ThinkstockFor years International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has remained a technology bellwether, as well as a top stock to own in most portfolios. The brilliant move that took it out of the personal computer…
courtesy of ebayeBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has reported earnings for its fourth quarter, but perhaps even larger news is that Carl Icahn is taking a small stake on the company and is going to…
courtesy of Netflix Inc.Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has delivered, not on DVDs but on earnings. The video streamer reported earnings that blew away estimates. On top of that, CEO Reed Hastings is even limiting…
ThinkstockWednesday was yet another mixed day in the stock market, one where the Dow Jones Industrial Average was in the red and the S&P 500 Index and NASDAQ were positive for most of the…
ThinkstockIt is unknown what the real damages are going to be from the Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) data theft around the holidays of 2013. Target refers to this as a breach, but by getting…
ThinkstockThermoGenesis Corp. (NASDAQ: KOOL) is seeing a day-two run in its stock, but investors might want to pay close attention here. The reality is that with a market cap under $50 million, this is…
Three key technology companies are reporting earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday: eBay, Netflix and SanDisk. Here is what analysts expect and the outlook for what lies ahead.
Apple got a mid-day pop on Wednesday due to nothing more than comments from activist investor and billionaire Carl Icahn. His position is now believed to top $3 billion, and he called Apple a…
A new report from Sterne Agee's Jay McCanless is very positive on several homebuilders. His focus is that inventory checks appear positive ahead of the 2014 spring selling season.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, January 22, 2014.
Courtesy BlackBerryIf John Chen’s message as the new CEO of BlackBerry Ltd.(NASDAQ: BBRY) says anything at all, it is that he is willing to shake up everything down to the foundation of every office…
ThinkstockPIMCO is out with a news shocker in the after-hours session, something which may be enough of a shift that could create some unease among the money management firm’s clients. The world’s top-tier bond…
courtesy of AMD.comAdvanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is not a broad stock market moving stock any longer, but this last quarter was a very important quarter for AMD. That also makes it important…
Jon OggInternational Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) is still one of the most important stocks of the Dow Jones industrial Average, mostly due to its major stock price in the price-weighted index. What will…
Jon OggThe stock market took a hit from sellers mid-day, but fortunately the markets recovered enough that only the Dow was in the red at the closing bell. Stocks were even mixed on a…
ThinkstockInvestor activism has taken on a different path in the last eighteen months or so. Large companies are no longer off limits, and activists have been able to make changes at companies which used…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaIs the Oracle of Omaha truly an Oracle? That is what Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has bet on. Quicken Loans announced on Tuesday morning that it has joined…
24/7 Wall St. sees that 15 of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial (DJIA) stocks have pulled back 5.0% or more from their 52-week highs. Sometimes, bargain stocks just do not feel like bargains.
Tuesday will bring two very important pieces of the technology sector together in earnings season. IBM and Advanced Micro Devices will share their most recent quarterly results after the close of trading.
ThinkstockSabre Corp. has filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. Sabre is owned by private equity and is a key software and services technology solutions provider to…