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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — July 17, 2012: Markets Higher After Bernanke Speaks

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 4:03 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning in advance of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s semi-annual report to Congress and following some data on inflation (more coverage here), ...
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Groupon, Zynga at Post-IPO Lows

Posted: July 12, 2012 at 11:49 am

Recently public companies Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) rose sharply following their IPOs, but have taken a turn south that has taken shares off post-IPO highs ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — July 11, 2012: More Profit Warnings, No Easing Keep Shares Down

Posted: July 11, 2012 at 4:05 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened slightly lower this morning ahead of the release later today of the minutes of the last FOMC meeting. Asian markets were mixed overnight ...
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Best Buy Dives on Rival’s Warning

Posted: July 11, 2012 at 1:49 pm

Home electronics giant Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) has seen its shares plunge today following an earnings warning from much smaller rival hhgregg, Inc. (NYSE: HGG). The Indianapolis-based retailer, ...
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Google Debuts New Tablet, Social Streaming Media Gadget (GOOG, AAPL, NVDA, AMZN, SIRI, P)

Posted: June 27, 2012 at 2:59 pm

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is nothing if not determined to slice off a share of Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) dominance of the market for personal media. At the company’s I/O ...
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Web’s Top Properties the Usual Suspects (GOOG, YHOO, MSFT, FB, AOL, AMZN, WMT, TGT)

Posted: June 22, 2012 at 4:10 pm

Internet research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released its rankings of the top web properties for the month of May. The top 5 of the 50 sites ranked by ...
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Microsoft, B&N to Unveil Tablet? (MSFT, BKS, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG)

Posted: June 18, 2012 at 9:30 am

At a hastily arranged event scheduled for today at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is expected to announce a new tablet device to be built by its ...
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May Retail Sales Drop Again (AMZN, WMT, TGT, HD, LOW)

Posted: June 13, 2012 at 9:15 am

The US Census Bureau reported this morning that retail sales in May fell by -0.2% month-over-month. Compared with May 2011, however, retail sales rose by 5.3%. For the three-month period ...
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Barnes & Noble: The Next Bridge to Nowhere (BKS, MSFT, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG)

Posted: June 6, 2012 at 10:10 am

Ron Burkle and his Yucaipa funds have distributed nearly 12 million shares of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) to shareholders of two of the funds, according to a filing ...
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Netflix to Build Its Own Content Network (NFLX, INTC, GOOG, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT, AKAM, LVLT, LLNW)

Posted: June 5, 2012 at 10:28 am

Yesterday’s announcement from Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) that the company would its own content delivery network (CDN) based on the Open Connect standard. White-box provider Intequus will build the servers ...
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Can Anything Stop the iPad? (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, SSNLF, BKS)

Posted: June 5, 2012 at 7:44 am

Since its introduction just over two years ago, the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has either been the only tablet device on the market or the biggest seller by ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — June 4, 2012 (FB, YUM, TM, AMZN, BA, CVGW, CONN, NX, JASO, MFRM, UNFI, LAYN, CRED, FOR, ENPH, DAL)

Posted: June 4, 2012 at 4:07 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened very slightly higher this morning, but soon turned south on a disappointing report on US factory orders (our coverage here). In Europe, Germany ...
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Mobile Advertising Booming on Tablets (AAPL, AMZN, SSNLF, GOOG, RIMM, NOK, BKS, MM)

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 1:32 pm

In the first quarter of 2012, the leading maker of mobile devices as measured by page impressions was Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), followed by Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF.PK), HTC Corp., ...
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Best Buy Bounces, But Not Enough (BBY, RSH, GME, AMZN, WMT, AAPL)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 8:35 am

Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) reported first quarter results this morning that were better than expected and the company’s shares are getting a much-needed bounce. The company ...
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Ho-Hum: iPhone to Get Larger Screen

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 7:25 am

The 3.5-inch screen on the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be elegant, but it’s also puny compared with the 4.5-inch screens available from other smartphone makers. A report ...
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