GameStop Kills Video Game Sector Growth Expectations
Shares of video-game retailer GameStop slumped Tuesday after the company unexpectedly reported lower-than-expected holiday sales and cut its guidance for the fiscal fourth quarter.
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With Google paying what feels like an unheard of $3.2 billion to acquire Nest Labs, Wall Street speculators are looking further down the chain to see if they can get in on the next…
Green Mountain Scores Unusual Analyst Sell Rating
S&P Capital IQ has issued a Sell rating on Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. It is an unusual rating for the independent coffee roasting and retail product player, and the source of that rating is…
Trouble Brewing in 3D Printing?
The world of 3D printing is supposed to be the next big thing. It has even been referred to by some as the next bubble. Now we have news that Stratasys is being hurt…
Credit Suisse Adds 10 Stocks to Buy to Its 2014 Top U.S. Investment Ideas List
Credit Suisse recently added 30 names to its top ideas list. Ten of those names make its #1 Top Picks list. 24/7 Wall St. takes a look at each of the ten.
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Hartford, Intel, Lululemon, 3D Systems, Sirius and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, January 14.
Wells Fargo Beats Earnings on Large Revenue Drop
Wells Fargo is out with its fourth-quarter report, and it appears on the surface to be above estimates for per-share earnings. But revenues dropped year over year.
UBS Has Nine Biotech Buyout and Merger Candidates
The analysts at UBS are not only bullish on the biotechnology sector, they think there is a very distinct possibility that some of the top names may also become takeover targets this year.
NFIB: Independent Business Owners Remain Pessimistic
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has released its small business optimism index for the month of December. The report is pessimistic regarding the small business economy.
Twitter Face-Lift Shows the World Is Going Mobile
Twitter is getting a face-lift. And its new look of its website resembles the company's mobile apps for iOS and Android. The decision may have been a no-brainer for Twitter, because that is where…
Charges Convolute J.P. Morgan Earnings, as Book Value Keeps Rising
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is leading the wave of banks this earnings season with its fourth-quarter earnings report. But there may be more to this report than meets the eye.
Target to Invest Tiny $5 Million in Cyber-Security Education
In the wake of a breach of Target customer accounts that allowed hackers to steal data from at least 70 million people, the huge retailer has decided one of the most important things it…
States With the Best (and Worst) Schools
24/7 Wall St. reviewed the 11 best-scoring and 10 worst-scoring states in K-12 achievement, based on Editorial Projects in Education's 2014 Quality Counts report. These are the states with the best and worst schools.
People Will Never Stop Drinking: Wisdom of Jim Beam Deal
Suntory, the Japanese brewer, spent $13.6 billion to buy Beam, the maker of Jim Beam. In doing so, Suntory has moved further into a business that is as likely to be successful forever as…
What Happened to Amazon’s Holiday Results?
Most of the nation's largest retailers have announced the results of holiday sales. Among the retailers that have not said a thing about how well they did in the past two months is Amazon.com.