Last April Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) paid $320 million to acquire Blockbuster Inc. out of bankruptcy. Speculation at the time suggested that Dish would enter the streaming video and DVD-by-mail market…
The DJIA (NYSE: DIA) was trading down 500 points today before a late-day rally. More European concerns and serious slowing in China’s manufacturing data only brought on more selling. The week before…
What a difference a couple of months can make. Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has gone from the hottest controversial stock in the market to a controversial stock in trouble, and the drop…
The bidding process for the online television service Hulu has taken a strange path. The bidding has been delayed to the end of this week. It sure seems as though there is…
The day that many feared for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has arrived. Steve Jobs is formally leaving Apple as CEO. He has requested to still serve as Chairman of the Board, director,…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Raised to Hold at Jefferies. Agrium Inc.…
We have many shares moving in the after-hours session this Tuesday evening. Not all are earnings, but keep in mind that this was on the heels of a 400+ point rally in…
The market has brutalized many great companies and we are seeing the mayhem reach a cycle-peak in the VIX if the history of the market holds up after hitting 48.0 yesterday during…
Earnings season is still going strong, but we are now getting into the late-cycle companies which have a one-month lag to their earnings reports. Several key stocks are due this next week…
Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) has been hurt by high commodities prices. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) damaged by drop in PC sales worldwide. The Flame Index started as a research tool…
There has been enough good news about News Corp in the last two days that the stock appears headed back to the level where it traded before the phone hacking scandal caused…
Treasury officials examine ways to prevent default if an August 2 deadline to increase the debt cap is not met by Congress (Reuters) LaGarde will give a Chinese official a top job…
A Washington Post/ABC poll showed Obama’s ratings on the economy hit a low. (Reuters) Steve Jobs of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the company’s new iCloud product. (Reuters) Wall St. stocks hit a…
Did you heed the call “Sell in May and Go Away!” this year? It turns out that as of mid-day we now have nearly half of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average…
NYSE (NYSE: NYX) was thrashed as Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and ICE pulled their buyout offer due to regulatory concerns. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was savaged by the press as information from its CEO…
