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America’s Most Innovative Cities
Thinkstock The United States has always prided itself as one of the most innovative countries in the world. In fact, patenting in a wide range of scientific fields has been on the…
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 31, 2013: Markets Slip Again (HES, STX, QCOMM, FIO, CMA, CTXS, COP, EA, FB, JDSU, LVS, AET, MO, AN, CL, DNKN, MA, PHM, TWC, UPS, BYI, GDOT, WYNN, CVX, XOM, MAT, MRK, NOV, TSN, RIMM, WMS, SGMS, STZ)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a mixed bag of data on the U.S. economy and mixed earnings results out this morning. In Europe, Germany’s retail sales fell sharply this…
8:38am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CMA, FB, FIO, HES, JDSU, KMB, LOGI, QCOM, RIMM, RF, STX, SFD, UTX)
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Comerica Inc. (NYSE: CMA) cut to Underperform at Bernstein. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has…
8:13am ET
Media
Facebook Takes Three Analyst Downgrades
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) saw its earnings and sales come in above expectations on Wednesday after the close. What investors are focusing on still is that mobile usage is…
Jon C. Ogg 6:25am ET
Investing
Facebook Not Growing Much Faster Than Google
courtesy of Google Inc.The market barely reacted to news that Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) revenue spiked higher by 40% to $1.585 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, as compared to…
6:23am ET
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Media Digest (1/31/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times
courtesy of MicrosoftIran’s oil exports rise sharply in December, despite sanctions. (Reuters) Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) has a large fourth-quarter loss as it rids its balance sheet of bad assets. (Reuters)…
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Media
Facebook’s Mobile Growth Trumps Growth Elsewhere, Margin Drifts Lower
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 4:06pm ET
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 30, 2013: Markets Slide on GDP, Fed Stimulus (WBSN, JBLU, KBH, YUM, CSCO, AMZN, BRCM, RYL, RHI, BA, ADT, LLL, PSX, NOC, SO, CTXS, COP, EA, FB, JDSU, LVS, AET, MO, AN, CL, DNKN, MA, PHM, TWC, UPS, RIMM, CHK, VTUS)
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…
6:21am ET
Retail
E-commerce Giants Ruin Life for the Rest of the Industry
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…
6:19am ET
Investing
Why Yahoo! Gets So Much Attention
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…
4:05pm ET
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 28, 2013: Markets Open Mixed, Close Nearly Flat (AKS, HEP, NWSA, FB, BBY, CAT, ROP, SIFY, BIIB, YHOO, STX, VMW, STLD, BSX, DHI, F, BTU, PFE, VLO, KERX, JOSB, HLF)
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…
8:31am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKS, AAPL, BBBY, BBY, CELG, CMG, FB, FURX, HBHC, HEP, NWSA, PAA, QCOM, TEX, VMW)
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.…
6:35am ET
Technology
Is Twitter, at $9 Billion, Worth Twice as Much as Groupon?
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…
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Major Earnings Previews for the Week Ahead
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…
6:40am ET
Investing
Alibaba Prepares IPO to Raise $4 Billion
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