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| January 14, 2013 |
| 08:54 EDT |  | AAPL, IT, MSFT, HPQ, DELL, LNVGY, IBM | Gartner: global PC shipments declined 4.9% in Q4
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 90.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, a 4.9% decline from the fourth quarter of 2011, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. Analysts said the PC industry’s problems point to something beyond a weak economy. During the holiday season, consumers no longer viewed PCs as the number one gift item. Given a burgeoning variety of increasingly more attractive devices and services, consumers directed their attention elsewhere. Analysts said there was uptake of very low priced notebooks as a part of mega holiday deals, but this uptake did little to boost holiday PC sales. The launch of Microsoft’s Windows 8 did not have a significant impact on PC shipments in the fourth quarter. Analysts said some PC vendors offered somewhat lackluster form factors in their Windows 8 offerings and missed the excitement of touch. |
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| May 21, 2013 |
| 08:12 EDT |  | AAPL | Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to hold a hearing
The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations holds a hearing entitled, "Offshore Profit Shifting and the U.S. Tax Code - Part 2 (Apple Inc.)" with CEO Cook, SVP & CFO Oppenheimer and Head of Tax Operations Bullock of Apple (AAPL) on May 21 at 9:30 am. Webcast Link |
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| 07:50 EDT |  | AAPL | Ireland rejects allegations that it's a tax haven, FT reports
Ireland rejected allegations contained in a U.S. Senate committee report that it is a tax haven which has helped Apple avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes worldwide, reports the Financial Times. Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore said Ireland was “a highly tax compliant country” and loopholes in other countries were to blame for multinational companies’ use of complex tax avoidance strategies. Reference Link |
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| 07:25 EDT |  | MSFT | Microsoft price target raised to $40 from $33 at UBS
UBS believes Microsoft's shares can continue to move higher driven by improved earnings visibility, cloud momentum, a bottom in PC weakness, enterprise strength, and expectations for a seasonally strong 2H 2013. As a result, the firm reiterates its Buy rating and raised its price target to $40 from $33. |
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| 07:05 EDT | | AAPL | Senate report says Apple avoided paying taxes on $44B of income, Politico says
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| 06:39 EDT | | MSFT | Microsoft to begin shipping volume shipments of new Xbox in Q3, Digitimes says
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| 06:14 EDT |  | IBM | Stocks with implied volatility below IV index mean; IBM ARUN
Stocks with implied volatility below IV index mean; IBM (IBM), Aruba Networks (ARUN) according to IVolatility. |
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| May 20, 2013 |
| 17:12 EDT | | AAPL | Apple has avoided paying taxes on operations for five years, U.S. Senate says
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| 17:11 EDT | | AAPL | Apple Operations International has no physical presence, says Senator Levin
Apple Operations International has no physical presence and no employees, according to Senator Levin. Two of three directors are Apple employees, based in the U.S., the Senator added. |
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| 16:55 EDT | | DELL | S&P lowers Dell ratings to 'BBB' from 'A-', remains on watch negative
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Dell to 'BBB' from 'A-', and its commercial paper rating to 'A-2' from 'A-1'. All ratings remain on CreditWatch, where they were placed with negative implications on Feb. 5. The initial CreditWatch listing reflected S&P's assessment that the $24.4B going private transaction, which includes a substantial portion of debt financing, will materially degrade Dell's financial risk profile, which S&P currently view as modest. Although Carl Icahn submitted a non-binding alternative acquisition proposal, the Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners LBO proposal remains the only transaction that has been approved by Dell's board of directors. S&P's review of the LBO transaction terms and the company's ownership, business and financial strategy may also result in a downward revision of its assessment of Dell's business risk profile. |
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| 16:02 EDT | | AAPL | Options Update; May 20, 2013
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| 15:19 EDT | | AAPL | Apple sees paying over $7B in taxes to U.S. in current fiscal year
Apple released testimony the company plans to give before the permanent subcommittee on investigations of the U.S. Senate tomorrow. In part, the company plans to state it expects to pay over $7B in taxes to the U.S. Treasury in its current fiscal year. Apple also contends it is "likely the largest corporate income tax payer in the US, having paid nearly $6B in taxes" to the U.S. in FY12. Reference Link |
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| 12:04 EDT | | AAPL | Apple rumored to be testing OLED for iWatch, AppleInsider says
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| 11:14 EDT | | DELL | Dell to deliver public cloud through partner ecosystem
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| 09:40 EDT | | AAPL | Active equity option families trading
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| 08:40 EDT | | MSFT | Barnes & Noble could rise above $30 a share, Barron's says
Barnes & Noble (BKS) shares are up about 15% since TechCrunch said Microsoft (MSFT) may pay $1B for its Nook e-reader business but the stock may have another 50% upside to $30 per share based on Barnes & Noble's asset value, contended Barron's in a report this weekend. Barron's, however, called the situation "admittedly tough to assess" because neither Microsoft nor B&N will comment on the purchase rumor. The Fly notes Barnes & Noble shares are up 4% to $20.80 in pre-market trading. Reference Link |
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| 07:42 EDT | | IBM, MSFT | Cohasset Associates to host a conference
National Conference on Managing Electronic Records is being held in Chicago on May 20-22. |
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| 07:32 EDT | | MSFT | Society for Information Display / IHS to host a conference
Display Week 2013 is being held in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 19-24. |
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| 07:03 EDT | | DELL | Dell committee says cannot evaluate Icahn proposal without more information
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| 06:27 EDT | | AAPL | Apple MacBook orders to rise 20% sequentially in Q2, DigiTimes says
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| 06:23 EDT | | AAPL | Apple next-generation iPad trial production to begin soon, Digitimes says
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