Roth Capital Reiterates Buy Rating on Intel (INTC) Ahead of 2Q15 Reports

Wedbush Cuts Price Target on Intel (INTC) Ahead of Q2 Results

Wedbush maintains an Outperform rating on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and cuts the price target to $34.00 (from $37.00), ahead of Q2 results. Analyst Betsy Hees expects consensus estimates for EPS to continue to come down ahead of its earnings release. INTC is scheduled to report... More

Global Q2 PC Shipments Hint at Downside Risk for Intel (INTC) in CQ3; Micron (MU) Preferred - Cowen

Cowen and Company affirms Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) at Market Perform with an price target of $33 following recent PC shipment... More

Global PC Shipments Fell 9.5% in Q2 - Gartner (MSFT) (HPQ) (AAPL)

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.4 million units in the second quarter of 2015, a 9.5 percent decline from the second quarter of 2014, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc, as reported earlier Thursday. This was the steepest PC shipment decline since the third quarter of 2013. PC shipments are projected to decline 4.4 percent in 2015.

There were many contributors to the decline of PC shipments in the second quarter of 2015, and Gartner analysts highlighted three of the major reasons for the drop in shipments. Analysts emphasized that these inhibitors are temporary events, and they are not changing the PC market's structure. Therefore,... More

Altera Corp (ALTR) Weakness Tied to Concerns About Antitrust Risk

Altera Corp (NASDAQ: ALTR) weakened Thursday, falling over 1% on concerns about antitrust risk surrounding its proposed combination with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). The source of the concern a blog post at Capital Forum.

Streetinsider.com's Hot Lunchtime Reads 7/8: (ICE) (SPWH) CAB) (INTC)

The following is a list of notable articles to help get you through the lunch hour:NYSE Temporarily Suspends Trading in All Symbols ->... More

Global Semiconductor Revenue Expected to Rise 2.2% in 2015 - Gartner (MU) (INTC) (QCOM)

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to reach $348 billion in 2015, a 2.2 percent increase from 2014, but down from the previous quarter's forecast of 4.0 percent growth, according to Gartner, Inc.

"The outlook for the major applications that drive the semiconductor market, including PCs, smartphones, and tablets, have all been revised downward. This, combined with the impact of the strong dollar on demand in key markets, has resulted in a lower semiconductor forecast for 2015," said Jon Erensen, research director at Gartner. "The typical second-quarter bounce did not materialize this... More