Reuters: Sony (SNE) and Microsoft (MSFT) are battling to control home entertainment but consumers are slow to adopt their technologies. Reuters: The “clunkers” program will end on August 24. Reuters: GM is…
Two years ago, GPS products cost more than $1,000. Car companies charged as much as $2,500 for the systems. Tom Tom and Garmin (GRMN) stocks hit remarkably high levels on demand for…
eBay (EBAY) and GM are setting up a program in California that will allow consumers to negotiate prices for new cars online. Potential customers can also set up financial packages to buy…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: China is now Africa’s largest trading partner. Reuters: Australia says China’s latest Rio Tinto (RTP) charges are not new. Reuters: Publicis will buy Razorfish from Microsoft (MSFT). Reuters: UBS (UBS) tax…
The following are among the top day trader and active trader alert stocks with major price and volume action. We have links to more detailed analysis and price action at VSInvestor.com: Savient…
Reuters: Video games hope to make a comeback with new titles and price cuts. Reuters: “Cash for clunkers” should help July car figures. Reuters: USB (UBS) shares should do well after it…
It always good to keep watch lists. There were some key issues over the last week that will have important implications for the coming week (or weeks). This is definitely the case…
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…
The following are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and volume analysis…
These are the top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Thursday morning: AthenaHealth (ATHN) Started as Buy at Maxim. Capstead Mortgage (CMO) Cut to Market Perform…
Reuters: Obama says healthcare reform is essential to the recovery. Reuters: CIT (CIT) bond advisers will push for Chapter 11. Reuters: Democrats will fight with banks on consumer agency. Reuters: Amazon (AMZN)…
Ebay (EBAY) rallied into the close and ended up 2.75% to $19.45. It would be greedy for shareholders to complain. The shares are up almost 15% in the last three months. The…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Baclays (BCS) sold BCI to Blackrock (BLK) for $13.3 billion Reuters: WHO declared a flu epidemic Reuters: Congress bash Fed, Treasury, and B of A (BAC) on Merrill Reuters: US is…
Facebook recently took in a new $200 million investment which puts the value of the company at $10 billion. That is down from a $15 billion valuation based on an investment that…
Facebook is not likely to make much money selling advertising. Marketers find it hard to target users on social networks. The cannot be neatly grouped like the people who go to Yahoo!…
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