courtesy of Facebook Inc.Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is out with its fourth quarter earnings. The social media giant reported $0.17 in earnings per share on revenue of $1.585 billion. Thomson Reuters had…
Jon C. Ogg U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning following a depressing report on U.S. GDP growth, which turned out to be negative (more coverage here). Even a good jobs report from ADP couldn’t…
ThinkstockWhen the online audience heft of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY), Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) are taken into account, it is clear how…
ThinkstockYahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) barely made the Fortune 500 last year, ranking 485th. However, for a company its size, it receives unbelievable press and interest from Wall St. Perhaps that is because…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning on relatively little new data. In Europe, Italian consumer confidence rose more than expected and Germany auctioned 12-month bills at a positive yield for the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.…
flickr / gsfcTwitter is worth $9 billion, based on reports that BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) is willing to buy $80 million of stock in the short message social network at that astronomical…
Douglas A. McIntyre Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsEarnings season is in full swing and the coming week will have many big earnings announcements. 24/7 Wall St. has provided a brief calendar showing current and ex-DJIA…
ThinkstockAlibaba, the preeminent e-commerce company in China, apparently has decided to have an initial public offering to raise as much as $4 billion. The decision probably is unrelated to the partial retirement of…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockAlibaba Prepares IPO Alibaba, the preeminent e-commerce company in China, apparently has decided to have an initial public offering to raise as much as $4 billion. The decision probably is unrelated to the…
Douglas A. McIntyre flickr / gsfcWall St. was not impressed by Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) new search capacity, which allows members to thumb through the activities and preferences of their “friends.” Investors probably believe that…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy of Facebook Inc.The World Bank cuts its outlook for 2013. (Reuters) Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) releases a search feature to be used among members, and Wall St. is unimpressed, sending shares…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy of Facebook Inc.The highly anticipated event from Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is finally here. In the “Come see what we’re building” event, it sure seems that Mark Zuckerberg’s tease was aimed…
Jon C. Ogg courtesy of YouTubeThere is barely any reason for a single media company to be in the online video content business. Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube has such a huge presence that it…
Douglas A. McIntyre thinkstockThe Japanese government says the future image of the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 is at risk as the U.S. government probes problems with the plane. (Reuters) Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) may…
