We’ve noted already that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) are defying today’s sell-off trend and that the search giant got an upgrade to ‘overweight’ with a $775 price…
Outside of rivalry for eyeballs, maps, and all other things digital… What do Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) have in common? They are both within about 4% of…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will cut 4,000 Motorola workers now that the buyout of the handset maker is complete. Media outlets claim the cuts will come because Google only wants to build…
The “lockup” of shares held by investors who took part in rounds of Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) funding that happened before the firm’s initial public offering will end on August 16. Many…
Brent crude rises to a three-month high of $114. (Reuters) Standard Chartered may try to settle with the government over money laundering charges. (Reuters) Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) cuts prices…
Bridgewater Associates, LP is in the lead of the top hedge funds in America by size. We have just gotten a look at its equity holdings via a 13F filing with the Securities…
Wikimedia CommonsJCPenney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) reported an adjusted second-quarter net loss of $0.37 per share and $3.02 billion in revenues before markets opened today. EPS for the same period a year…
The three major US stock indexes opened mixed this morning following a wealth of data on the Chinese economy. The short version is that the economy is slowing so much and inflation…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a claim by the Federal Trade Commission that the company misled users of the Safari browser Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) over a cookie tracking issue. We have received an email confirming the press conference and seen the press release showing that…
NokiaMobile phone maker Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) has agreed to sell a portfolio of more than 500 patents to Vringo Inc. (NYSEMKT: VRNG) for an undisclosed sum. Nokia will retain some ongoing…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. American Electric…
Everyone loves a good turnaround story, particularly in down-and-out technology stocks. The problem is that many turnarounds can never turn around. Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) was touted over and over as…
News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) takes a $2.85 billion write-down, mostly on its publishing properties, as it prepares to spin them off. (Reuters) Standard Chartered pushes back on allegations about money laundering, portraying…
The latest data from International Data Corp. (IDC) confirms what we’ve all known for a while now: The mobile OS market is now unquestionably a two-horse race due to the dominance of…
