It’s no secret that one big key to unlocking the business and consumer technology spending lockbox is easier credit from banks and other lenders.

On the surface, the better-than-expected earnings...

Google stock was up yesterday, down this morning and everyone has an opinion for the yo-yo effect currently frustrating Google investors.

At the top of the list of issues is actually a projected...

The Nasdaq is down 43 points this morning, with Google (down $12) and RIMM (down $3) leading the charge down the hill, so to speak.

I think we’re seeing the first symptoms of anther false bottom,...

On January 9, Google’s stock was at a historic low – at $290 per share – it spiked upward to $380 per share in mid-February before settling in at its current state at $340.

Now, that’s a lot of...

There’s a lot of talk about ‘dead cat” bounces in the financial markets these days.

Nobody really knows if the stock market has hit bottom, but last week’s rebound continues into Monday, after...

A new normal?

That’s what one financial services guru says America consumers can expect now that the housing market has collapsed and people are losing their jobs in droves.

“The worst is yet...

Beacon Research is out with its monthly, and highly useful take on technology stocks, focusing on Google and Yahoo, among others.

In its “Traders Alert” report, Beacon says that a new alliance...

Topping the news this morning is an announcement by Citigroup that it will finally crack open its wallet, stuffed with over $45 billion tax-payer funded TARP cash, and start lending again.

The...

It’s Tuesday and all eyes on Wall Street are on Yahoo, where new CEO Carol Bartz is expected to lower expectations for Yahoo going forward as the tech behemoth issues its Q4 earnings results.
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Google was up 7% in Friday trading, and that was enough to bounce the NASDAQ back up 1% - which seems like 10% consider the week we just had.

Google, which came in with better-than-expected...

It’s earnings week in Silicon Valley, even as the world is focused on the historic events in Washington today. Some heavyweights are on the financial reporting docket, including Google Inc., eBay...

Will January be a big month for stocks?

Maybe so. Stocks have already grown by 20% since November, as measured by the Dow Jones Industrial Index. A new survey from CNBC suggests more of that is to...

After a year featuring tectonic shifts in the stock market and the economy, 2008 is set to go out with barely a tremor.

A quiet Monday in the technology market, with the big news that palm looks...

There’s a light trading load on Wall Street this week, with trader’s thoughts turning to visions of sugarplum martinis dancing in their heads.

Anything to help forget 2008, right? Although 2009...

The market’s four-day rally, where it has recouped 14% of its losses – the biggest pickup in decades – is about to get a legitimate curveball this week with a new report out from the UK-based...

Leave it to a Swedish postal worker to restore some credibility to the financial marketplace.

Okay, Lars. G. Nordstrom isn't exactly a postal worker - just the head of the Swedish postal service....

Monday through Wednesday of this week saw some of the worst damage to investors in stock market history - over $1 trillion lost in shareholder value. Buyers inched, and then flooded in after the S&P...

Google's stock is up 10% today, and the stock market is up over 250 points (at 2 PM EST), and I don't think the twin spike is merely a coincidence.

Why? As I wrote yesterday, the market looks to...

The stock market has responded favorably, relatively speaking, to the rumor that Microsoft is once again making a bid for Yahoo. Traders are buzzing over whether Steve Ballmer will make the same $33...

Last week, in the middle of the worst stock market meltdown since the 1930's, U.S. Secretary Henry Paulson called on some of the banking industry's leading lights to figure a way out of this mess....

For the record, I don't think there is a lot of money in web browsers. They don't draw a lot of advertising money (although many of the web sites they send users to make money via advertising) and...

Thursday saw another horror show on Wall Street, with the Dow tanking 200 points over the weaker-than-anticipated GDP number and the shaky job market (the U.S. unemployment rate rose to 5.7% today)....

A host of tech earnings results are pouring in from all corners, with some confidence-building numbers coming from United Technologies, Nokia and (especially) IBM.

Others were a mixed bag....

Technology stocks received something of a boost yesterday, with the NASDAQ rising 21 points to 2,266.

Traders were buzzing about Microsoft’s admission that it would re-open talks with Yahoo, but...

I'd hate to be Jerry Yang's therapist today.

The Yahoo CEO turned down a $33 per share buyout offer from Microsoft several months ago, with some saying the price could have gone as high as $37...

I've been following the career arch of corporate raider Carl Icahn for years. The billionaire investor specializes in buying up huge chunks of stocks of volatile companies, then going after the...

This morning's Tech Ticker drew a bead on short-sellers who saw a wounded beast in Google and bet that the stock would go down this month - even though sellers weren't really sure what Google's 1st...

Surprising news from the Yahoo camp late this afternoon, with Yahoo announcing that it will begin a limited test of Google Inc.'s AdSense for Search service, which will deliver relevant Google ads...

Information Week is out with a new story ranking the top Internet search firms (by number of searches) for the month of February, 2008.

The results may indicate why Microsoft wants a piece of...

I was so wrapped up in the AOL hoopla yesterday that I forgot to mention how well technology stocks are doing so far this week.

Sure, today's trading session wasn't exactly stellar: Microsoft,...

More turmoil at AOL today, as the technology giant fired the head of its Platform A ad-network business yesterday. Blodget, reporting on the ever-valuable Tech Ticker portal on Yahoo.com’s finance...

It's not exactly a great time for CEO's and other boardroom types to be squawking over executive pay - especially over the prickly topic of who decides how much cash & compensation corporate...

Lots to talk about today. You've probably already have read about Microsoft's $45 billion buyout of Yahoo. Obviously, Microsoft is giving up on its MSN web portal and throwing it's weight and capital...

Yesterday I wrote that Google was ranked dead last in a national survey of Internet search engine companies when it comes to consumer privacy rights. I also notes how Congress was taking a closer...

A recent study on the privacy rankings of big internet search engine providers reveals that Google might have some ‘splainin to do, especially if Congress gets its way. In the process, its proposed...