This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. CRM reported earnings better than the consensus and whisper numbers. In the after market the stock traded as high as $75. The company refused to discuss buyout rumors. A buyout by the likes of MSFT, SAP, IBM, and ORCL is still
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. MSFT has denied that it is pursuing a bid for CRM. In our analysis, eventually this stock will be bought by one of the bigger companies such as MSFT, IBM, SAP, and ORCL. However, over the coming months there is likely
Workday (WDAY) is a provider of software as a service for human capital management, financial management and big data analytics. It was founded by Aneel Bhursi and Dave Duffield. Bhursi was the chief strategist at PeopleSoft and Duffield was the founder and CEO of PeopleSoft. Founded in 1987, PeopleSoft initially focused
On December 12, the Patently Apple AAPL website was first to report that Apple had filed for a restaurant-related patent. The stock market smelled what was cooking. The stock of Open Table, which specializes in restaurant reservations, fell from a high of $80.20 to a low of $74.65 before staging a mild recovery. In social
Mom and pop investors love to read about the stocks that billionaires have been buying or selling. The media is happy to oblige. After all, what is good for the likes of Warren Buffet and Carl Icahn has to be good for mom and pop, right? Wrong! Let me explain why it
Cisco (CSCO) is the largest manufacturer of networking equipment perfectly positioned to benefit from growth of the Internet. The stock dipped after it reported earnings, but here is why Cisco is an attractive opportunity for the long-term investor on any further weakness in price. Cisco is providing equipment and services
Wednesday brought us six pieces of news that makes us reflect on the strength in the stock market. Bernanke’s emphasis on cost We have always paid close attention to every word Bernanke utters. Wednesday’s press conference was unusual, in that Bernanke had more emphasis on the cost of the easy
Cloud computing is hot. Even lay consumers who hadn’t heard of it only a year ago, not only know about cloud, but now they use it every day. If you are an Apple AAPL iPhone user, you are probably using iCloud. If you are a Google GOOG Android user and using
U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh has ordered a settlement conference between Apple (AAPL) and Samsung (SSNGY). The settlement conference will be moderated by a magistrate judge. Both Apple and Samsung have agreed that their chief executives and general counsels will participate. Here is the order from Judge Koh: “The
Some stock market gurus seem to have a fatal attraction to technology patents. While technology patents can certainly add to the performance of a stock, that attraction often fails to account for a number of factors affecting the value of the patents. Technology patents are very complex and understanding them