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Microsoft, Dividend Leader, RS At 94; Time To Buy?

A t least nine of the 70 companies that make IBD’s Dividend Leaders screen (not all show on the printed list) own strong Relative Strength Ratings of 90 or higher. Does that mean an investor should back

‘Not Your Dad’s Intel’ Expected To Report 15% EPS Dip

Your dad wouldn’t recognize No. 1 chipmaker Intel (INTC) today, Summit Research analyst Srini Sundararajan says. Today’s Intel isn’t content with being left to hold up the PC wall. And as the PC industry undergoes mass interruption, so too is Intel, Sundararajan wrote in a research note. “Intel will continue to use the PC processor business as its cash cow while slowly steering the mother-ship in a different direction,” he wrote. “Intel of today

Apple, Alphabet, Facebook Eye New EU Privacy Law

As the European Union prepares to ratify sweeping new privacy rules, Alphabet (GOOGL)-owned Google, Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB) are among the companies that must hammer out plans to comply with the EU’s “right to be forgotten” law. But 40% of companies surveyed in December reported being less than fully prepared to measure up to the new requirements, says a study out Tuesday by the Blanco Technology Group. Sixty percent of the survey