Campbell Soup Slices Guidance
Campbell Soup reported mixed third-quarter fiscal 2014 results and offered revised guidance before markets opened on Monday morning. Shares were down about 4.7% in premarket trading.
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Newest first · Page 310Nine College Presidents Made Over $1 Million, One Made Under $15,000
ThinkstockOne million dollars a year in compensation may not seem like very much anymore. Almost every public company CEO makes that much. So do countless bankers, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists. However, in…
Gas Price Drop Steepens Ahead of Memorial Day
ThinkstockWith the Memorial Day weekend just days away, it is clear that the gasoline price increase that often accompanies summer driving will not do so this year. The drop in gas prices is accelerating…
Google’s YouTube to Buy Twitch — Variety
According to Variety, Google's YouTube has reached a deal to buy Twitch, a popular videogame-streaming company, for more than $1 billion.
AT&T Buys DirecTV for $67.1 Billion — the Announcement
The announcement issued by the two companies: AT&T (NYSE:T) and DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which AT&T will acquire DIRECTV in a stock-and-cash transaction for $95…
Twitter Shares Fell Again Last Week
The stock price plunge at Twitter began on April 29 when the company reported first-quarter results that included a marked slowdown in user growth. Shares are down nearly 25% since then.
Most Americans Are Smarter Than the Average American
ThinkstockRegardless of the fact that the U.S. educational system was ranked just 14th in the world in a recent report and an even lower 20th in overall educational attainment, most of us believe that…
What the Market Really Thinks About The New York Times
Despite all of the turmoil over a fired female editor and falling revenue, the stock market actually loves shares of The New York Times Company. They have risen 140% in the past five years.
E-Commerce Rises 12% in Q1
E-commerce revenue is not rising at the rates it was several years ago, but it is still rising faster than retail in general. Desktop retail e-commerce spending rose 12% in the first quarter of…
America’s Hottest Selling Cars
courtesy of Mercedes-BenzSubaru, Mercedes, Audi and Toyota dealers had trouble keeping their cars on the lot in April. Based on sales growth data and consumer ratings of autos sold in the United States, the…
AT&T Deal for DirecTV Gets Board Votes Sunday
When word got out in early May that AT&T was considering a buyout of DirecTV, the satellite company's stock was trading at around $75 to $78 a share. Shares closed on Friday at $86.18.
Will Fed Rate Hikes Come Sooner Than Expected?
ThinkstockQuantitative easing has been under a great deal of scrutiny for some time, and the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet keeps growing despite the tapering efforts. The stock market, and the bond market for that…
As Preakness Stakes Approaches, Prices of Belmont Stakes Tickets Hinges on Results
ThinkstockWith the most exciting two minutes in sports now in the books, the horse racing world now shifts its attention to the possibility of a Triple Crown champion. This week, Kentucky Derby champion California…
More Reason to Hate Your Cable Company
ThinkstockWhen the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) last looked at pay TV providers, the view was not very pretty. A report released Friday by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) likely reveals why. Reliability and…
Seven Fresh Dividend Hikes You Should Not Miss
This past week was a rough one for the markets. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the S&P 500 hit new all-time highs, only to sell off handily from the peak before…