These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, January 30, 2014. They include Boeing, Citrix Systems, Denbury Resources, Facebook and Qualcomm.
If Wall Street's measure of a company's promise is its market value, then Facebook's extraordinary earnings have put it solidly onto the list of the 25 most valuable companies in the United…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsFacebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is out with its fourth quarter and earnings report for 2013, and it looks as though Mark Zuckerberg is getting the last laugh. The…
Jon C. Ogg NASDAQShort interest data from mid-January showed that short sellers moved out of big tech stocks, a sign that the market has warmed to a sector about which it has been ambivalent. Shares…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy of TwitterThe valuation concern is back in social media, and perhaps fears of a market correction make the reality check even that much more important. Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) saw on…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockWhen Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) reports fourth-quarter results after Wednesday’s close, there will be intense focus on how fast the social networking site’s users are growing. That is because of the debate…
cgblaine22 Facebook plans to extend the reach of its ad sales operations by "showing Facebook ads in third-party mobile apps." Still searching for inroads to the advertising revenue business, Facebook may have found…
Douglas A. McIntyre Facebook has been listed at a public company for two years, yet it is one of the most widely traded stocks on any U.S. exchange. Others vying for the top spot have…
Yahoo! continued to hold a significant lead as the most visited website in the United States, based on January figures. The numbers are such that they may help Yahoo! rise out of…
The new year is well under way and the major firms on Wall Street are all presenting their best stock ideas for 2014. The team at Cantor Fitzgerald is no exception.
Suntory, the Japanese brewer, spent $13.6 billion to buy Beam, the maker of Jim Beam. In doing so, Suntory has moved further into a business that is as likely to be successful…
courtesy of YouTubeYouTube, Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) huge video site, known at the place you can “broadcast yourself”, held its spot as the largest video website in the U.S. in December, and did…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.A company can become broadly hated if it alienates a large enough group of people. It may frustrate customers with poor service, anger employees with unpleasant working conditions…
The Internet analysts at Merrill Lynch expect mobile usage to grow more than 50% in 2014, with much of this incremental to the sector. The mobile uplift may start to wane in…
courtesy of TwitterShares of Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) tumbled 4% Monday following a downgrade to Underweight by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). The stock continues its slide today, dropping another 6.5% with no…
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