Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) started as Buy at Jefferies. Adtran Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) will not sell shares to cover a $2 billion tax bill. (Reuters) Government papers accuse BP PLC (NYSE: BP) of gross negligence in the Deepwater Horizon incident. (Reuters) Nokia…
There has been speculation that Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) was going to reset its employee stock options or that it was going to accelerate the period where certain insiders and/or employees could…
Jon C. Ogg courtesy Facebook Inc.Shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) have now lost 50% of their value since the company’s March IPO. If you believe the Greek philosopher Zeno, this halving can go on…
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is trying to trade up this Tuesday. There are two research notes which may get in the way, and it is important to know that Friday’s close of…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are the top analyst calls of upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning. American States Water Co. (NYSE: AWR) cut to Neutral…
Today’s issue of the “Closing Bell” is out early as we join many of you in an early start to the holiday weekend. Data in today’s report was compiled between 1 p.m.…
Stocks are up Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.06%, the Nasdaq up 0.74% and the S&P 500 up 0.82%. Friday’s winners include a company beating second-quarter earnings and a…
courtesy Facebook Inc.Shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) put up another new post-IPO low today after analysts at BMO Capital Markets cut the social networking company’s target price from $25 to $15.…
Paul Ausick Twitter, which many investors consider a primary challenger to Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), will allow advertisers to target users based on their activity on the short message platform. Advertisers will be able…
Trey Thoelcke Bundesbank President to Resign The chief of Germany’s powerful central bank may step down. German newspaper Bild reports that German Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann will resign. The reason given is his battle with ECB President…
Douglas A. McIntyre ZyngaEmbattled online game firm Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), its stock down over 80% this year, and its business prospects in question, lost two more senior executives today, according to Bloomberg: Zynga Inc. vice presidents Bill…
Moody’s cuts its growth forecast for emerging economies. (MarketWatch) Antony Jenkins, who runs Barclays PLC’s (NYSE: BCS) retail business, is made chief executive. (Reuters) Samsung launches new Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows-based…
Whether or not Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) should be considered a social media company is something we will leave up to you. What it has in common is simple: a huge lockup…
Social media company Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) has been a success story since its IPO in March. The shares went out at $15 and more than doubled to near $32 before beginning…
