Barnes & Noble announced that it has amended its agreement with Microsoft signed in 2012, and that its Nook Media group will no longer distribute a Windows app for its Nook e-reader. Microsoft wants…
Fortress Investment Group will see a wave of what would be considered to be insider selling. The private equity firm has announced that it has commenced a public offering to sell more than 28…
ThinkstockForeclosure filings in the United States dropped 10% in February, compared with January, and 27% compared with February 2013, according to data releases Thursday by RealtyTrac. Florida, Maryland and Nevada posted the highest rates…
ThinkstockWhile the slow grind higher in big carrier network spending has not led to a capital expenditure explosion, the continued capacity and latency build out of the Internet has some companies’ growth starting to…
After dropping a broad hint in its January conference call, Amazon.com issued a terse statement Thursday morning on its website that the price of its Amazon Prime service will rise from $79 to $99.
In a new research report from Deutsche Bank, the equity strategists point that the companies that are maintaining and increasing share buybacks, plus maintaining and increasing dividends, are the stocks to buy now.
Dollar General reported mixed fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning. Sales of tobacco and perishables pushed same-store sales higher. The company opened 650 new stores in 2013.
The chief strategist at Piper Jaffray released his report for March. It details how the second and third quarters typically behave in the mid-term years after a solid first quarter. Here are the top…
Plug Power reported mixed fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2014 results before markets opened Thursday morning. The company said it was on track to break even by the third quarter of this year.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday. March 13, 2014. They include Activision Blizzard, EPL Oil & Gas, MagicJack VocalTec and VMware.
General Electric announced Thursday morning that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of its North American Retail Finance business.
ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of sale on Wednesday for 5 million barrels of sour crude from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Interested buyers have until Friday at 2:00…
ThinkstockOne of the contributors to the rise in sales of cars and light trucks in the United States has to be the extremely attractive financial packages that automakers offer. Among these is the ability…
ThinkstockPremium gasoline prices have risen above $4 in eight states, raising the concern that consumer spending could be damaged by the trend. At the same time, the price of regular has also soared, and…
ThinkstockThe population drain in Detroit likely has not reached a bottom. The Census put the figure at just above 701,000 in 2012 (USA Today put the number lower at 684,799). That is down from…