Author: Jennifer Leigh Parker

After Hewlett-Packard announced plans to reduce the largest amount of workers in its 73-year history by cutting 27,000 jobs, Jason Noland, analyst for the firm Robert W. Baird, said the firm risks losing key staff to Silicon Valley.      Read More

Hewlett-Packard’s expected restructuring announcement is “just the beginning” for the personal computer maker if Chief Executive Meg Whitman shifts to a digital strategy, says Mark Stahlman, director at TMT Strategies.   Read More

While the “Big Box” closes stores and searches for a new CEO, analysts expect Best Buy to survive if it invests online and settles on a strong leader.   Read More

After lowering its 2012 guidance, Lowe’s “looks like Wile E. Coyote and Home Depot looks like the Road Runner once again,” Christopher Horvers, retail-hardlines analyst for JPMorgan Chase, told CNBC on Monday.     Read More

The hot-name website is currently ranked the 12th-largest in social media; and you'll keep hearing about it, vice president Andrew McLaughlin says, precisely because it isn't Facebook.    Read More

A few hours before the oversubscribed, wildly sought after Facebook shares are priced for the company’s public debut, Max Wolff, analyst at GreenCrest Capital, said buying in now is like “buying a lottery ticket.”   Read More

Mark May, analyst with Barclays Capital, told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” that Groupon’s share price pop is just the beginning for the three-year-old company.     Read More

Apple’s shares are already down about 7 percent over the past month, but analysts don’t see a clear reversal until the iPhone 5 rolls out.   Read More

Whether earnings results are great for Cisco Systems or not on Wednesday, Nikos Theodosopoulos, analyst at UBS, tells CNBC there are other reasons to buy the stock.     Read More

“The Avengers,” which broke box-office records last weekend, is the first film in a three sequel franchise — and analysts expect more share price pop as the sequels keep coming.   Read More