courtesy Facebook Inc.Shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) have now lost 50% of their value since the company’s March IPO. If you believe the Greek philosopher Zeno, this halving can go on…
Paul Ausick ZyngaEmbattled online game firm Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), its stock down over 80% this year, and its business prospects in question, lost two more senior executives today, according to Bloomberg: Zynga Inc. vice presidents Bill…
Douglas A. McIntyre Whether or not Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) should be considered a social media company is something we will leave up to you. What it has in common is simple: a huge lockup…
Jon C. Ogg China’s official PMI hits a nine-month low in August. (Reuters) WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) CEO Braly steps down. (Reuters) General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) to invest $1 billion in Russia within five…
Social media company Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) has been a success story since its IPO in March. The shares went out at $15 and more than doubled to near $32 before beginning…
Paul Ausick In our report on short interest in casino stocks, we noted a drop in short interest at one company that makes gaming machines, International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT). In addition to slot…
Paul Ausick The short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and low-priced shares is often highly volatile. We tracked some rather large moves up and down in this group for the August 15 settlement…
We’ve noted already this morning that Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) has replaced its head of national sales. And a report from Bloomberg notes the departure of four executives from social game maker…
Paul Ausick ZyngaSome of the top executives who left Web 2.0 companies recently went voluntarily, based on media reports. Others did not. Either way, several of these crippled corporations have to replace people who…
Douglas A. McIntyre A South Korean court awards patent victories to both Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung in a patent dispute. The judges add that Samsung did not violate key iPhone design property. (Reuters)…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning after Japan reported an unexpected plunge in its exports in July (our coverage here). In Europe there was not economic news out…
Jon OggThese are the top analyst calls of upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday morning. AES Corp. (NYSE: AES) named Bear of the Day…
It has been said several times, but for Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) shareholders, it cannot be said too often: the most important line in the Dell quarterly earnings statement is the one…
courtesy Facebook Inc.Today’s end to the lockup period on shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has predictably weighed on the stock’s share price. Shares are down more than 6% and have posted…
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) has joined the wave of video game companies that may be up for sale. The great rumor mill of Wall St. (and Cyber Street) now has EA…
