U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning, but by the end of the first hour stocks had turned south and remained in negative territory throughout the rest of the day. In…
ThinkstockShares of Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) fell more than 3.5% yesterday, the day before the company is scheduled to report third quarter results. Today’s earnings report will mark the fourth full-quarter of…
Paul Ausick thinkstockRegulators could fine Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) $470 million for manipulating California’s energy market, according to an investigation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (Reuters) Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) says it had…
Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is not a company where we would expect to see a large and unusual options transaction take place. After all, many traders and investors would say it is…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThe short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and in some of the active low-priced shares can tend to be volatile, to say the least. We tracked some rather large…
Short sellers must believe that, if the market rises, shares of weak companies will go along. Their positions in stocks that should drop due to their recent financial statements, and in some…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) cut to Neutral at…
Credit Suisse is initiating and reinstating coverage on the Internet players. The bias is positive on some and neutral on others from analyst Spencer Wang. Outperform ratings were given to Amazon.com Inc.…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following the Department of Labor’s report that headline unemployment in the U.S. fell to 7.8%, the lowest reading since January 2009 (more…
Today’s collapse in Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) shares was predictable given last night’s downward revision for quarterly earnings expectations. What was not predictable was today’s rise in shares of Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with a preview of its third-quarter Internet expectations this morning, and it is raising some price targets on key companies. Bank of America said that large…
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN), and Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) have all been duds for the market around initial public offerings. These three IPOs have destroyed billions of dollars worth…
At today’s users’ conference in San Francisco, Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) will announce a deal under which Oracle will use Nokia mapping, navigation and location technology. Oracle…
The market may still be cautious when it comes to the IPO market. After all, Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN), and Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) have all proven to…
Spain will cut its budget ahead of a possible request for aid. (Reuters) Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) tests systems that allow people to make payments via smartphone. (Reuters) Procter &…
