In a research brief, Axiom Capital says that five companies are possible buyout candidates, and Axiom is not the only firm that has highlighted some of these companies in the past as…
Big tech companies looked at their M&A strategies as the LinkedIn deal hit the news. Did any of them even seriously think about Twitter as a target? There only needs to be…
June 13, 2016: Markets opened lower for the third straight session Monday as the dollar weakened against the yen and the euro, and investors took some risk off while waiting for the…
Microsoft announced on Monday morning that it would acquire LinkedIn in an all-cash transaction valued at more than $26 billion
Jon C. Ogg Almost 25% of global enterprise information technology (IT) spending is doled out by the financial services industry, which includes insurance companies.
BrandZ has released its 2016 list of 100 most valuable brands. Google ranked in first place at $229 billion and Apple in second at $228 billion.
June 3, 2016: Markets opened lower again Friday after a disappointing report on U.S. non-farm payrolls. Then the U.S. trade balance tacked on another deficit. The dollar tumbled and, later in the…
With almost 107 million copies sold as of Thursday, Minecraft is the second most popular video game ever. Only Tetris has sold more copies.
Paul Ausick These were the seven technology analyst upgrades and initiations seen with big upside targets made during the week ending May 27.
Stocks were indicated higher on Thursday, after gains on Tuesday and Wednesday were handy. Oil also crossed back above the $50 barrier again for the first time since October 2015. The notion…
As the time of “sell in May and go away” arrived, it seems the short sellers were neither strongly for nor against the notion, as least as far as the most heavily…
Finland newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will cut as many as 1,850 as its phone operation, formerly Nokia. The huge software company immediately stated that it would take a $950…
Douglas A. McIntyre May 24, 2016: Markets opened higher Tuesday trailing along behind some strength in Europe exchanges due to rising expectations that the European Central Bank will kick out another round of easing after…
Despite struggling mightily over the past couple of years, hedge funds still have a ton of assets under management.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday morning include ADM, General Mills, Home Depot, Microsoft, 3D Systems and Western Digital.
