ThinkstockCloud software company Marin Software Inc. (NYSE: MRIN) held its initial public offering (IPO) this morning, and the shares priced at $14, above the projected range of $11 to $13. The company…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and maintained the upside, anticipating that today’s FOMC statement would not provoke any surprises. And the markets were not surprised (more coverage here). In Europe,…
Jon OggInvestors always seem to be looking for new good research-driven investing ideas for stocks to buy and for stocks to sell. Some of these come from independent research shops and some…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but worries about a resolution to the banking crisis in Cyprus soon took over and pushed shares down. In other parts of Europe, Spain’s bad…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning after France reported a decline in industrial production and China reported consumer inflation up more than expected (more coverage here). There was no significant data…
ThinkstockIn this morning’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades feature, which we run each morning, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch downgraded both Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) and Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) in the server…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch. Altera Corp.…
ThinkstockMarin Software, maker of cloud-based digital advertising management platform, has filed a Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launching the company’s quest for an initial public offering (IPO).…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and only the Dow was able to break into positive territory even briefly. There was no terrible news, but there was no unexpected big, good…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Friday. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) cut to Neutral a Janney. Bazaarvoice Inc.…
U.S. equity markets opened about flat this morning but fell into a swoon following remarks from House Speaker John Boehner indicated that there has been no change to the gridlock in negotiations…
ThinkstockDepending on which projection you believe, online spending was either a big success or a moderate flop. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) had predicted a Cyber Monday total of $2 billion, while…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockThrough the first 18 days of the 2012 holiday shopping season, online sales have risen 16%, from $8.77 billion last year to $10.14 billion this year according to the latest data from…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockIt’s make or break time for U.S. retailers as the Thanksgiving holiday rolls in this week and the shopping phenomena known as Black Friday and Cyber Monday follow along. Expectations for this…
Paul Ausick The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning following mostly weak reports on European PMI (more coverage here). The reading on U.S. PMI was unchanged from last month (more coverage…
