Benchmarks ended mostly in the red on Thursday as mixed economic data and another decline in oil prices dampened investor sentiment. However, Avago Technologies’ encouraging deal news and strong earnings results from Salesforce.com boosted technology shares. Meanwhile, small cap stocks outpaced large cap stocks, which in turn helped the Russell 2000 Index reach a record high for the eighth time […]
Yesterday, Salesforce.com acquired RelateIQ for $390 million. With Dreamforce right around the corner, this was a significant — and smart — move on the part of Salesforce.com to show the industry that it is finally serious about data intelligence, which it completely lacked in its customer-relationship management (CRM) offerings to date.Salesforce.com remains kingSome viewed this as a preemptive strike similar […]
The motto at Salesforce.com seems to be if you can’t beat them, buy them. This time the exact target of Salesforce.com’s $390 million desires is the scrappy startup RelateIQ, which uses searches of unstructured data from email, social networks, and calendars to automate large portions of the sales process.The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company raised a significant $40 million round earlier […]
The motto at Salesforce.com seems to be if you can’t beat them, buy them. This time the exact target of Salesforce.com’s $390 million desires is the scrappy startup RelateIQ, which uses searches of unstructured data from email, social networks, and calendars to automate large portions of the sales process.The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company raised a significant $40 million round earlier […]
High on the list of life’s regrets might be that margarita-inspired vacation tattoo you got with the name of a cabana boy or girl etched within it. Next comes investor regret.
Why didn’t I buy Apple (AAPL-Q) five years ago at $135 US? It’s around $515 now. And why am I still hanging on to Bombardier at a pitiful $4, 14 […]
First off I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving and a nice long holiday weekend?! On today’s video I discuss a potential play on the stock Salesforce.com (CRM) – this is different than the one I outlined last week since this stock traded lower. I also talk about a PUT option play I just put on in the ETF SSO […]
