major Tier I players are SAP and Oracle. Tier II vendors focus on companies that are fairly complex and large and require significant work but are not as large as the the Fortune 500. This may be the sweet spot of the software industry. The market is fairly large and the customers require fairly sophisticated product and support. Leaders in this market are Lawson, Infor, and[More...]

Investing In Cyber Security

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:50:00 GMT

With President Obama highlighting the national importance of cyber security, we turn to technology specialist Gregg Early to find the best opportunities in the sector. Here, the editor of Personal Finance reviews a trio of stocks that are poised to benefit from growth in this area: McAfee (NYSE: MFE), [More...]

Earnings Season Is Over - Who Were The Growth Leaders?

Tue, 19 May 2009 03:27:49 GMT

Earnings season is pretty much over now. Many companies managed to beat drastically reduced expectations. As a result, many bears focused on poor earnings quality and the fact that the bar had been lowered so far, it was no great accomplishment to exceed expectations. There were a number of stocks, though, that beat fair and square. We compiled a list of stocks that had increased earnings per share sequentially and year-over-year and increased revenues sequentially and year-over-year. We had 218 stocks that made the list. We then cross referenced this list with the S&P 500 and came up with the following list of 27 stocks: SymbolNameAETAETNA[More...]

Friday’s Market Recap (05/15/09)

Fri, 15 May 2009 23:07:39 GMT

All three major indexes were down for today and the week, with the S&P down 1.14% today. The NASDAQ was down 0.54% to close at 1680.14, with the Dow dropped 0.75% closing at 8268.64. Yields on the treasury fell to 3.136% as the price on the 10-year was up. The price of crude oil fell to settle at $56.34, while gold headed in the opposite direction settling up at $931.30. Prudential Financial (PRU: 37.75, -1.62 (-4.11%)) and Ameriprise Financial (AMP: 25.40, +0.34 [More...]

McAfee (NYSE: MFE): Long-Term Hold

Thu, 07 May 2009 17:56:57 GMT

In an earnings season in which most of the companies are producing disappointing results, gems like McAfee still exist.[More...]

Wall Street Closes Higher On Better Than Expected Economic Data, Alcoa Soars

Fri, 01 May 2009 23:19:48 GMT

US stocks finished flat finished with gains on Friday after better than expected economic data spurred optimism that the recession is easing.[More...]

US Stock Futures Rise On Economic Optimism, Chevron Eyed

Fri, 01 May 2009 13:09:52 GMT

US stock futures climbed on Friday ahead of key economic data, amid hopes that the recession is easing.[More...]

Earnings Review: February 12, 2009

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:48:52 GMT

Late on Thursday, Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: AGII) announced that its fourth quarter net income nearly halved to $11.8 million or 38 cents a share from $23.5 million or 76 cents share in the year ago quarter.[More...]

Wall Street Rallies As Financials Soar

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:03:00 GMT

US Stocks extended gains on Friday after financial stocks surged up on JP Morgan’s announcement of a bold mortgage modification plan.[More...]

Weekly Mergers and Acquisitions Report - Oct 21 2008 9:08AM

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:51:00 GMT

Anheuser-Busch Cos. (BUD) - InBev, $Datascope Corp. (DSCP) - Getinge AB, Secure Computing Corporation (SCUR) - McAfee, Inc. (MFE), Barr Pharmaceuticals (BRL) - Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA), NDS Group plc (NNDS) - News Corporation (NWS)[More...]

Shop with no hassles on Cyber Monday: Online spending expected to exceed $486 million this season

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:50:00 GMT

Nov. 29--Concerns about the H1N1 virus and being around infected individuals may have kept some shoppers home on Black Friday.
But for anyone who missed out, there's always safe, at-home shopping on Cyber Monday.
Always the Monday after Black Friday, Cyber Monday is considered the unofficial start of the Christmas online shopping season.

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Spotlight On: Software And Programming

Investing In Cyber Security

Earnings Season Is Over - Who Were The Growth Leaders?

Friday’s Market Recap (05/15/09)

McAfee (NYSE: MFE): Long-Term Hold

Wall Street Closes Higher On Better Than Expected Economic Data, Alcoa Soars

US Stock Futures Rise On Economic Optimism, Chevron Eyed

Earnings Review: February 12, 2009

Wall Street Rallies As Financials Soar

Weekly Mergers and Acquisitions Report - Oct 21 2008 9:08AM

Shop with no hassles on Cyber Monday: Online spending expected to exceed $486 million this season

With ?Cyber Monday? approaching, online scams proliferate

Holidays prompt warnings to shoppers

12 scams of Christmas aim for shoppers' gold cards

Bah, humbug: The 12 scams of Christmas

Shopping online for the holidays? Keep your guard up: Security experts warn consumers to be extra skeptical as they surf the Web for deals

Personal Finance: Safety and savings are holiday shopping mantras

Social media focus of talk: Managing internal and external communication is key for businesses.

Expertise of New MAAWG Committee Chairs Advances Efforts Against Messaging Abuse

Air Force General to Outline New Cyber Security Defense Mission at MAAWG October Meeting

Wall St Sense Technical & Fundamental Reviews on Agrium Inc., Constellation Energy Group Inc., McAfee Inc., Biovail Corp., Total SA and Quanta Services Inc.

Kerio MailServer Is Windows 7 Ready

McAfee and Phoenix Technologies to Deliver a Secured Computing Cloud for PC Notebook & Netbook Users

Cox Expands DOCSIS 3.0 Reach to Arizona ; Ultimate Internet Package Allows Download Speeds of Up to 50 Mbps!

Kerio Showcases Expanded Smartphone Support for Mobile Email at XChange '09

Kerio MailServer Now Available As an App On Demand in VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace

CommVault Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results

McAfee, Inc. M-8000 Network Security Platform Achieves NSS Labs Gold Certification for Network IPS

CORRECTING and REPLACING McAfee, Inc. to Present at Upcoming Investor Conference

McAfee, Inc. to Present at Upcoming Investor Conference

Form 4 McAfee, Inc. For: Dec 01 Filed by: NORRINGTON LORRIE M (10K)

Form 3 McAfee, Inc. For: Dec 01 Filed by: NORRINGTON LORRIE M (10K)

Form 4 McAfee, Inc. For: Nov 19 Filed by: Watzinger Gerhard (10K)

Form 3 Watzinger Gerhard For: Oct 27 (10K)

Form 3 Gebhart Todd For: Oct 27 (10K)

Form 4 Cochran Mark D For: Sep 10 (10K)

Form 4 McAfee, Inc. For: Aug 10 Filed by: PANGIA ROBERT W (10K)

Form 4 Pimentel Albert A For: Aug 04 (10K)

Form 4 Bolin Christopher S For: Jun 19 (10K)

Form 4 Cochran Mark D For: Jun 05 (10K)