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SEIN Analytics CEO Explains What Investors Are Missing In The Structured Credit Space
Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 3:18pm | 755Read More...Who will be the next Apple? What company with what disruptive idea will turn the world of technology upside down? For this series, Benzinga interviewed CEOs of several technology startups that are making waves today in the hopes of making a difference tomorrow. SEIN Analytics founder and CEO...
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Bank Of America Offers A 'Deep Dive' Into Amazon, Says AWS Worth $84 Per Share
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 1:05pm | 384Read More...In a report published Tuesday, Bank of America Justin Post published a "Deep Dive" report on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) ahead of the company's upcoming AWS segment disclosures. "Amazon has made a major investment in AWS (pricing, opex, and capex), and the potential...
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Alibaba: Short-Term Bear, Long-Term Bull
Thursday, March 5, 2015 - 5:15pm | 422Read More...Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) has witnessed lots of volatility in the last few days on back of a plethora of news, both good and bad, concerning the company. On March 18, 429 million new shares of the company will hit the market, more than what the company sold in its IPO, and there'...
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AT&T Mobile Business CEO: Title II Is Not Necessarily The Right Approach
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 3:30pm | 407Read More...With the debate regarding net neutrality relatively settled for now, companies are coming to terms with the new rules of the game. Ralph de la Vega, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) Mobile Business CEO and president, was interviewed by CNBC at the Mobile World Congress, where he talked about how mobility...
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IBM's Strategy Is 'Right,' Wells Fargo Says; Others Less Sure
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 12:55pm | 569Read More...In a report published Friday, Wells Fargo analyst Maynard Um wrote that International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) marked a "change in tone to one of a company going more on the offensive" during its Investor Day presentation. Um noted that IBM highlighted its long-term growth...
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IBM CEO Explains Confidence In Reaching $40B Revenue From 'Strategic Imperatives' By 2018
Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 6:41pm | 358Read More...International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) concluded its annual investors meeting in New York on Thursday. One of the meeting's key highlights was news that the company set a $40 billion revenue target for its cloud, big data and other growth areas, which the company calls "...
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Is Shoeboxed Reimagining Accounting?
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 5:10pm | 620Read More...In a society where electronics and technology infiltrate every point of existence, it is no surprise that the sphere of personal financing is striving to keep up with consumer demands for quick, simple and effective modes of doing business. One of the most important elements of personal finance...
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Will IBM Ever See $200 Again?
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 4:31pm | 573Read More...The stock that was the worst performer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the last two years may be setting investors up for another disappointing year in 2015. In the early goings of 2015, International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) shares are down over 2 percent year-to-date....
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Piper Jaffray Names Microsoft As Top Pick For 2015
Tuesday, December 30, 2014 - 11:45am | 92Read More...Katherine Egbert named Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) as a top pick for 2015, despite a strong run-up in shares throughout 2014. According to Egbert, Microsoft's business and consumer PC shipments declines will stabilize to a low-single digit in the coming year. Microsoft will also...
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IDC's Top 10 Predictions For 2015: China, Cloud, Security And More
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 11:05am | 240Read More...International Data Corporation (IDC) on Tuesday released its top 10 predictions for the worldwide information and telecommunications technology (ICT) industry in 2015. 1. Worldwide ICT spending will grow 3.8 percent to more than $3.8 trillion. 2. Telecommunications services will see wireless...
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Salesforce's Earnings Could Lead These Funds To Trim Their Holdings
Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 2:01pm | 723Read More...Shares of salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM) were down 3.4 percent recently amid the software maker's fourth-quarter sales and earnings guidance falling short of analysts' views. Salesforce.com is the top vendor of customer relationship management software and is used by a wide range of...
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Jefferies: Google Is Apple's Top Competitor And Apple Is Losing
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 9:45am | 328Read More...Sundeep Bajikar of Jefferies presented an interesting thesis on Wednesday: Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) top competitor. "Our analysis suggest that Google provides the majority of most popular Consumer Cloud Services, which are expending...
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Highlights From Microsoft's Q1 Conference Call
Monday, October 27, 2014 - 12:26pm | 758Read More...Satya Nadella hosted Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) first quarter 2015 conference call last Thursday. The newly appointed CEO received a warm reception from investors. Quarterly Highlights Below are some notable accomplishments highlighted by Nadella. Nadella praised his...
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2014 World Payments Report - A Focus On Non-Cash Payment Systems
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 12:46pm | 703Read More...The recently released 2014 World Payments Report (WPR), a joint venture of CapGemini and the Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc (NYSE: RBS), "tracks the state and evolution of the global non-cash payments market." In other words, the WPR reports on the infrastructure that supports...
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Holiday Retail Forecast 2014 Part II: Online Presence, Cloud And Mobile, And Small Retailers
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 10:14am | 738Read More...Read Part I of this story here. MediaFirst Vice President Becky Boyd told Benzinga that online purchases are going to generate more sales than those in-store. The coming sales opportunity means companies’ online stores need to be more streamlined and easier to use than ever. Cleaning Up...
