U.S. Stocks Advance as Earnings Remain Strong: Market Recap
U.S. markets advanced on Wednesday, overcoming early-morning tepidness to extend record highs. DJIA: +0.32% to 15,105.10 S&P 500: +0.41% to 1,632.69 NASDAQ: +0.49% to 3,413.27 Gold: +$23.30 to...
View ArticleDid These Tech Stocks Miss or Beat Analyst Expectations?
EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ:EZCH) delivered a profit and met Wall Street’s expectations, AND beat the revenue expectation. Adjusted Earnings Per Share decreased 14.81% to $0.23 in the quarter...
View ArticleWill IAC/InterActiveCorp Break Out?
With shares of IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) trading around $50, is IACI an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let’s analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing...
View ArticleThese 10 Companies Provide a Huge Medium For Online Advertisers
The Internet revolutionized how people view and consume information. From email to social media networking, users are finding more content to digest than ever before. The popularity of the Internet...
View ArticleMicrosoft to Make Vringo Lawsuit Go Away and 2 Other Hot Stocks to Watch
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT): Current price $35.10 On Thursday, Vringo said that Microsoft will resolve a lawsuit alleging that it infringed patents that allow Internet search engines to place...
View ArticleAnalysts: Boeing Has Addressed Concerns and 3 More Research Notes to Check Out
Boeing (NYSE:BA): Wells Fargo believes that investors’ concerns about the stock have been addressed, and has subsequently raised its price target on the shares from $100-$105 to $115-$120. The firm...
View ArticleApple to Users: No Direct Government Access
Has Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) been exposing its users to secret government scrutiny? Apple and eight other major U.S. tech companies were named in a top-secret National Security Agency document that was...
View Article3 Media Stocks in Focus: Netflix Reaches to Families, News Corp.’s Hacking...
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX): Netflix has announced the launch of Netflix Families in the United Kingdom, with family summer entertainment as its target. The new service will fill the Netflix queues with...
View Article8 Companies Dominating Online Video
The Internet revolutionized how people view and consume information. From email to social media networking, users are finding more content to digest than ever before. The popularity of the Internet...
View Article4 Tech Stock Stories Noisily Closing Out the Trading Week
Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA): Current price $2.71 Zynga shares were downgraded Friday at Morgan Stanley from Equalweight to Underweight, and their price target was reduced from $3 to $2.60. Analyst Scott...
View ArticleIs Yahoo! Poised For A Breakout Year?
Marissa Mayer has made big moves since taking over as Yahoo!’s NEW! Discover a new stock idea each week for less than the cost of 1 trade. CLICK HERE for your Weekly Stock Cheat Sheets NOW!...
View Article3 Media Stocks in Focus: DirecTV’s Brazilian Issue, News Corp.’s Big Payout,...
DirecTV (NASDAQ:DTV): Shares have recovered slightly from a premarket drop after the company revealed that its unit in Latin America reported subscribers numbers which were boosted higher by artificial...
View ArticleGoogle Sues the IRS!
Have you ever asked yourself if the tax department is ripping you off? Well, Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) recent legal action against the U.S. Internal Revenue Service may prompt you to ask that...
View ArticleCan AOL Survive Without Dial-Up?
With the use of dial-up Internet access long since past, AOL (NYSE:AOL) has endeavored to reinvent itself as a digital publisher. The company’s transformation seems to be popular with investors, as...
View Article4 Tech Stock Stories Kicking Off the Trading Week
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL): Closing price $414.84 Brian Blair, analyst at Wedge Partners, says Apple is reducing iPhone production in the second half. In a note, Blair reported that his firm thinks the...
View ArticleWhite House Endorses Plan, But Will It Reduce Piracy?
Google Inc. (NASAQ:GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), and numerous Internet corporations and businesses joined forces to develop an anti-piracy plan that will cut off...
View ArticleWill Yahoo! Stock Continue to Improve with Marissa Mayer?
With shares of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) trading around $27, is YHOO an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let’s analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:...
View Article4 Tech Stock Stories Buzzing Along on Thursday
Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK): Closing price $4.03 Nokia shares closed unchanged on the day after reporting lower-than-anticipated revenue and a break-even profit when Wall Street had expected a loss. The...
View Article8 Companies Winning the Battle for Online Video
The rise of the Internet over the past decade has paved the way for more advertising and a new battle among major corporate giants. According to comScore, a leader in measuring several aspects of the...
View Article3 Media Stocks in Focus: Charter Eyes Time Warner Bid, AOL Makes a New Hire,...
Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR): Charter and Goldman Sachs are reportedly in talks about negotiating the purchase of Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) after being rebuffed by Time Warner earlier this...
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