courtesy of ZyngaZynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is a very controversial company and is really sort of a battleground stock. There are big bulls, and big bears. Its future is still far from certain. Shares…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.J.C. Penney Co. (NYSE: JCP) does not exactly have that many fans and champions on Wall Street nor on Main Street these days. The stock may be only at $5.68…
ThinkstockCars, smartphones, jewelry and cash are among the many valuable items most people expect thieves to target. As a result, Americans take precautions to keep such possessions safe. Not many, however, would think to…
By World Economic Forum (Flickr) CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAfter one of the most anticipated CEO hunts in American corporate history, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has selected only the third person ever to sit in…
courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in December, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) grew its share of the U.S. smartphone market by 1.2% compared with the three month period ending in September, from…
Many great stocks have fallen from their peaks, and some Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks are actually challenging their 52-week lows. Often it is the stocks that sold off the most that also recover…
On the company's earnings call last week, Amazon.com said that it may raise the price on its subscription shipping service, Amazon Prime, from its current level of $79 a year to as much as…
Usually when you see stocks double, it is based on a buyout or a major partnership development. That is not the case for Furiex Pharmaceuticals, which soared on news of positive top-line study results…
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office now estimates that the federal budget deficit in fiscal year 2014 will total less than half the $1.4 trillion federal deficit in 2009. Federal revenues are expected to grow…
Petrobras is supposed to be a great oil giant, with vase proven and probable reserves, and with a vast opportunity in Brazil. The problem is that nothing seems to go right for the Petrobras…
Microsoft's announcement that it has selected a new chief executive is overshadowed by the news that Bill Gates is stepping down as chairman. Will other executives take the opportunity to jump ship?
The top equity strategist at Merrill Lynch has updated the High Quality and Dividend Yield screen of stocks to buy, adding some names that may provide investors solid 2014 returns.
J.C. Penney shares were up in premarket trading Tuesday morning after the struggling retailer announced preliminary results for the company's same-store sales in the fourth quarter and for the nine-week holiday sales period.
Arch Coal managed to turn in another quarterly loss, which now looks to be eight in a row. The coal giant said that its results were hurt by rail service problems, as well as…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. They include Chevron, Gap, Merck, Microsoft and Zynga.