ThinkstockThursday was another day that reminds investors just how sensitive the market can be in pullbacks after huge runs up. It was not the weekly jobless claims, but perhaps weak earnings and fears of…
ThinkstockYou have heard of Internet outages before from time to time, particularly in the first ten years the public was using the Internet. But what about a large Internet outage affecting massive numbers of…
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. has been wondering just how long it would be before power companies in the Northeast and Midwest started asking — or demanding — that customers take efforts to conserve their electricity…
ThinkstockMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is buying Nokia Corp.’s (NYSE: NOK) mobile phone and devices business to boost its presence in the ultra-competitive smartphone market. But the question is whether the Nokia operations can truly…
Canaccord Genuity reiterated its Buy rating on Boeing on Thursday, while lifting the price target for the stock. And before the broad market sell-off on Thursday, Boeing shares hit an all-time high.
Is it time to start taking money off the table in the areas such as drives, storage and memory? They have enjoyed great gains, and investors who have been around the investment game have…
Shares of nutrition company Herbalife tumbled as much as 13% Thursday after Sen. Edward Markey asked the government to look into the company's business practices and whether the company is operating as a pyramid…
Ariad Pharmaceuticals could be joining the ranks of the next big biotech acquisitions. The company fits the bill of many biotech acquirers because its market cap is just over $1 billion and its revenue…
The U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council has begun looking at Berkshire Hathaway to determine whether the financial powerhouse is important enough to the global financial system to require supervision from the Federal Reserve. Berkshire…
In a new research report, Deutsche Bank analysts initiate coverage on some of the top software stocks and also upgrade other top names from Hold to Buy.
The U.S. Labor Department is out with its take on weekly jobless claims, and the numbers are still coming in at levels conducive to better jobs figures than what was reported for December. It…
Warren Buffett has said for years that he wants anyone to talk him out of owning an airline. That, of course, was before airlines became wildly profitable.
McDonald's reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning. Earnings looked stagnant and the company seems to be out of fresh ideas.
Media and advertising have always gone hand in hand. But the future is clear: more money will migrate to the Internet and cable, while less money goes to print and radio. Here are the…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, January 23, 2014.