Diversified Computer Systems: Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Diebold Inc (NYSE:DBD), Cray Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAY), Silicon Graphics International (NASDAQ:SGI)

Poland’s government said on Wednesday that Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) was preparing to acknowledge “corrupt activities” at its Polish unit. The announcement comes following an industry-wide investigation into bribes allegedly paid in exchange for government computer contracts. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) stock performance was -0.76% in last session and finished the day at $32.45. Traded volume was 13.59million shares in the last session and the average volume … Continue reading Diversified Computer Systems: Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Diebold Inc (NYSE:DBD), Cray Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAY), Silicon Graphics International (NASDAQ:SGI)

Stocks Touched New Highs: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW), EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC)

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) donated the code of MS-DOS versions 1.1 (released in 1982) and 2.0 (released in 1983), as well the code for Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a (released in 1989). It’s possible to download the code from the museum’s Web site, although there’s still a license agreement to approve first, which allows only noncommercial use. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock performance was -0.40% in last … Continue reading Stocks Touched New Highs: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW), EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC)

Investors in Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) saw new options become available today, for the May 17th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) options chain for the new May 17th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) stock performance was 0.21% in last session and finished … Continue reading Large Cap New Highs: The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL), Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR), Canadian Natural Resource (NYSE:CNQ), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: REGN ) and Novartis (NYSE: NVS ) enjoy little competition for their vision-improving drugs Eylea and Lucentis. As a result, sales of Eylea grew to more than $1.8 billion last year, just two years after winning FDA approval in 2011, and sales of Novartis and Roche’s (NASDAQOTH: RHHBY ) Lucentis, which was first approved in 2006, have climbed to more than … Continue reading Stocks to Watch on Monday: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:REGN), Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR)

David J. Aldrich, the CEO of Woburn-based semiconductor company Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) and one of the state’s highest compensated CEOs in recent years, reaped over $1.6 million after exercising stock options earlier this month. Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) stock performance was 39.33% in last session and finished the day at $39.27. Traded volume was 4.67million shares in the last session and the average volume … Continue reading Tech Stocks New Highs: Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS), QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN)

Since Mayer became chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) in July 2012, she’s focused on acquisitions of small companies, with the exception of Tumblr Inc. for $1.1 billion last year. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) stock performance was -2.13% in last session and finished the day at $38.61. Traded volume was 19.21million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 17.02million … Continue reading Tech Active Stocks: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)