Editors Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It, a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest, most controversial companies. For past co

It’s fascinating how the sell side uniformly aligned to praise the Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) acquisition of 3Com (COMS) last week. Cheerleaders are plentiful but analysis of an underlying problem s

Late on Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) upped the ante on its rivalry with Cisco (CSCO) when it announced its plans to purchase 3Com (COMS) for $7.90 per share in cash or $2.7 billion.3Com sells ent

Christian Andreach isn’t betting on a strong rebound here in the US. But the 36-year-old professional stock picker is wagering on faster growth overseas, a view confirmed by the many C-suite ex

If you listen closely, you can almost hear “Gentlemen, start your chainsaws,” as regulators and politicians in Washington begin to contemplate the fate of our “too big to fail&rdquo

Gold broke out to a new high yesterday of $1084, and the yellow metal is glittering again today.More impressively, strategists note, gold prices moved higher on Tuesday even as the S&P 500 ticked

Motorola (MOT) has much to celebrate this week. In addition to debuting its highly anticipated Droid smartphone this Friday, Citigroup analyst Jim Suva upgraded the company's shares to Buy from Hold.

Editor's Note: This article was written by James Quinn, a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high-level financial positions wit

This week, San Francisco is playing host to the annual Web 2.0 Summit, where tech giants and kings of social media discuss the future of online business and community. And on Tuesday, Twitter CEO and

In a recent interview with Bloomberg News, Michael Dell made it clear that he's not done shopping. Just off the announcement of a $3.9 billion deal to buy Perot Systems (PER), Dell (DELL) wants to ma