The USDA reports that drought has made a large increase in food prices likely. (Reuters) The government of Changsha in China launches a $130 billion stimulus program. (Reuters) Hackers have effectively attacked…
These are the 24/7 Wall St. unusual after-hours stocks on the move. Most of the movers are on earnings news. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) loved its earnings report as shares are…
ZyngaZynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has just reported its quarterly earnings of $0.01 EPS and a 19% sales growth with $332 million in revenue. The results compare to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimates…
The short interest data is out from the July 13 settlement date and we have compared these levels to the prior June 29 settlement date. It seems that there were some big…
OK, so how about those dual-class share structure IPOs! There is another hot IPO coming to market. This one has literally hundreds of millions of fans, will be a billion-dollar-plus IPO, is extremely…
Research firm Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR) released its top 50 websites, based on unique visitors, for the month of June. The data offered few surprises, except for the rise of Twitter, which now has…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will shrink the connector for the iPhone 5. (Reuters) Greece presses for billions of euros in budget cuts before aid payments. (WSJ) Eastman Kodak loses several patent disputes, which…
Two tech-related IPOs in one day might at one time seemed like the kiss of death, but that doesn’t appear to be the case today. Security software company Palo Alto Networks Inc.…
The pay package of new Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer has been pegged at between $59 million and $100 million, depending on what assumptions about bonuses and stock options get used.…
Eurozone officials set final terms for a bailout of Spain’s banks. (Reuters) Marissa Mayer will receive as much as $70 million to head Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). (Reuters) Banks hit by the Libor investigation may…
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) CEO Mike Duke are scheduled to meet for two days along with senior aides. Presumably the gathering aims to increase the use of…
A new consumer agency fines Capital One (NYSE: COF) $210 million for aggressive marketing activity.(Reuters) New IMF policies will examine whether individual national economies might hurt global growth. (Reuters) IBM (NYSE: IBM) raises…
courtesy Facebook Inc.According to the latest data from advertising research firm TBG Digital, advertising is doing just fine for Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). The rates advertisers are paying for impressions, as measured…
Paul Ausick Thursday will mark yet another important day for this earnings season. The second quarter became more challenging for many companies, as we noted about so many tech warnings weighing on shares last…
Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) profits fall slightly. (Reuters) Intel’s (NASDAQ: INTC) forecast implies PC sales will be weak. (Reuters) The head of the holding company for British Air and Iberia says an AMR…
