courtesy of Groupon Inc.One of the knocks against Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is that there are few barriers to entry for competing firms to offer a virtually identical product. All it takes…
Paul Ausick TwitterTwitter apparently will go public sometime early next year. Analysts have put its value at more than $10 billion. Twitter management and its bankers ought to be concerned that shares will be hit…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy of ZyngaResults that were less than awful and a new CEO helped shares of Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) and Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) to move up from abysmal lows. However, neither…
Douglas A. McIntyre August 8, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after China reported that its trade surplus narrowed to $17.1 billion in July, well below an expected surplus of $27.2 billion. Elsewhere…
Investors and traders have seen three days of selling now and might want to consider looking for stock bargains in the malaise. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each morning…
courtesy of Groupon Inc.How do you help businesses draw in new customers by bringing discounts to consumers and still lose money? That is the question that investors and watchers have for Groupon…
Jon C. Ogg August 2, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a mixed report on U.S. employment. The monthly report on personal income and outlays was also a mixed bag, with core…
We may have another monthly unemployment report out today, but investors and traders are still on the hunt for new research ideas in a strong bull market. The S&P 500 has hit…
ThinkstockIt should come as no surprise to investors that Internet usage has skyrocketed in the past 10 years. The smartphone, which seemed like a luxury five years ago, has become almost ubiquitous,…
ThinkstockClaiming to be the world’s largest digital coupon marketplace, RetailMeNot Inc. has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) and set an offering price range of $20 to $22 a share. The…
Paul Ausick July 2, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened a bit lower this morning following yet another ultimatum to Greece to prove that it can pay up or else no more loans. There was…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. They include Cheniere Energy, Groupon, Linn Energy and Seagate Technology.
courtesy of ZyngaZynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has more than $1.2 billion in cash it probably will never use — the fruits of its initial public offering (IPO). Unless the game company plans…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after yesterday’s bloodbath. There was no economic data of note released today in either Asia or the U.S. In Europe, the eurozone’s current account surplus…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, kicking off a gradual decline that lasted all day. Profit-taking and a lower-than-expected reading on consumer sentiment in the U.S. get the blame. In Europe,…
