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BlackBerry's Share Buyback An 'Incremental Positive'
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 8:59am | 276Read More...BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) announced that it would buy back 12 million shares beginning on June 29 and ending June 28, 2016. That represents roughly 2.5 percent of the outstanding float. Despite the news, shares have drifted lower following the company's earnings report this week. Shares...
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Will BlackBerry Put Android On A New Device?
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 9:08am | 176Read More...In a report published Monday, JPMorgan analyst Rod Hall maintained a Neutral rating on BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY), while mentioning that the company was likely to use Android on its new device. According to a Reuters article, "BlackBerry is reportedly considering equipping an upcoming...
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2 Apple Stories JPMorgan's Rod Hall Is Watching
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 9:53am | 265Read More...In a report published Friday, JPMorgan analyst Rod Hall commented on two Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) related stories he is following. HomeKit Gets New Features In iOS 9 Apple's HomeKit will be getting some "great" new abilities in iOS 9, including new features that developers can use to improve their...
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Apple Streaming Service Coming Today? JP Morgan Weighs In
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 8:57am | 252Read More...In a report published Monday, JP Morgan analyst Rod Hall maintained an Overweight rating on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The company is likely to be mulling a reduction in app store fees for subscriptions, while unveiling its music streaming service on Monday. "Apple is reportedly planning a...
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2 Apple Stories JP Morgan Is Watching
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 12:03pm | 309Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will hold off on an announcement on the highly-anticipated Apple TV hardware at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. The product was not ready to be demonstrated, according to the New York Times. JP Mprgan's Rod Hall noted that “a major setback for the...
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Avago-Broadcom, Google Barrage And Thursday's Biggest Tech Stories...In JP Morgan's Eyes
Friday, May 29, 2015 - 11:40am | 419Read More...In a report published Friday, JP Morgan analyst Rod Hall summarized Thursday's top Wall Street stories. Avago Acquires Broadcom, Says HDD Demand Stabilizing Avago Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: AVGO) announced its intentions to acquire Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) for $37 billion....
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Apple Executive Talks At Code Conference & Other Tech Stories JP Morgan Is Watching
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 11:04am | 508Read More...In a report published Thursday, JP Morgan analyst Rod Hall detailed four tech related stories he is following. Apple's Jeff Williams Talks Apple Watch, Car Rumors Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Operations Chief Jeff Williams recently spoke at the Code Conference. The executive described...
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Analysts: NetApp Product Transition Harder Than Expected
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 11:50am | 338Read More...At least two analysts downgraded NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Thursday after the data storage company missed quarterly expectations and offered a disappointing outlook. The company traded recently at $31.27, down 11 percent. NetApp's transition to cloud-related products will take longer...
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JP Morgan Reacts To Google's Cloud Pricing War With Amazon
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 8:16am | 335Read More...Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) just escalated its cloud computing pricing war with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), slashing its prices by 30 percent. The price cuts are primarily large for small instances, with the Micro instance now costing just $0.006 per hour. High CPU...
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3 Apple Stories JPMorgan Is Following
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 1:44pm | 359Read More...In a report published Monday, JP Morgan analyst Rod Hall discussed three Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) related stories he is following. Under-The-Radar Acquisition Apple acquired Coherent Navigation, a GPS start-up that makes high-accuracy GPS devices and software. According to Hall, the...
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5 Stories JP Morgan's Tech Analysts Are Watching
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 10:05am | 501Read More...In a report published Wednesday, JP Morgan analysts Rod Hall and Ashwin Kesireddy detailed five tech-related stories they are following. 1. Corning's Guidance Missing Key Segment Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) largely reiterated its target to grow its sales in 2015. The analysts noted...
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Microsoft New Surface Hybrid: What's Coming?
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 12:37pm | 269Read More...JP Morgan analyst Rod Hall commented Tuesday on the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Surface 3 tablet. According to Hall, Microsoft’s new Surface 3 tablet received a software update on Monday “aimed at helping large organizations deploy the small tablets across their personnel....
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Is Apple Expanding In Ireland?
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 11:15am | 283Read More...In a report published Tuesday, JP Morgan analyst Rod Hall commented on reports that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is believed to be exploring a major expansion of its key Irish plant just months after completing a "massive" 300 million euro development. Apple has operated in Cork, Ireland since 1980...
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Rod Hall: Is Microsoft's Build Conference Unveiling Bad News For Apple?
Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 1:47pm | 218Read More...JP Morgan on Thursday issued a company update on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) after Microsoft's Build Develop conference keynote. At the conference, Microsoft stated that Windows 10 is intended to be run on PCs, mobile devices, and Xbox One. Analyst Rod Hall...
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Higher Than Expected Gross Margin Hurting Nokia, Says JP Morgan
Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 12:51pm | 206Read More...JP Morgan on Thursday issued a company update on Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE: NOK) after the company announced weak Q1 2015 earnings primarily caused by a low gross margin. Analyst Rod Hall wrote, "A weak Nokia result driven by weak gross margin in networks is a function of lower high...
