thinkstockJanuary 31, 2014: Markets opened lower on Friday following a report on eurozone inflation that indicated that the monetary union’s recovery remains weak. Added to that were worries about emerging markets that…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Friday, January 31, 2014. They include Amazon.com, Citrix Systems, Google, LabCorp and Raytheon.
The head of Microsoft's cloud businesses, Satya Nadella, most likely will become CEO of the aging software company, which will make it Amazon.com's primary rival. The battle ground will not be e-commerce,…
ThinkstockJeff Bezos and crew at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) are out with fourth quarter earnings for the online seller of everything. Wall Street has not penalized the company for operating on extremely…
Jon C. Ogg The S&P 500 has dropped more than 5% in 2014, and virtually all of that has come in the past week. Much of the blame has been put on financial risks in…
There are indications, with holiday numbers in, that several other large retailers will have to cut stores and staff, and that some of these cuts will be large. The most likely candidates…
As Microsoft's revenue reaches the high-water mark in its history, and does so because it has been able to change the way it conducts business, Steve Ballmer has become the best person…
Facebook plans to extend the reach of its ad sales operations by "showing Facebook ads in third-party mobile apps." Still searching for inroads to the advertising revenue business, Facebook may have found…
RadioShackShares of struggling electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) were up more than 16 percent on Wednesday on news that a hedge-fund manager who likes investing in troubled companies has taken an…
Facebook has been listed at a public company for two years, yet it is one of the most widely traded stocks on any U.S. exchange. Others vying for the top spot have…
Yahoo! continued to hold a significant lead as the most visited website in the United States, based on January figures. The numbers are such that they may help Yahoo! rise out of…
If Wall Street believed that Amazon.com had a surge in holiday sales, that optimism did not correlate with the stock price. Or it could have been that the high end of Amazon's…
The holiday season brought little joy to United Parcel Service. The package shipping company warned Friday that huge demand for late holiday shipping will cut fourth-quarter earnings below Wall Street estimates.
Nintendo announced forecast earnings for the current year. It will lose $336 million. Wii U sales predictions for the period where cut by about 70%.
ThinkstockBest Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) wasn’t the only stock hit by its admission that deep discounting failed to boost holiday sales. Investors dumped Best Buy shares heavily in response, and they…
