RIM (NASDAQ: RIMM) has decided that if it cannot beat them, it will join them The troubled smarphone company may offer some of the security features that come on its Blackberry in…
Shares of embattled Web 2.0 e-coupon IPO Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) fell another 9% to an all-time low of $14.85. Shares have traded as high as $31.14 since the offering. Skeptics believe that the…
Reported strong consumer spending over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend pushed stocks up sharply at the opening this morning and gains have been held throughout the day. New home sales figures were slightly…
ComScore’s Video Matrix for October was released today. It showed that Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube property dominates online video viewship. Facebook, VEVO, and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) sites were distant seconds. The report…
Research firm Sterne Agee downgraded Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) from Buy to Neutral. The company’s shares recently reached a seven year low as the firm’s Blackberry product losses market share to Apple’s…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning. Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (NYSE: AEM) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity. Avalon Rare Metals…
The sovereign debt forest fire moved to Hungary, the debt of which was downgraded to junk status by Moody’s . Other factors were even more important as the fate of the EU…
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is back with some dirt cheap offers in smartphones, and some of these may seem to be good to be true. While this may include Verizon Communications Inc.…
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) posts mediocre earnings but says it hopes to steady its businesses over the balance of the year. (Reuters) Store chains will have to offer large discounts to lure shoppers.…
Yields on what Spain had to pay for $4 billion in debt reached record levels. That is similar to what happened to paper issued recently by France and Italy. Rising yields are…
Data from Piper Jaffray shows that Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) App business brought deverlopers $3.4 billion in revenue so far in 2011. Revenue for developers of apps for Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android was…
The supercommittee appears unlikely to settle on a deficit agreement. (Reuters) A senior Chinese official says he expects the global recession to last for some time. (Reuters) Spain’s center-right People’s Party gains…
Among the hundreds of technology stocks, there are a relative handful of companies that stand out as bellwethers for the entire industry. Some are on the list for historical reasons; others are…
Concerns about the price of oil have returned after a summer in which both crude and gasoline prices fell. Slow production from OPEC nations is not to blame. Libyan production is actually…
