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Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) is scheduled to report its second quarter results after Thursday's market close. The Estimize consensus estimate (based on 41 estimates) is calling for the company to earn $0.88 per share on revenue of $25.962 billion. This compares to the Wall Street...

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced on Monday that its CEO, John Chambers, would be stepping down from the position after 20 years and Chuck Robbins, a Cisco veteran, would be taking his place. Dan Morgan from Synovus Trust Company was on CNBC recently to discuss the hiring and...

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) showed a new side of the company Wednesday only weeks after it was announced that the firm would be split in two. The PC maker started with the first glimpse of the Multi Jet Fusion 3D printer, a unique machine that is 10 times faster than the nearest...

Facebook 's (NASDAQ: FB) Messenger has become one of the most controversial apps available after users discovered how much access and control it gives Facebook over the devices on which the app is installed. The app allows Facebook to send texts and make calls, among other powers. Users...

Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) became an intriguing tech stock after the company announced that it had hired Morgan Stanley to evaluate its strategic alternatives. No one knows if a merger will actually occur. And if it does, the buyer is still a question mark, as there are many possible suitors. Ivan...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is hard at work on its concept for a modular smartphone, which is officially known as Project Ara. The project (which is scheduled to give birth its first device in 2015) is already showing a lot of promise, but does it have what it takes to compete with Apple's (NASDAQ:...

This weekend in Barron's online: alternative indexing, the quarterly report on mutual funds, as well as the prospects for Hewlett-Packard, B/E Aerospace, Rio Bravo Restaurant and more. Cover Story "Beyond Bogle: The New Indexing" by Reshma Kapadia. This week's cover story in Barron's remarks...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It seems like Black Friday was only days ago. Now, Christmas is less than a week away, and last-minute shoppers are scrambling to get what they need. Walmart.com (NYSE: WMT) is offering free shipping in time for Christmas, but only for those who spend $35 or more and order by the end of today...