Facebook Catches AT&T and Coke in Market Value
In a stock move that is starting to defy gravity, social media giant Facebook has eclipsed the market value of two longtime stalwart members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average: AT&T and Coca-Cola.
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Google Capital’s Third Investment: Renaissance Learning
Wikimedia CommonsGoogle Capital has made its third investment. Renaissance Learning, an education technology start-up, said on Wednesday that Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) investment fund had acquired a minority stake in the company for $40…
Three Leading Chemical Stocks to Buy With History on Their Side
The chemical sector has outperformed the S&P 500 in two-thirds of the past 15 years. Looking forward, 2014 looks to be another year of outperformance for the right stocks. Here are three top chemical…
The Rising Tide of Wealth in Emerging Asia
Even though some of the poorest people in the world can be found in emerging Asia, financial wealth there is on a path to outpace that of the United States by 2015, according to…
Top Enterprise Software Stocks Poised for a Huge 2014
Stifel analysts just completed meetings with the top companies at the recent Technology, Internet and Media Conference in San Francisco. They think that cloud computing and software-as-a-service are moving well beyond early adopters and…
Jefferies Lifts Price Targets on Some Top Stocks to Buy
In a new research report, Jefferies analysts highlight some top stocks to buy that are doing so well that the price targets have to be moved higher. We screened the report for the top…
EU Car Sales Rise, but GM Lags
The ACEA said on Tuesday that the demand for new passenger cars in the European Union increased for the fifth consecutive month. Registrations rose 5.5% in January, relative to the same period of last…
Time Warner, Sony Win the Weekend Box Office
While Sony-backed films took three of the top five spots in this past weekend's U.S. box office, it was "The Lego Movie" from Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner, that came out on…
Toyota Faces Another Recall and a Production Disruption
Toyota has experienced something of a double whammy Monday: its second recall in a week and a weather-related disruption of production back home.
Biogen Idec Chairman: New Boss Same as the Old Boss?
Biogen Idec has announced that Chairman William D. Young will retire from the its board of directors and will be replaced by Stelios Papadopoulos. The latter is a former investment banker specializing in life-sciences…
Biotech Buyout Bolsters Novartis Cancer Portfolio
Novartis announced Monday morning that it will acquire privately held startup biotech CoStim Pharmaceuticals. Terms of the deal were not revealed, but it will bolster Novartis's cancer immunotherapy portfolio.
The Top Five Analyst Sell Ratings This Week
In a week that saw the markets continue to march higher, some of the top Wall Street firms that we cover were lowering the boom with Sell ratings on some very high profile names.
Ciena Investors Cheer Alliance With Ericsson
Shares of Ciena surged Friday morning following an announcement that the network specialist had reached a strategic global agreement with Ericsson that will help the companies compete with Cisco Systems.
J.P. Morgan’s Seven Big Consumer Stocks to Buy for 2014
In a new research report, analysts at J.P. Morgan lay down a bet that the American consumer is not dead. Here are seven large cap consumer stocks to buy recommended by J.P. Morgan.
Nine Top Chip Stocks Investors Should Really Be Buying
In a new research report, Stifel included presentation summaries of the analog, mixed-signal semiconductor companies that participated in its a three-day Technology, Internet and Media Conference in San Francisco.
Merrill Lynch Updates Endeavor List With Top Small-Cap Stocks to Buy
The Merrill Lynch Endeavor list offers their top small-cap picks. 24/7 Wall St. went through the list to find not only their top stocks to buy, but the names that had the highest profile…
Big Wall Street Firms Slap the Sell Rating on High-Profile Stocks
Both Merrill Lynch and UBS have added stocks to Sell to their recent research reports. More and more, big Wall Street firms are trying to stay ahead of the curve, not behind. It helps…
Slowing Auto Sales in China: Bad News for Carmakers
courtesy Ford Motor Co.The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Thursday that 1.85 million passenger vehicles were purchased in China in January, a record for monthly sales in the world’s largest auto market. However,…
Five Stocks in Which the Short Interest Doubled
Short sellers can be interesting to watch, particularly in periods of market fluctuations. Here are five stocks that saw their short interest double between the January 15 and January 31 settlement dates.
Is 2014 the Year of Apple’s iAnywhere Revolution?
In a new research report, analysts at J.P. Morgan see key new trends in the wireless world this year that may include the roll-out of revolutionary converged iOS/OSX products from Apple that they refer…