Can the company that delivers search results in the digital world also deliver the goods in the brick-and-mortar world? And if Google can do that, can it make any money doing it?
When it comes to his stance on eBay, activist investor Carl Icahn might be starting to understand that his fight to remove board members and to get a spinoff of PayPal is…
Jon C. Ogg Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov reportedly has sold shares in Apple and Facebook to focus on Alibaba and other tech investments in China. He also may expand his stakes in Russian assets.
Courtesy Alibaba GroupTwo of the most anticipated initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2014 are coming from Chinese Internet companies, and both appear headed for U.S. listings. Weibo Corp. on Friday filed documents…
ThinkstockActivist investor Carl Icahn said on Friday that Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP) will begin using its Facebook page to disclose material non-public information. Icahn already uses Twitter and a website (www.shareholderssquaretable.com)…
Activist investor Carl Icahn has "not yet begun to fight" according to his latest open letter to the shareholders of eBay. His impetus was an investor survey that showed 55% of respondents…
courtesy of ebayThe war of words between eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) and activist investor and billionaire Carl Icahn is heating up. eBay’s message in the headline was simply “Stick to the Facts,…
Jon C. Ogg eBay has been fighting the calls of billionaire and activist investor Carl Icahn to break-up the company by spinning off PayPal, and now the calls are going to get louder.
courtesy of Sony Corp.Maybe it’s because Saturday is launch day in Japan for the PlayStation 4 from Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), but the company’s hot-selling new game console is practically non-existent on…
Research firm Brand Keys released on Wednesday its 2014 customer loyalty index for online service brands. The firm tracks 70 brands in seven categories. See how top brands like Amazon, Google and…
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the largest charitable giver in the United States last year, donating just shy of $1 billion. A large number of the other largest givers were…
The Internet analysts at Merrill Lynch are of the opinion that there are 10 investment themes that will shape the Internet sector in 2014. Here are some top stocks to buy from…
NASDAQShort interest data from mid-January showed that short sellers moved out of big tech stocks, a sign that the market has warmed to a sector about which it has been ambivalent. Shares…
24/7 Wall St. takes a look at some of the stocks that are being or have been pushed and cajoled by activist investors. In many cases, the activist investors helped the smaller…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, January 23, 2014.
