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Airline Demand Hits Record Levels

courtesy of American AirlinesAirline demand not only rebounded out of the recession — it skyrocketed to new records. If international travel is any reasonably measure of the global economy on both business-travel and personal-travel…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Company in California Recalls 8.7 Million Pounds of Meat

Thinkstock Update: According to several media reports, most of the tainted meat went through distribution centers in California, Texas, Illinois and Florida Meat recalls are not terribly unusual, but the most recent posted by…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Apple’s Huge Share Buybacks May Continue

courtesy of Apple Inc.Pressure from Carl Icahn, the activist investor who has taken a stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and demanded the company return tens of billions of dollars to shareholders, has not worked.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

NBC Faces Olympic Competition From Twitter and Facebook

courtesy of TwitterThe XXII Olympic Winter Games held in Sochi, Russia, belong to NBC, at least from the standpoint of traditional media coverage. Comcast Corp.’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBCUniveral unit paid $4.38 billion for the…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Twitter and LinkedIn Social Media Reality Checks

ThinkstockLast week saw fourth-quarter earnings results from two of the premier players in the social media sector: Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) and LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD). Neither company’s results proved encouraging to investors, but…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

After the Drops, Which 3D Printing Stock Is Best Now?

Organovo Holdings Inc.Over the past 12 months, most 3D printing company stocks have posted gains of at least 40%. One one has seen its shares rise nearly 120%. Since the beginning of the year,…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Analyst Hits Home Run in Akamai

ThinkstockAkamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) has been a top name to buy at Oppenheimer for some time. This last week their due diligence paid as the company absolutely blew out numbers. Akamai reported fourth-quarter…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

Zynga Analyst Duel Sets Mixed Trading and Outlook

courtesy of ZyngaZynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) took a bit of a reality check this week. After a stellar prior week on news of preannounced earnings and on an acquisition, investors and analysts alike were…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

Food Prices Fall in January: U.N. Report

ThinkstockIn its monthly report on food prices, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Thursday that its food price index fell nearly 3 points from December to January to a multi-year…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Chevy Offers Huge Silverado Discounts After Poor Sales

General Motors Co.Car companies that offer huge discounts on models early in the year have a problem. They have to decide on ways to get slow-selling vehicles off the lots. The Chevy Silverado, General Motors’…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Is ON Becoming the Best Chip Stock for 2014?

ThinkstockChip-maker ON Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: ONNN) posted better than expected results after the markets closed last Thursday, and the stock closed up more than 8.5% on Friday after posting a new 52-week high. Volume…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

How Cowen Analysts Nailed Twitter and Glu Mobile

ThinkstockSometimes analysts have to take heat for making bad calls. It is not uncommon for an analyst to make a pre-earnings call that simply misses the mark. Other times they make calls that would…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

Fairway Slices and Hooks Its Future for Investors

ThinkstockFairway Group Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: FWM) managed to crush its prospects, and now the grocery store and food retailer is going to have to somehow convince shareholders that it is a value stock of…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago