Tech Stocks

US stocks rise on tech earnings, overshadows Freddie Mac slump

New York - Wall Street stock indices climbed on Wednesday as positive technology and mining-sector news eclipsed a poor earnings report from mortgage giant Freddie Mac. Cisco Systems Inc, the largest producer of networking equipment, reported fourth-...

UAL moves lower; tech stocks tick up after dayside losses

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of United Airlines' parent firm UAL Corp. fell Monday evening after the air carrier reported a drop in monthly traffic, while late-traded tech stocks ticked up fo...

Semiconductor Returns a Function of Financials

Alan Brochstein, CFA submits: I was noticing last week how divergent the returns have been within the semiconductor sector. Some stocks have been performing well recently, while others have been absolutely slaughtered. Looking at the sector as a whole, the widely followed Philadelphia Semiconductor Index [SOX] has had a rough year, down about 17%. The index suffers from poor construction in my opinion, as it has just 18 components and is price-weighted rather than equal or market-cap. As you ca...

Tech, mining stocks fall, leading TSX lower

Information technology and materials, which includes mining stocks, were the TSX sectors that declined the most, falling 4.4% and 2.2%, respectively.

Tech Stocks: Chip equipment makers lead sector higher

Chip equipment makers lead the tech sector higher in early trading as the broader market rises on a private-sector jobs report showing unexpected growth in July.

Tech stocks gain, but VMware slumps as outlook disappoints

) shares rose 61 cents, or more than 5%, to $13.13 after the storage-technology company reported strong second-quarter earnings before the market opened. However, EMC's VMware Inc.

Stocks mixed at open

U.S. stocks opened mixed Thursday as investors worried about rising unemployment and a near $9 billion loss from Ford. Strong earnings from Amazon helped to boost the tech sector.

Stocks mixed as oil falls

The Dow industrials struggled to hold onto gains, after an earlier selloff, amid tumbling oil prices and grim corporate earnings. The tech-heavy Nasdaq remained under pressure.

Tech stocks rise; Yahoo slams back at Microsoft and Icahn

) among the noteworthy advancers. Yahoo shares climbed 91 cents, or 4%, to $23.38 after Chief Executive Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock issued a letter to Yahoo shareholders in support of the co...

Silicon Alley Insider publisher raises money [New York, Minute]

Silicon Alley Media, disgraced tech-stocks analyst Henry Blodget's recently formed blog collective, has raised a modest $1 million from wealthy investors, Tech Confidential reports. The A round's A list included Tacoda cofounder Dave Morgan and former Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz. With the proceeds, Blodget is hiring editors for two new sites: Clusterstock, a spreadsheet-heavy analysis site, and Business Sheet, a tabloidy take on business personalities. Those sites seem inspired...