Another Mac-Clone Maker Crawls Out of the Woodwork

Tags: AAPL
25 Jul 3:49am
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By now, you have probably heard about Mac-clone maker Psystar and the wrath that Apple (AAPL: sentiment, chart, options) has unleashed against the company. For a quick recap, the Mac Daily News has a brief rundown of the situation, including a quote from Evan S. Benn of the Miami Herald that summarizes the lawsuit: "Attorneys for Apple are accusing Psystar Corp., owned by Rudy and Robert Pedraza, of copyright and trademark infringement and breach of contract for building and ...

Checking in on GT Solar and its IPO

Tags: SOLR
25 Jul 3:30am
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A couple of days back, I took a look at GT Solar (SOLR: sentiment, chart, options) and its initial public offering (IPO), which took place today. To say that it has been an eventful day for SOLR would be an understatement, as trading was halted and the stock has dropped 11%. As we head into the last half hour of trading, shares of the new solar kid on the block are slightly more than 11% lower, crossing the tape at $14.66. SOLR raised $500 million in the IPO, the largest...

Happy Birthday, Barry! My, How You've Changed

Tags: MLB
25 Jul 2:49am
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I remember watching my beloved (and nearly at .500) Reds battling the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fall of 1990 to see who would advance to the World Series. I was a senior in high school back then, things were so much simpler, and Barry Bonds was so much smaller. Please don't think that I am presenting this slideshow of Barry just to ridicule him and the fact that no one in baseball will pick up his services (not even the Milwaukee Brewers who will give anyone a chance so the team can have a f...

Microsoft (MSFT) Shakeup Nets Juniper Networks (JNPR) a New CEO

Tags: JNPR
25 Jul 2:48am
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Quite a bit is shaking down at Microsoft (MSFT: sentiment, chart, options) this week, with a shakeup in the company's online business and CEO Steve Ballmer making his case in the company's analyst day presentations. However, it was the online restructuring that has created the most waves. First, MSFT is splitting its online business in half, with Windows Live on one side, and ad media assets on the other. The unforeseen consequence of this restructuring was the defection o...

Chipotle Mexican Grill Hammered by Analysts on Second-Quarter Earnings Miss

Tags: CMG
25 Jul 2:23am
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The shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG: sentiment, chart, options) plunged to a new annual low of $67.40 today after the burrito chain's second-quarter earnings fell short of analysts' expectations. After the closing bell on Wednesday, Chipotle said it earned $2.45 million, or 74 cents per share, while revenue rose 24% to $340.8 million. By contrast, analysts were looking for a profit of 75 cents per share on $344 million in revenue. The earnings miss has prompted a sle...

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