Fitch and Moody’s kept the U.S. rating at Aaa (Reuters) Years of slow growth and aging populations in the West could hasten the rise of BRIC economies (Reuters) Google+ (NASDAQ: GOOG) and…
There are going to be more than just several key equity issues to watch in the week ahead. 24/7 Wall St. has compiled this weekend’s previews of non-earnings events to watch this…
Plans for a budget vote by Republicans in the House fell apart (Reuters) Moody’s threatened to downgrade Spain (Reuters) BSkyB will have a $1.6 billion share buyback (Reuters) S&P said the U.S.…
If you have been a reader of 24/7 Wall St. for long, you know that we appreciate companies that pay dividends just about as much the investors who buy companies because of…
Many economists believe it is too late for the U.S. to keep its Aaa rating (Reuters) Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) posted better-than-expect earnings (Reuters) Analysts are concerned that slow holiday sales of…
Most of the after-hours movers are on earnings reports this Tuesday evening. We have been tracking moves and added color on the after-market trading in shares of the following: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has another report that may be baffling for some investors. The online retailer of just about everything reported that income fell 8% to $191 million or $0.41 EPS…
Jon C. Ogg Earnings season is in full throttle and many major companies are due to report in the week ahead. Some of the key reports we are featuring for detailed earnings previews are the…
Last week, the long-awaited (by some) US launch of the Spotify streaming music service finally got out of the gate. At the time of the launch, the service was available by invitation…
Sometimes a death of a brand can take quite a bit longer than many might expect. Borders Group was one of our brands to disappear picks in late-2010 despite a broad and…
Jon C. Ogg IBM (NYSE: IBM) posted extraordinarily strong earnings for the quarter that ended June 30. The news caused the technology giant’s shares to slip after hours and then rise very slightly. The market’s…
Sony (NYSE: SNE) continues to humiliate itself with a series of poor decisions, many of which have severely damaged earnings. The latest of these is to launch yet another e-reader into a…
The EU has reached no decision on Greece. The IMF favors private sector involvement (Reuters) Japan warned about the economic results of the rapid rise in the yen (Reuters) The dollar fell…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. Applied Micro…
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) faces a sales tax in California that it is not willing to pay. As a result, its relationships with affiliates in the state became strained, and the company will…
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