This last week had some very interesting and influential analyst calls. We compile summaries of many top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations each morning from Wall Street research calls and we then…
Smartphone pioneer Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) has lowered its third-quarter guidance and said that it will take a “predominantly” non-cash charge of $485 million on its existing inventory of the…
Social game-maker Zynga Inc. has filed an amended Form S-1 with the US Security and Exchange Commission indicating that the company plans to sell 100 million shares at a price between $8.50…
Paul Ausick Most of America’s largest companies are also among its oldest companies. In fact, many of the Fortune 100 firms are more than a century old. Almost none were founded in the past…
The sovereign debt problem in Europe gets more complex by the hour. The European Central Bank said it may intervene to buy paper issued by nations that are economically weak. This should…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will start an e-commerce business to compete with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). Amazon is the devil to struggling bricks-and-mortar companies that want more online sales. But Google eventually may be…
Auto sales reach a two-year high. (Reuters) Tom Glocer, the head of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), resigns and will be replaced by the COO. (Reuters) The intellectual property battle between Apple (NASDAQ:…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may enter the e-commerce business which would put it into direct competition with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), according to The Wall Street Journal, Reuters points out that Google relies heavily…
Equity markets opened slightly lower this morning, following yesterday’s big share price increases. For most of the day stocks traded slightly lower, although they have moved to a very slight gain in…
The iPhone 4S from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) gets top marks for customer satisfaction according to a new survey from Changewave Research. Some 77% of customers are “very satisfied” with the latest…
The head of Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) said the company’s recent performance was strong. He spoke at the end of the firm’s IPO silent period, which drove shares 6% higher yesterday Now there…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN) Raised to Buy at Argus. Carrizo Oil &…
Almost no one knows what a zettabyte is. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) uses the term to measure the volume of data center IP traffic. According to the router giant, “Annual global data…
Over the past month, a number of internet stocks have received new target prices from analysts. We’ve seen five targets rise: Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), LinkedIn Corp. (NASDAQ: LNKD), AOL Inc. (NYSE:…
Is Facebook worth more than Silicon Valley icon Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO)? The market seems to think so. Facebook may launch an IPO in the spring that would raise $10 billion and…
