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Quality Tech Stocks Are Poised For A Nice Run
Submitted by Covestor Ltd. as part of our contributors program . Author: Libardo Lambrano Historically, technology has outperformed other sectors on the stock market, but that has not been the case lately. All time winners have been lagging b...
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Oracle Earnings Preview: What We’re Watching
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) will report its Q1 FY13 earnings on September 20. Oracle has been trying to improve its hardware sales and gross margins since the acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Oracle had a fairly slow Q4 FY12, in terms of revenue as tota...
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HP And Intel Notch Court Victory Over Oracle For Itanium Chips
In March 2011, Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) announced that it would no longer develop new versions of Oracle’s database and other products on the Intel Itanium platform due to its belief that the chip is at the end of its life-cycle. Intel (NASDAQ...
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Oracle Buying Spree Continues With Xsigo
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Xsigo Systems, a leading network virtualization company. It simplifies cloud infrastructure by using software-defined networking technology to allow customers to dyna...
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Oracle Takes Project Management Software To The Cloud With Skire Acquisition
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of a Skire, a program management and facilities management software provider. Skire has applications both for the cloud and on-premise deployment. Skire pr...
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Oracle Expands Its Social Media Clout By Acquiring Involver
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) is on a feeding frenzy as it buys out social media startup Involver for an undisclosed sum. It has already acquired two social media companies in the past few weeks in a bid to gain market share in networking and marketing cl...
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How to Know What Rate of Return to Expect from your Stocks: Part 2
Submitted by Chuck Carnevale as part of our contributors program . Introduction In Part 1 of this series found here, we voiced the notion that there are two primary attributes, valuation and the rate of change of earnings growth, which prudent...
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Oracle Heads To $39 On Social Marketing Push And Share Buyback
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) announced impressive Q4 result with non-GAAP total revenues up 1% y-o-y to $11.0 billion mainly driven by a surge in new software license revenue which was up 7% y-o-y to $4.0 billion while hardware systems products revenues ...
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Oracle Gets Social To Drive Cloud Services Sales
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) has acquired two social media companies in the past few weeks, in a bid to gain market share in networking and marketing cloud services. It first acquired Vitrue and then Collective Intellect, both of which are social marketi...
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Oracle Awarded Partial Victory As Google Moves For A Mistrial
After a week of deliberation by the jury, it has ruled in favor of Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) in the Android lawsuit against Google (NASDAQ:GOOG). The victory however is partial as the jury is undecided if the infringement was protected by rules govern...
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SAP’s Grand Ideas About “Revolutionizing the IT Industry” Never Quite Revolutionized Anything
Submitted by Charles Homs as part of our contributors program . If SAP’s past statements about revolutionizing the IT industry and the subsequent realities of failing to live up to their expectations are an indication, then we shouldn̵...
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The Best Dividends On April 09, 2012
Submitted by Dividend Yield using our Trefis Contributor Tool Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 300 million that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day. If your broker settles ...
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SAP Taps African Growth With Management Software For Nigerian SMEs
SAP (NYSE:SAP) and NetServeAfrica Limited have entered into a partnership to provide management software solutions tailored to fuel the African growth story. Africa is a strong growth market and this may be a critical first mover advantage for SA...
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Oracle And Google Spar Over Java Patents For Android OS
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) has just rebuffed a $2.8 million settlement offer by Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) for a lawsuit filed by Oracle which claims that the Android OS infringes on two key patents owned by Oracle pertaining to Java. Oracle rejected the set...
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Oracle Bets on the Cloud and Engineered Systems to Drive Growth
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) reported its revenues for Q3 FY12 on March 20, with revenues growing to $9 billion, up 3% year-over-year. More importantly, its operating income was up nearly 11%, and the decline in its hardware sales seems to have slowed do...
