November 4, 2016: Markets opened higher again Friday following a solid non-farm payrolls report that, including revisions for the past two months, topped 200,000 new jobs. But as happened on Thursday, equities…
Is it time to worry about ESPN subscriber numbers yet? After all, it seems that every week churns up another decline in ratings for the NFL games.
A recent research report makes the case that between the big backup in telecom companies' stock prices and the attractive content that the big media companies can offer, investors may have a…
October 31, 2016: Markets opened higher Monday with all eyes on this week’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and next week’s national elections. No one expects the FOMC to…
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday morning include Groupon, Merck, News Corp, Walt Disney, Vonage and Western Digital.
October 26, 2016: Markets opened lower Wednesday after Apple reported disappointing earnings Tuesday night and both Coca-Cola and Boeing posted undistinguished results this morning. After the bell, we’ll hear from a gaggle…
Shares sold short in Twitter rose to more than 54 million in the period that ended October 14, which was a few days ahead of rumors that Twitter will lay off hundreds.
With Rupert Murdoch and Apple both in the wings, AT&T may not walk away with Time Warner unchallenged.
It is very rare for a year to go exactly as analysts and investors might expect. After all, predicting a move a day or a week out is hard enough — and…
Salesforce.com was Twitter's last best hope, but the enterprise cloud company's founder reversed his position that Twitter would make a good fit.
Cable cutting is costing cable companies and cable stations big time, and research suggests that 800,000 more people will cut cords in the next 12 months
Investors have had plenty of reason to bet against Twitter as the turnaround of CEO Jack Dorsey has failed. User growth has plateaued and earnings have been troubling, as has guidance.
September 22, 2016: Markets opened higher again Thursday, wallowing in the Fed decision to leave interest rate alone until at least December. All equity sectors traded in the green late in the…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 4% this year and hovering near record territory. Yet some of its components are down in 2016, which means they have kept the Dow from…
24/7 Wall St. wanted to identify the companies from which we expect solid dividend news in the fourth quarter. We see at least these eight companies, mostly blue chip, announcing dividend hikes…
