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...expansion into less expensive and less powerful chips for netbooks and other portable devices may drive significant revenue growth once the economy begins to recover. Shares sold short in Intel as of April 15 were over 80 million, down 15%. Intel's positive remarks about sales in the PC market in its most recent earnings release may have driven some short sellers out of their positions. Intel shares are up 30% from a one-year bottom in late February. Intel trades heavily with an average volume of 72.7 million shares...
...Pfizer (PFE) may be the best proxy for the fortunes of large U.S. pharmaceutical companies. It has a market cap of more than $88 billion and annual revenue of almost $50 billion, making it the largest drug company in the world. It is in the midst of buying rival Wyeth for $68 billion and is cutting staff and costs rapidly as some of its most profitable drugs lose their patent protections, a problem across the entire industry. Pfizer has a short interest of almost 174 million shares. and average daily trading volume of 54 million shares. Pfizer traded at over...
...Microsoft (MSFT), the most shorted large tech company traded on any U.S. exchange, is a nearly ideal way to bet against software. It has dominant global market share in PC, server, and enterprise products used by large companies and governments. Microsoft is no longer considered a growth stock by Wall St., but it remains one of the most impressive corporate cash flow machines in the world. Microsoft's ongoing battle with Google (GOOG) over search and desktop software keeps it in the headlines regularly, and its quest to get control of Yahoo!'s (YHOO) search engine operation has gone...
...true test of the reissue market's strength and revenue-generating power will come in September. The Beatles' albums haven't been touched since their original transfer to CD in 1987. Early word is that the remastered records sound great, though because of disagreements with Apple, they probably won't be available on iTunes, and the extras - mostly making-of documentaries - are a little underwhelming. They'll probably sell anyway, but if the Beatles and EMI are feeling just, they'll remember that the money they take from reissues is equal to the love they make them with...
...production process is worth the headache and is a big part of why the company has held its own in a tough manufacturing environment. "You cannot make this business work by just spinning commodity yarn, making commodity-type fabrics and competing only on price," says Hensley. "We take a market and hone it and make the highest-quality [yarn] at the lowest price. We're constantly trying to find the next new thing...