The three major US stock indexes opened very slightly higher this morning, but soon turned south on a disappointing report on US factory orders (our coverage here). In Europe, Germany once again…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) removed from Conviction Buy List at Evercore. Bank…
China’s Ministry of Commerce told the nation’s official news agency, Xinhua, that the People’s Republic will be the country with the most online retail volume in the world by 2013. U.S. e-commerce companies do…
courtesy of Pandora MediaPandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P) recently rallied with its earnings report last week, but there is a new threat for it and other services. A new Galaxy smartphone by…
Toyota (NYSE: TM) announced it would move more aggressively into emerging markets. The Wall Street Journal reports that: Toyota, Japan’s biggest car maker by volume, plans to sell more than 1 million…
The wildly successful Samsung Galaxy S 3 will be available in the US starting on June 1. But, the first wave of handsets will not be sold by carriers. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN)…
In the first quarter of 2012, the leading maker of mobile devices as measured by page impressions was Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), followed by Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF.PK), HTC Corp., Motorola (now…
There are a number of differences between Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) founder and CEO Michael Dell and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Among them is that Zuckerberg holds shares that allow him…
Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) reported first quarter results this morning that were better than expected and the company’s shares are getting a much-needed bounce. The company reported adjusted…
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is set to report its earnings on Tuesday morning. The company has the earmarks of a value stock now that shares have sold off so much. …
Famous short-seller David Einhorn attacked Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) in a presentation recently. The company’s business model will not lead to consistent profits, he said. Therefore, the stock is overvalued. It is not hard…
The 3.5-inch screen on the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be elegant, but it’s also puny compared with the 4.5-inch screens available from other smartphone makers. A report in The…
It is rare, but some new chief executives fail early — just after they begin their new jobs. That leaves boards with impossible decisions. How will the stock market react to the admission of…
The number of shares Facebook will sell rose 25% and the company could raise as much as $16 billion. (Reuters) Greeks take hundreds of millions of dollars out of banks there and…
Two of the three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as investors reacted to the news from Greece that no government could be formed and that a second election will…
