Updated throughout the day. Updated 10.53 AM EST Activision-Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) “Guitar Hero 5″ is selling poorly. (Barron’s) Update 9.47 AM EST: BP’s (NYSE:BP) new chairman will make significant changes to the oil…
We have almost a whole new slate of stocks in this week’s round of “The Unusual Suspects” for key stocks traders need to keep an eye on for the week ahead. Activision…
The video game sector was supposed to be one of the relative beneficiaries of the recession even if it was not to be entirely immune. The sector was part of the ‘in-living…
UBS made some key analyst initiations in the Internet and entertainment sector this morning. As this is new coverage, they are not upgrades on a technical level. These “Buy” ratings are also…
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today. The (former) largest US-based video game company is expected to post $0.91 non-GAAP EPS on $1.92…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we have seen early this Thursday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Activision Blizzard (ATVI) Started as Outperform at…
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) signaled about six weeks ago that the video game industry wasn’t recession-proof. It turns out that the company (and likely the sector) is not even as recession-resistant…
These are the top research downgrades and negative analyst calls we are seeing this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open: Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Cut to Market Perform…
According to Reuters, Europe prepared rate cuts as the economy their worsened. Reuters reports that the administration cleared the way for the car companies to get access to $25 billion in loans,…
In about 36 hours, the highly awaited release of "Gears of War 2" comes to stores for a midnight opening. The Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Game Studio published game developed by Epic Games…
With a recession in full swing, Microsoft (MSFT), Sony (SNE), and Nintendo may have to cut the prices of the Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3. At least that is what the head…
NPD released its monthly video game data showing that December video game spending increased 30.9% from December 2006. What is interesting is that software sales of game titles were up 36%, while…
Vivendi’s Blizzard could have a new trick up its sleeve in MMORPG (massively multi-player online role playing games) besides its pending merger. There is a report on the MMORPG Blog noting a…
Which companies are likely to big holiday sales? In the video game category Activision (ATVI) and Nintendo are the leaders on the Amazon (AMZN) bestseller list for video games. Activision (ATVI) has…
This is not every bit of news on individual stocks but this is the major news affecting many shares in pre-market activity this Thursday morning: Accenture (ACN) stock up 4% after posting…
