Quietly, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has announced its entrance into the social game business. It will be joining a slew of companies in that nascent business. Due to the number of visits to…
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is surging this morning. Bloomberg first reported, now confirmed in a press release, that founder Richard Schulze is sending a letter to the board of directors saying…
Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) continues its push to remain relevant in the new world of tablets and smartphones, and to keep itself from being broken into pieces and sold off as junk.…
Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) continues its push to remain relevant in the new world of tablets and smartphones, and to keep itself from being broken into pieces and sold off as junk.…
San Bernadino, Calif., will file for Chapter 11 over $1 billion in debt. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve says it may need to help the economy later this year. (Reuters) Toyota Motor Corp.…
wikicommons / SkimstaMany American companies have been lauded for their rapid rise to greatness, a process that sometimes takes less than a decade. These firms become leaders in their industries, are renowned…
CafePress Inc. (NASDAQ: PRSS) has not been public anywhere long enough to have the post-earnings reaction that we are seeing today. The company gave a really poor guidance based in part on…
Jon C. Ogg Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is back in play. We reported this as one of the companies that could be taken over as soon as this summer, and we now have…
OK, so if you are trying to use traditional valuation analysis on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) you are probably pulling your hair out. After all, isn’t 189-times this year’s expected earnings a…
Jon C. Ogg Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) stock is hammered by earnings letdown. (Reuters) Samsung Electronic Co.’s earnings reach $5.9 billion mostly on smartphone sales. (Reuters) Barclays PLC’s (NYSE: BCS) profits rise sharply. (Reuters) The…
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares dropped over 7% after the world’s largest e-commerce company posted poor earnings. Amazon’s earnings dropped 83% to $.01 from $.41 in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue…
Douglas A. McIntyre The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning following European Central Bank president Mario Draghi’s promise to “do whatever it takes to preserve the euro” (our coverage here). What he…
While investors breathlessly await the company’s first earnings report since its IPO, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is believed to be prepping a run at the smartphone market. A report from Bloomberg News…
Paul Ausick The USDA reports that drought has made a large increase in food prices likely. (Reuters) The government of Changsha in China launches a $130 billion stimulus program. (Reuters) Hackers have effectively attacked…
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Warner Bros. on Friday jointly announced a licensing agreement to add TV shows such as Fringe and The West Wing to its Prime Instant Video catalog, making those shows available…
