AVG Technologies (NYSE: AVG) is rising on news that it has announced a security partnership with Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). AVG claims some 128 million active users and it will now help…
Jon C. Ogg Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: The FTC is investigating Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) use of patents it acquired to sue other companies over intellectual property. (NYT) Facebook…
Douglas A. McIntyre 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.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Outperform with $750 target at Credit Suisse.…
Many finance ministers in Europe believe that Spain can avoid a bailout. (Reuters) Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) uses a pay-per-performance deal to help it secure premium content. (Reuters) Cities such as Seattle…
Once again, Coca-Cola was ranked the most valuable brand in the world, according to Interbrand, one of the nation’s top global brands experts. Apple, to the surprise of none, was very close…
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:…
Paul Ausick It is no secret that the traditional video game sector faced several crushing blows all at once. The rise of companies like Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA), Rovio and others came on the backside…
ZyngaZnyga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) futures are plunging this morning following last night’s warning on revenue and earnings. In its announcement the company said: We’re addressing these near-term challenges by implementing targeted cost…
Paul Ausick Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) will not have to face scores of suits over flaws with its initial public offering. A court has ruled that all of these cases should be put together, which should help…
Trey Thoelcke This is what is important in the financial world on December 5, 2012.
Douglas A. McIntyre Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has gone from hot to cold, and then from cold to frozen. The social gaming company should have maybe stayed private. The company just issued preliminary quarterly projections…
Jon C. Ogg Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has now been public for about four and a half months. It has been no secret that the social networking giant had a total failure of an initial…
Jon C. Ogg In an exclusive interview on NBC this morning, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company reached a total of 1 billion active users worldwide as of September 14.…
Paul Ausick courtesy Facebook Inc.Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) users will be able to see how well they promote themselves, events or other important information across the social network. But it will cost money — about $7…
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