LinkedIn Guidance Not as Strong as Earnings
LinkedIn has reported its first-quarter earnings and revenues, beating on both estimates. The professional network saw real volatility after its report.
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Wikimedia CommonsKraft Foods Group Inc. (NASDAQ: KRFT) reported first-quarter 2014 results after the markets closed Thursday. The packaged food and beverage company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.78 on revenues of…
The 4 Stocks That Toppled Markets
thinkstockMay 1, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Thursday as only the Nasdaq managed a positive showing at the start. None of the indexes moved very far from the break-even line all day following a…
New Car Prices Rise in Slightly in April
Nissan Motor Co.The April average sales price for a light vehicle slipped 0.1% from $32,188 in March to $32,141.Carmakers, on average, sold each vehicle for $47 less than in March. Year-over-year, April 2014 prices…
Avon Enters Questionable Future Phase: Can It Be Saved?
Avon Products is a company that is in some ways frankly moving into a far different phase of its investment cycle than its investors want to hear -- the questionable future cycle.
AT&T, DirecTV Deal Could Challenge Comcast, Time Warner Merger
DirecTV shares put up a new 52-week high Thursday on a report that AT&T may be interested in acquiring the largest U.S. satellite TV company. Such a combination would serve about 26 million subscribers.
DOJ Enters No-Poach Deal With eBay, Other Companies Still Targeted
The Justice Department revealed Thursday that it reached a settlement with eBay that prevents the company from entering into or maintaining agreements with other companies restraining employee recruitment and hiring.
Rite Aid Turnaround Brings Stock High Not Seen Since 2001
Rite Aid has moved back to profitability, and now it appears that the drug store chain's same-store sales report for April is the best comparable sales report in 10 years.
Is Avon Finally Set to Turn Around?
Beleaguered beauty products company Avon has struggled for years to turn itself around. When Sheri McCoy was brought on as CEO a little more than two years ago, she promised a turnaround.
April Car Sales Led by Big Gains for Jeep, Nissan
Automakers reported April U.S. sales throughout the morning Thursday, and sales for the month rose for most carmakers. The exceptions were Ford and Volkswagen.
Analysts (and Investors) Abandon Emulex
Emulex is getting absolutely butchered after its fiscal third-quarter earnings report and its guidance were soft. This maker of network connectivity products has not been doing too well.
Natural Gas Inventories Building Slowly
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Thursday morning that U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 82 billion cubic feet for the week ending April 25. That compared with an expected increase of around…
Where Does Mulally Go Next?
courtesy of Ford Motor Co.When Ford Motor Co.’s (NYSE: F) Alan Mulally leaves the company on July 1, it is pretty unlikely that he will find a park bench somewhere and begin feeding the…
March New Construction Spending Slows on Lack of Public Spending
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday morning that construction spending in March increased by 0.2% to an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of $942.5 billion from an upwardly revised estimate of $940.8 billion in…
PMI and ISM Mixed Manufacturing Reports Better Than Labor Reports
ThinkstockThursday might not have seen great numbers at all on the jobs numbers, but the manufacturing data coming on the market is looking mixed to slightly better than the jobs data. The first report…