12:02pm ET
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Mid-day Movers (MNI, CSTR, CYBI, NGSX, SPF)
At about noon, the DJIA is still up about 35 points at about 12,880, the Nasdaq is up some about 8 points at around 2,910, and the S&P 500 is up about…
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Investing
Coinstar Earnings Worth More Than Competing Against Netflix (CSTR, NFLX, VZ)
Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) may have announced a move against Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) today with the planned second-half launch of a streaming content joint venture with Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). …
9:08am ET
Media
Coinstar Ventures With Verizon Against Netflix (CSTR, NFLX, VZ)
Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) is surging this morning on news that it will get to compete even more with Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). The operator of box DVD rentals has formed a…
6:27pm ET
Investing
Redbox Passes Netflix in DVD Rental
Coinstar’s (NASDAQ: CSTR) division Redbox held more of the DVD market in the US during 2011 than Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) did. The argument can be made that the top spot is worth little. More and…
10:24am ET
Media
Full 360-Degree Netflix Earnings Preview (NFLX, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, CSTR)
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is set to report earnings after the close and Wall Street has to be wondering if the bar has been set low enough to clear. While shares have…
12:13pm ET
Media
DVD/Blu-ray Rentals Fall, Netflix Leads Streaming Market (NFLX, AMZN, CSTR, DISH)
Nearly a third of US consumers now watch movies and other videos on Internet streaming services such as those offered by Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). About 55% of…
12:45pm ET
Investing
Coinstar’s Deal with Time Warner Unchanged (CSTR, TWX, NFLX, DISH)
Redbox video vending machine owner Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) has denied that the company has a new deal with Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) that doubles the time that Coinstar must wait…
4:05pm ET
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (LNKD, CSTR, NWS.A, BDL, LIVE, ARL, CYAN, DMND, CSKI)
Stocks opened higher this morning and settled in around noon with positive readings on all three major indexes. The Chicago PMI report was down slightly from a month ago, but better than…
8:28am ET
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CTRN, CSTR, FNFG, IBKR, LNKD, MFRM, NWS.A, UTX)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. The number of research calls is dropping significantly and this week…
4:09pm ET
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GOOG, GILD, RIMM, GDOT, ERTS, CSTR, TIF, OVTI, BHO, CMC, LUNA, MHR, RGDX, CX)
Reported strong consumer spending over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend pushed stocks up sharply at the opening this morning and gains have been held throughout the day. New home sales figures were slightly…
8:21am ET
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEM, AVL, BRCD, CSTR, EV, ERTS, FINL, GILD, GOOG, GDOT, MRH, RIMM, SLXP, WEN, WYNN)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning. Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (NYSE: AEM) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity. Avalon Rare Metals…
2:26pm ET
Retail
Expected Gains in Specialty Retail Stocks (ODP, OMX, SPLS, BKS, CSTR, BID, TSCO, TITN, PETM, LUX)
The universe of specialty retail stocks is not terribly large, measured either by number of companies or market cap. The entire sector has a market cap of about $310 billion, less than…
9:40am ET
Media
Watching Movies at Home Beats Going to Theaters (NFLX, CSTR, AMZN, DISH, WMT, SNE)
In 1999, about 92% of $13.2 billion in home entertainment spending went to VHS tapes.That percentage fell to zero in 2009. In 2010, spending on DVDs, Blu-Ray discs, and streaming video totaled…
4:04pm ET
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24/7 Closing Bell (AMD, FSLR, POT, PAAS, S, OXY, CVX, CSTR, MRK, BIDU, WY, IPG, SWC, ALGN, STMP, CPSI, CODE, DRIV)
Markets opened slightly lower this morning and spent the morning trying to decide on a direction. The Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index rose more than expected, but even that was not…
9:58am ET
Media
Netflix Backs Down on Qwikster (NFLX, AMZN, WMT, CSTR, DISH)
The management team at Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) apparently spent the weekend trying to come up with a way to back down from the company’s recent announcement that it would split its…