TOP 100 FREEWARE AND SHAREWARE SITES
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| Tibco Software Blasts Through All-Time Highs Wall Street Cheat Sheet submits: by David GibbsEarnings: Q3 profits of $0.17 vs. estimates of $0.15 and $0.13 in Q3 last year.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Microsoft: First Blue Chip Tech Yield Company? Marty Chilberg submits:As a retired technology company CFO and shareholder in Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), I found myself thinking about the outcry of criticism recently heard when MSFT "only" increased its dividend by 23% apparently disappointing a vocal analyst/investor base. I can't remember how many times I listened to someone on CNBC claiming the company wasn't managing its capital structure effectively. Rants of '"fire Ballmer" were pretty common and surprisingly loud given the general consensus about the quality of Windows 7, finally putting the fiasco otherwise known as Vista behind them. Granted, the missteps have been numerous over the past year from the Yahoo discussions through the recent life of Kin better measured in hours. But still, this is a company that grew its net income by $4.3B or 29% in the past year. Operating cash flow grew even more by $5B. They may have been steady a few years but did finally increase the dividend substantially and the share buybacks have totaled around $27B in the past 3 years. They even tried a special dividend based upon the outcry from investors wanting them to better utilize their cash. What's a company to do?To satisfy a little personal curiosity I thought it might be interesting to compare them to a nontechnology company that is clearly seen as a yield-based investment vehicle. McDonald's (MCD) seemed to fit the bill. Here's a table of some data points worth referencingComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Microsoft Will Look to Courts for Botnet Takedowns Microsoft has seen a dramatic drop in the number of computers infected with Waledac, a piece of malicious software affiliated with a spamming botnet. feeds.pcworld.com |
Microsoft Opens WP7 Development With Visual Basic Support Microsoft has started letting developers build and release applications for Windows Phone 7 using Visual Basic, potentially opening the door to more applications. feeds.pcworld.com |
Assessing the IT Plan for the New Year Going into my second year as my company's security manager, I've been spending some time planning my next steps. Here's what I'll focus on for 2011. feeds.pcworld.com |