How Twitter Helps Sell Movie Tickets
At a time when the movie theater business is in jeopardy because ever more people stream premium video into their homes, a powerful new generation technology may help these traditional outlets to sell tickets.
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MicrosoftToday, China is a market that most software and hardware companies believe they must conquer if they are to expand what may be stagnant sales worldwide. The most recent example of this is that…
Amazon Forsakes Profits for a Better Experience
By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported second quarter 2014 results after markets closed on Thursday afternoon. The online retailer posted a diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.27…
Why Durable Goods Matters So Much on Friday – GDP Watch
ThinkstockOn Friday we will get to see the report for Durable Goods for the month of June. This is an incredibly important report because it is for June, marking the end of the second…
Starbucks Introduces Its 2015 Earnings and Sales Outlook
courtesy of Starbucks Corp.Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has announced its third quarter earnings its fiscal 2014. Howard Schultz and friends reported that adjusted earnings were $0.67 per share and revenue grew %11 to $4.2…
The 4 Stocks That Held the Market Down
thinkstockJuly 24, 2014: Markets opened mixed again on Thursday as the DJIA once more lagged on weakness among some of the heavy-hitter blue chips. All three major indexes hovered around the flat line today…
Can SodaStream Really Get Bought at $40?
ThinkstockWith all the news and hope around SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA), it may be of little surprise that news has surfaced that the company could be taken private at $40 per share. There…
Walmart Employees Group Cites Simon’s Leadership Failures
A labor group made up of employees of Walmart has been pushing the company for nearly two years to raise its minimum annual wage for full-time employees to $25,000.
Will Homebuilders Revisit 52-Week Lows Soon?
ThinkstockWhat ever happened to that prolonged, multiyear housing market recovery? Maybe the private equity buyers bought up all the bargains so fast that public transition cycle from owner to renter back to owner just…
Why Verizon Earnings Beat AT&T
AT&T believes that once its customers migrate to the company's new plans, equipment upgrades and data usage revenues will rise. That belief will be tested over the next several quarters.
Meet the $100 Facebook Analyst Stock Call
It is without a doubt that Facebook hit a home run on its earnings report on Wednesday night. If Jefferies is right in its assessment, Facebook shares could be headed to $100.
Has China Lost Its Addiction to Gold?
ThinkstockBy now, speculators and investors have learned over and over that gold is a very fickle commodity. The daily rationale for why gold rises and falls is sometimes hard to follow. China has been one…
Natural Gas Inventory Posts Another Weekly Gain, Prices Remain Low
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Thursday morning that U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 90 billion cubic feet for the week ending July 18. Natural gas futures prices were trading up about…
Pennsylvania Proves the Lottery Is an Idiot Tax, and Wants Even More
ThinkstockFrom time to time, 24/7 Wall St. covers the upcoming large lottery announcements and events. It is fun for most people to imagine what they would do if they won the jackpot, but the…
June New Home Sales Collapse
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau Thursday morning released data on new single-family home sales for June. Sales fell 8.1% month-over-month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 406,000, from a downwardly revised May sales figure…