The Battle Road Tech Index™ rose 0.8 percent for the week ended August 28, 2009, closing at 1461. For the week, 13 of the 25 Index components were in positive territory. Year-to-date, the index is up 46 percent, having started at a value of 1000. The following companies were notable movers for the week: Nokia [...]

The Battle Road Tech Index™ fell 0.8 percent for the week ended August 14, 2009, closing at 1417. For the week, 15 of the 25 Index components were in negative territory. Year-to-date, the index is up 41.7 percent, having started at a value of 1000. Dell (NASDAQ: DELL, $14.20) climbed 7.6 percent this week following [...]

The Battle Road Tech Index™ eked out a gain of 1.2 percent for the week ended June 12, 2009, closing at 1330. Year-to-date, the index is up 33 percent, having started at a value of 1000. For the week, 18 of the 25 Index components were in positive territory. The following companies were notable movers [...]

The Battle Road Tech Index™ fell 1.0 percent for the week ended May 8, 2009, closing at 1234. Year-to-date, the index is up 23.4 percent, having started at a value of 1000. For the week, 15 of the 25 Index components were in negative territory. This marks the first time in eight weeks that the [...]

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced in a surprise move this morning that it would acquire Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) for $7.4 billion. With the move, Oracle now competes with nearly all of the largest technology companies, including Microsoft in middleware and server operating systems, SAP and Salesforce.com in business applications, IBM, Cisco, HP, and Dell in [...]