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MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS) is pleased to announce that it has partnered with global yogurt retailer, Pinkberry, to implement Google Wallet (NASDAQ: GOOG). When used with MICROS POS, Google Wallet allows Pinkberry customers to tap their device on an NFC (Near Field Communications) reader...

Jefferies reiterates its Buy rating on MICROS Systems (NASDAQ: MCRS) and raises its price target to $60 from $58 following the company's most recent 10-Q filing. Jefferies comments, "We have updated our model to include the Balance Sheet and Cash Flow breakout provided in MCRS' F2Q12 10-Q but...

This is your Benzinga news summary for Tuesday, December 20, 2011, covering headlines from Tuesday's daytime trading session. Today at market close, the Dow Jones Index traded up about 337.17 points or 2.87%, the S&P 500 traded 2.98% higher, the Nasdaq Composite Index traded up 3.19%, and the...

RBC Capital has upgraded MICROS Systems (NASDAQ: MCRS) from Outperform to Top Pick.

Oppenheimer & Co. is out with a research report on Micros Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS) and is raising its price target to $57, and it has an Outperform rating on shares. In a note to clients, Oppenheimer & Co. writes, "MCRS built on its solid FY11 business momentum and started FY12 on the...

MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), is pleased to announce that Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. (NYSE: OEH), owners or part-owners and managers of 49 luxury hotel, restaurant, tourist train and river cruise properties operating in 24 countries, has selected MICROS OPERA and MICROS POS solutions.  The...

MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS) announces that Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG has selected MICROS as the preferred technology vendor for all of its first-class hotels and resorts across Europe. The MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution, including Materials Control, as well as a variety of...

Who knew that a multi-billion-dollar corporation could be so deceptive and sneaky? Benzinga's own John Thorpe did, suggesting earlier this year that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) chose to acquire Skype in order to spy on us. Now TechCrunch is reporting that the Windows maker is being sued for...

The FBI, Justice Department and SEC are reportedly investigating Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) for possible bribery. The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a petition to block AT&T's (NYSE: T) takeover of T-Mobile.

Wells Fargo is out with its report today on Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), initiating RHT at Outperform. In its report, Wells Fargo writes, "We are initiating coverage of RedHat with an Outperform rating on the shares and a $45-50 valuation range. RedHat has evolved over the years from providing OS software...

Wells Fargo is out with its report today on BMC Software (NYSE: BMC), initiating BMC at Outperform. In its report, Wells Fargo writes, "In our view, BMC is well positioned to benefit from secular trends in cloud management and virtualization and is one of our top picks to play the cloud/...

Wells Fargo has initiated coverage on the following companies: BMC Software (NASDAQ: BMC) Outperform, valuation range $45-$50 Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS) Outperform, valuation range $65-$70 Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) Outperform, valuation range $45-$50

Collins Stewart is out with its report today on VMware (NYSE: VMW), reiterating Buy. In its report, Collins Stewart writes, "With VMware's strategic positioning continuing to improve & traction accelerating in mgmt tools & other products, we reiterate our Buy rating (43x our 2012 EPS of $2...

Today at VMworld®, 2011, Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) and VMware (NYSE: VMW) announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to define and architect Desktop-as-a-Service solutions with the goal to provide secure, pre-integrated and well-managed enterprise-quality virtual desktop computing...

DryShips Inc (NASDAQ: DRYS) fell 10.09% to $6.50 in the pre-market trading. DRYS reported downbeat quarterly profit. Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc (NASDAQ: JOSB) dipped 3.74% to $45.50 in the pre-market session. JOSB reported a 25% rise in its fiscal second-quarter net income. BlackRock Inc (NYSE:...