The method of using capital from the corporate treasury to return capital to shareholders via share repurchase programs has long been under question. Most buybacks never are fully utilized, and ... Read Full Story »
Video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) today authorized a boost of $500 million in its share buyback program, replacing a $300 million authorization made in September 2010, and about half ... Read Full Story »
Games-maker Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) is getting a boost in share price today following a better-than-expected third fiscal quarter earnings report, and a buoyant outlook. That outlook depends on ... Read Full Story »
These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML. ... Read Full Story »
Video game investing has been the pits lately and a disappointment of the home-bound trade for the recession and recovery. The fun and cool games have so far not translated ... Read Full Story »
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) has announced a five-year strategic relationship with Facebook. The timing of this is odd considering its earnings are due today, but the company and other ... Read Full Story »
Next week is the beginning of the end of earnings season as November gets started, but we still have many key earnings to watch and there are still many large ... Read Full Story »
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: AirTran Holdings (NYSE: AAI) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Cut to Neutral ... Read Full Story »
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is still trying to get its ship turned around in the right direction and the company's stock was under fire this morning, understandably if you are ... Read Full Story »
August video games fell to their lowest level in four years. The belief that sales had begun to recover, based on numbers from late spring and early summer, has proved ... Read Full Story »
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) can afford to buy GM. The No. 1 US auto firm makes a fair amount of money, has nearly 20% of the American car market, and is ... Read Full Story »
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning: Agrium (NYSE: AGU) has seen targets raised at CIBC, Canaccord, ... Read Full Story »
A little over two weeks ago, we ran a list of "8 Big Companies With High E.U. Exposure" to see which companies had the most at risk due to the ... Read Full Story »
The implosion of the Euro is going to make it difficult for large American multinational corporations to be competitive in selling in Europe. The currency adjustments are just too fast ... Read Full Story »