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Activist Investor Carl Icahn rattled the cage again last week at eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), one of his top stock picks at the moment, along with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). In his latest letter to eBay shareholders, Icahn said he had "not yet begun to fight...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) finances are about to be placed in new hands. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant has announced that its Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer, Peter Oppenheimer, will retire at the end of September. Oppenheimer joined Apple in 1996 and became CFO in 2004. He...

Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com Groupon: Margins under pressure, investors not impressed Last night, Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) reported its fourth quarter results. The company announced an EPS of $0.04, beating the consensus estimate of $0.02. Revenue of $768.4...

On a conference call Thursday, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) chief executive officer, Meg Whitman had some good and unexpected news about revenue growth. Not just revenue growth per se but growth in the unlikeliest of areas, PC sales. The Personal Systems Group (PSG) posted revenue of $8.5...

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is up less than one percent in after hours trading after the company announced its fourth quarter results. The tech giant reported a Q4 EPS of $0.90 versus the Street estimate of $0.84. Earnings per share were up 10 percent from the year-ago period. Revenue arrived at...

U.S. stocks overcame mixed economic data and earning reports as the S&P 500 inches towards new all time highs and the Dow recorded an almost triple digit point gain. Jobless claims declined less than expected while consumer prices met expectations and rose slightly. Data from the...

The earnings season is winding down, but on the docket this week are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM), Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) and others. Later in the week, the parade of quarterly reports from big retailers kicks off with...

U.S. stocks finished the day almost unchanged as investors and traders were presented with a mixed bag of data today. A better than expected report on the service sector negated another report that showed that companies added fewer employees to their payrolls than anticipated in January. The...

This may have been a shorter work week for some, but that didn't stop the tech industry from pumping out some notable headlines. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) took the lead this week, but not for the most positive reason. Gmail, its hugely popular e-mail service, went down for the first time in 2014. The...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which reportedly has its eye on mobile payments as the next big thing, is scheduled to report its first-quarter fiscal 2014 results Monday, January 27, after the closing bell. Investors will be looking for a halt to four straight quarters of year-on-year earnings declines, as...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is up more than three percent in after hours trading after the company reported its second quarter results. The Windows maker reported a Q2 EPS of $0.78 versus the Street estimate of $0.68. Earnings per share were up three percent from the year-ago period. Revenue came...

Really?  Consumers trust Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) more than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)? More than Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) or even Sony (NYSE: SNE)? Based on a study conducted by global analysis and advisory firm, Forrester Research (NASDAQ: FORR), they do. According to Geekwire, Forrester asked over 4,...

The Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) website said it all. “Back by popular demand. Customize a new Hewlett-Packard PC with Windows 7 …” Windows 7, of course, is not Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) newest version of its operating system. That would be Windows 8.  In fact, according to PC World, many...

If you work in sales and marketing for Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) in Europe, the Middle East or Africa, look at the employee to your left and to your right. One of you is about to be laid off. At least that’s what sources told the U.K.’s The Register. According to the sources, Dell planned to cut 30...

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is pulling out all the stops to get customers to shop in its stores and on its website. The retailer launched a four-day Nick of Time sale on Monday, encouraging shoppers to drop by everyday for the latest deals. Starting tomorrow (Friday, December 20), Best Buy stores...