Stock Hoaxes Live On, With Twitter The Latest
courtesy of TwitterTwitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) may have become just the latest stock hoaxes to sucker-in many gullible investors. The reports that the company had a bid of $31 billion were from a fake…
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thinkstockGreece has reached a deal that will allow it to remain in the euro currency. Or has it? A lot of this depends upon which set of headlines you read and who is making…
BioCardia Sets Price For IPO
ThinkstockBioCardia, Inc. filed an amended S-1 form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding its initial public offering. In this filing the company gave its expected price range as $12 to $14 for about…
Will BofA Discount to Book Value Enhance Earnings?
courtesy of Alex Proimos, via Wikimedia CommonsBank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) is scheduled to report its second quarter financial results Wednesday before the markets open. The consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters call for…
The 52-Week Low Club for Tuesday
ThinkstockJuly 14, 2015: Here are four stocks among the 43 equities making new 52-week lows today. Navient Corp. (NASDAQ: NAVI) posted a new 52-week low on Tuesday. Shares dropped more than 14% to a…
The 4 Stocks That Lifted the Dow on Tuesday
thinkstockJuly 14, 2015: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday following the announcement of a deal between Iran and a group of countries including the U.S. related to the Iranian nuclear development program. Crude oil dropped…
Retail Sales, Import Prices and PPI May All Keep Deflation Alive
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve wants inflation around 2.0% to 2.5%, but that remains a pipe dream. In fact, deflationary fears remain present as of now. It turns out that Retail Sales and Import & Export…
Match to Acquire PlentyOfFish
ThinkstockA subsidiary of IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI), The Match Group, announced Tuesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase PlentyOfFish. The total transaction is valued at $575 million. The transaction is expected…
Is Mindbody Now Attractive After Its Quiet Period Ended?
MINDBODY, Inc. (NASDAQ: MB) was nothing short of a dismal initial public offering. While the health club software provider has demonstrated tremendous growth in clients and in revenues, the financial losses kept growing as…
Orange Is the New Black — at Least for Male Car Buyers
Ford Motor Co.The most popular car color among car buyers in 2014 was orange, with male buyers showing a much stronger preference for the color than females. Men’s bias for the color was 25%…
Another Debt Rating Downgrade in Puerto Rico
ThinkstockPuerto Rico is having a hard time finding very many fronts. Now comes news that ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has downgraded the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico (GDB). Tuesday’s downgrade went from…
Looking at the Upside in 4 Hotel Stocks
ThinkstockSo far 2015 has not been a good year for most hotel stocks, but this weakness could prove to be a good opportunity. In fact, one key analyst sees these hotel stocks on the…
Nasdaq Lists New SuperDividend ETF
The Global X SuperDividend Alternatives ETF began trading on the Nasdaq on Tuesday July 14.
Books-A-Million Takes Offer of $3.25 a Share to Go Private
Bookseller Books-A-Million has signed a definitive agreement with a newly organized entity owned by the company's controlling Anderson family.
WPX Tapping Public Markets to Pay for RKI Acquisition
Tuesday morning, WPX Energy announced a definitive merger agreement with privately held RKI Exploration & Production for a total payment of $2.75 billion.