We have compiled Monday’s top pre-market day trader and active trader alert stocks.  There is a link to each story for more detail and analysis at VSInvestor.com: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is hitting new highs, again. AMICAS, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCS) is up big on a going-private deal. Internationa ... Read more

The FTC has brought a case against Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) which has now been accused of monopolistic behavior in Europe, the State of New York, and the United States. The FTC claims that Intel used its dominant market share to make it impossible for competition to make inroads in the PC and server busi ... Read more

Sometimes the unimaginable happens, and that is today.  3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) is being acquired, and in a deal that won’t run regulatory risk at least over China having access to core technology.  Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is the surprise buyer. H-P is buying the networking and r ... Read more

Morgan Stanley has made several key downgrades in technology, as well as a few lesser upgrades.  Both IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) were downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight.  Also cut to underweight were Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS) and Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK).  ... Read more

On Wednesday, shareholders of Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: JAVA) saw their investment surge more than 75% as reports surfaced that the company is in talks to potentially be acquired by International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM). Shares of IBM moved up 2.8% on the news. The purchase is like ... ... Read more

The number of large American companies which have effectively dodged the falling safe of the recession can be counted on most people's fingers and toes. Wal-Mart (WMT) has done remarkably well, but its latest financial forecast was considered a bit short of expectations. McDonald's (MCD) s ... Read more