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IBM Is Getting Ready To Fight For A Place In The Cloud Universe
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - 1:05pm | 831It all started when International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) joined forces with the open-source software giant Red Hat. The deal was closed in July 2019, after IBM acquired Red Hat for $34 billion. This deal, one of IBM's biggest acquisitions ever, aimed to help the company...
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Wall Street Reacts To IBM's Weak Quarter
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 1:07pm | 594IBM (NYSE: IBM) shares tumbled 6% on Thursday after the company missed consensus revenue expectations and reported its fifth consecutive quarter of negative sales growth. Third-quarter revenue was down 4% from a year ago, but IBM’s recently closed Red Hat acquisition was a silver lining. Red...
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Cloud, Services Strong Again For IBM, But Earnings Reaction Tepid
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 4:46pm | 348Momentum in services and growth in the cloud business were bright spots in IBM (NYSE: IBM)’s earnings report, but reactions to the print on the Street were muted, as focus now shifts to Big Blue’s acquisition of open source cloud software company Red Hat. The Analsyts Wedbush’s...
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Benzinga's Bulls & Bears Of The Week: AMD, Disney, Nike, Tesla And More
Sunday, June 24, 2018 - 10:39am | 850Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a top semiconductor maker and utilities stocks. Bearish calls included the leading electric car maker and an entertainment giant. The broader markets had another down week, especially the Dow...
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Red Hat Rebounds With 'Strongest Quarter In Years'
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 3:07pm | 387Red Hat Inc (NYSE: RHT) just delivered one of its "strongest quarters in years," according to Street Insider. Earlier in Tuesday's session, shares of the software provider were up over 6 percent following solid year-end results, rebounding from a disappointing third quarter. Deutsche Bank has...
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Red Hat's Investments Begin To Bear Fruit, Q3 Billings Handily Beat Estimates
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 10:04am | 382Shares of Red Hat Inc (NYSE: RHT) were trading higher by more than 5 percent ahead of Tuesday's market open in reaction to the company's fourth-quarter earnings report. Baird: 'Clean Beat' Rob Oliver of Baird commented in a research report that Red Hat provided investors with a "clean beat and...
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Barron's: Sage Advice From Byron Wien
Monday, May 23, 2016 - 8:30am | 620The cover story in this weekend's Barron's offers sage advice from Wall Street legend Byron Wien. See where Wien believes stocks, bonds and the U.S. economy are headed for the rest of 2016. Other featured articles discuss the prospects for a leading aircraft maker, a multinational software company...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Boeing, Red Hat, First Data And More
Sunday, May 22, 2016 - 1:21pm | 501Featured stories this weekend in Barron's ponder the prospects for a leading aircraft maker, a multinational software company and a payment processor. This issue also offers thoughts on the luxury of patience that very wealthy investors enjoy. Other articles discuss whether stocks are...
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Oracle, Rite Aid Highlight Slow Earnings Week
Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 5:35pm | 752Wall Street is looking for solid quarterly results from FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) this week. Expectations are lower for earnings from Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) and Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD). The consensus forecast calls for another net loss from BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY). As...
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Nike And BlackBerry Highlight Another Quiet Earnings Week
Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 11:25am | 861As the calendar quarter winds down, it will be another fairly quiet week on the earnings front. Wall Street analysts by and large expect to see at least a little growth in earnings from packaged foods giants ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE: CAG) and General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) when they share their...
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Red Hat Could Move 7.5% Post-Earnings
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 3:01pm | 168Options activity recently in Red Hat Inc (NYSE: RHT) shares suggest a post-earnings move for the stock of nearly 7.5 percent, TD Ameritrade Chief Strategist JJ Kinahan told Benzinga. "They're not a big options trader," Kinahan said of Red Hat. "But they've traded three...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of June 16: FedEx, Oracle And More
Saturday, June 14, 2014 - 5:18pm | 820Scheduled quarterly reports from BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Kroger (NYSE: KR), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) and will highlight the coming week on the earnings front. Analysts are looking for year-over-year growth on the top and bottom lines for all of them,...
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Market Wrap For April 30: Markets Positive Despite Fed Tapering and GDP Rising Less Than Expected
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 4:35pm | 3030U.S. stocks rose as investors cheered the latest move by the Federal Reserve who stacked on another $10 billion to its tapering effort. By doing so, the central bank has lowered its asset purchases to $45 billion per month. “Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in...
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Barron's Recap: Sunny Skies For Home Depot
Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 10:44am | 880This weekend in Barron's online: why it is time to buy Home Depot, the 100 best financial advisors in the United States, as well as the prospects for Raytheon, Sarepta, ClubCorp and more. Cover Story "Sunny Skies Over Home Depot" by Avi Salzman. As the housing market revives, shares of Home...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of March 24: BlackBerry, Walgreen And More
Sunday, March 23, 2014 - 11:02am | 934While investors watch the ongoing standoff between the West and Russia, and hope for fresh signs of economic growth in the GDP and PMI numbers, more off-season quarterly reports will roll out this week. Highlights will include earnings results from BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) and Walgreen (NYSE:...