ThinkstockOnline video has radically changed the way Americans consume media. People want to watch when it is convenient for them, not when network programmers want them to. The industry’s term for it is “video…
ThinkstockMartha Stewart, founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) recently went on Bloomberg TV to explain how she went from “her humble beginnings as a working class girl from New Jersey to…
courtesy of StarbucksStarbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is sick of playing defense in China, where the nation’s big broadcaster criticized the coffee shop chain for what it charges for coffee. China has to make the…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), which has been the victim of censorship and cyber attacks in China, has decided to help smaller organizations to exist without similar attacks — at least to…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Yet another of former CEO Ron Johnson’s big ideas to lift the fortunes of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is coming unraveled. The wide-ranging deal signed in late 2011…
ThinkstockVMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) is seeing a strong reaction to its corporate earnings report. Its third quarter sales were broadly in-line with analyst expectations, but earnings managed to beat the consensus analyst estimates. The…
courtesy of NetflixNetflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has reported earnings and this was one of our 14 top earnings reports to watch this week. The digital media player reported earnings of $0.52 per share on…
October 21, 2013: U.S. markets opened mixed Monday morning after a couple of weak earnings reports. The report on existing home sales showed a drop in September and the delayed report on crude oil inventories…
ThinkstockShares of Crosstex Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: XTXI) are up more than 60% in the early afternoon on Monday and common units of Crosstex Energy LP (NASDAQ: XTEX) are up more than 35% following the…
ThinkstockA massive fire at a Brazilian port virtually destroyed six warehouses containing 180,000 tons of raw sugar waiting to be exported. That will cut into an expected sugar surplus of 2 million tons in…
ThinkstockThe fast-food industry is one of the nation’s largest employers of low and minimum wage workers. According to one group, often the industry workers’ pay is not enough and many turn to government programs…
Jon OggThe government shutdown may be averted for a few months and the S&P 500 Index may have just hit new all-time highs, but a short seller is maintaining his aggressive stance against shares…
ThinkstockIt is not uncommon that a loss of business at one provider is a win for other providers. If you have followed the Healthcare.gov list of continual sign-up issues since the start of the…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe federal government shutdown allowed many government agencies to stop with their normal economics reports, on which the stock market and bond market have come to depend. Now that Uncle…
Jon OggThe S&P 500 Index is hitting all-time highs and we are now deep into earnings season. This week will mark the second week of the earnings floodgates being open. 24/7 Wall St. has…