In news, Samsung will acquire all of SNE's (-0.3%) shares of S-LCD, making the joint venture its wholly-owned subsidiary for cash consideration of ~KRW 1.08 trillion. SNE is currently reevaluating its FY2012 forecast. Elsewhere, CSC (-7.4%) issued an update on status of contract discussions with the U.K. National Health Service and withdrew previously disclosed fiscal year 2012 financial guidance.
Among notable analyst ratings changes this morning, VMW (+2.6%) was upgraded to Outperform at Oppenheimer. Also, TDC (+1.0%) was added to US 1 list at BofA/Merrill.
There are no notable names in tech scheduled to report results today after the close.






