Marc Ferranti - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Marc Ferranti

Article | 10/05/2013 Wall Street Beat: Rise in markets could fuel tech M&A

Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as compa...

Article | 3/05/2013 Wall Street Beat: Tech stocks jump as market indexes hit milestones

On the back end of an earnings season that by many accounts could have been worse, tech investors appeared to be in the mood to celebrate on Friday, s...

Article | 26/04/2013 Wall Street Beat: Earnings highlight smartphones as key to growth

With Apple reporting a decline in profit margins and Samsung consolidating its leadership in the mobile device market, earnings results and market res...

Article | 19/04/2013 Wall Street Beat: Tech bellwethers report mixed quarter

Some of the biggest names in IT including IBM, Microsoft, Google and Intel reported quarterly earnings this week, revealing a picture of the tech sect...

Article | 11/04/2013 Wall Street Beat: Weak PC sales rain on tech stocks' parade

Just as tech stocks were starting to rise this week, dismal PC sales reports for the first quarter burst the very short-lived bubble, causing shares o...

Article | 5/04/2013 Wall Street Beat: Tech IPO market cools but some vendors jump in anyway

Though the tech IPO market has gone from a boil to a simmer, some companies in areas such as big data and cloud-related technology are plunging in.

Article | 29/03/2013 Dell SEC filing highlights bleak outlook that led to buyout plan

In a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, Dell highlighted the dismal financial straits that led to its plan to take the c...

Article | 29/03/2013 Wall Street Beat: As markets rise, guarded optimism for IT

Though IT trailed other sectors as market indices rose to milestone highs this quarter, some bright spots in earnings and market research reports this...

Article | 15/03/2013 Wall Street Beat: Markets advance but tech trends stay stable

While U.S. markets have surged lately, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting milestone after milestone in 10 straight days of advances, a rela...

Article | 7/03/2013 Wall Street Beat: Tech stocks hold their own as markets surge

With U.S. markets rallying and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting record highs, analysts and industry insiders are expressing a sense of sober c...

Article | 1/03/2013 Wall Street Beat: Uncertainty dampens tech M&A, PwC says

Economic uncertainty tamped down the number and value of technology mergers and acquisitions in 2012 and this year may not look much different, accord...

Article | 22/02/2013 Wall Street Beat: Tech stocks rise despite HP, Dell PC sales declines

Even though PC giants Hewlett-Packard and Dell reported significant year-over-year sales declines, tech stocks, buoyed by signs of confidence from oth...

Article | 15/02/2013 Wall Street Beat: Shareholder pushback puts Dell on defensive for privatization deal

The growing number of shareholders voicing opposition to Dell's US$24.4 billion plan to go private appears to be putting the company increasingly on t...

Article | 8/02/2013 Wall Street Beat: Tech makes gains on solid sales reports

Solid sales reports from companies as diverse as Akamai, LinkedIn and NCR as well as positive economic data buoyed shares of IT companies Friday as ma...

Article | 1/02/2013 Wall Street Beat: Earnings help boost tech as Dow closes above 14,000

Despite some caution about the fortunes of BlackBerry, Facebook and Apple, solid financial results from tech vendors coupled with positive reports abo...