These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Monday, March 17, 2014. The include Baker Hughes, Cameron, Cisco Systems, Facebook and VeriSign.
While CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been offering the president his two cents on government spying, Facebook announced Thursday that it has begun to roll out "premium" video ads in the feeds of…
Trey Thoelcke courtesy of Google Inc.Apps downloads for the month of February show that the Google Play store from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) gained another point of market share in the two-company battle with…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. They include AMD, Apple, CDW, Facebook and J.C. Penney.
thinkstockMarch 10, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday following a weekend report that Chinese exports fell 18%. That’s generally viewed as an indication that the global economy is weak and that equities…
Paul Ausick Five years ago, many investors had thrown in the towel. The S&P 500 hit an ominous intraday low of 666 and closed at 676.53. The world was coming to an end, and…
ThinkstockActivist investor Carl Icahn said on Friday that Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP) will begin using its Facebook page to disclose material non-public information. Icahn already uses Twitter and a website (www.shareholderssquaretable.com)…
Public interest advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint on Thursday with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opposing the recent $19 billion acquisition of messaging service WhatsApp by…
Paul Ausick thinkstockMarch 5, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Wednesday following a disappointing reading from ADP on employment, setting the tone for lowered expectations for Friday when the Labor Department reports non-farm payroll numbers…
Paul Ausick In a new report, the telecom service analysts at Cowen highlighted three stocks likely to benefit in the huge broadband and fiber infrastructure build-out that is underway.
Facebook is reportedly in discussions to acquire start-up drone maker Titan Aerospace. Facebook would use the drones to provide Internet access to areas of the world that are currently not connected.
Paul Ausick thinkstockMarch 3, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday following a weekend of worry over the developing crisis in Ukraine. For most of the day every one of the Dow 30 industrials was…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockThe average U.S. consumer spends more than 60 hours a month consuming the delights of the Internet. More than half that time, about 34.3 hours, is spent on a smartphone, while just…
Paul Ausick Yandex, which operates the largest search engine in Russia, has teamed up with Google in a deal that will allow each company's advertising clients to bid on the advertising inventory of the…
Trey Thoelcke Facebook investors have enjoyed a huge start to 2014, up more than 28%, seventh among stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
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