43 years since joining the European Community in 1973, what would later become the European Union, the voters in the United Kingdom have finally voted to leave. Plenty has been written about…
Google sites were the most visited in May, based on desktop and mobile results together, according to research firm comScore.
Standard & Poor's has now shown that the first quarter of 2016 saw a 12% rise in buyback spending to a whopping $161.4 billion.
June 21, 2016: Markets opened higher again Tuesday ahead of Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen’s appearance on Capitol Hill. The odds continue to improve that British voters will not choose to leave the…
One area that makes good sense now for more aggressive accounts is technology, especially large cap dividend-paying leaders. These four offer investors solid entry points at current trading levels.
While Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) didn’t pay $26 billion to get its foot in the door of the cannabis industry, one could argue that its deal with a small company that makes…
Paul Ausick The Starbucks loyalty program is, by any measure, a huge success, and the company's latest high-tech innovation, a Starbucks for Outlook add-in, could be the next big thing.
Here’s a look at how some of the public companies presenting at E3 fared, and what the rest of the year looks like in light of this.
Trey Thoelcke June 16, 2016: Markets opened lower Thursday but equities showed some spunk by trading on an upward trend for nearly the whole day. Asian and European markets traded lower and economics data…
Microsoft is getting into the legal cannabis industry through a partnership with startup firm KIND Financial that will be known as KIND Government Solutions.
Paul Ausick One rule of thumb about slow-growing companies in a fast-growing sector is that it does not take a lot of employees to stop growing. At least job cuts improve margins, if only…
Douglas A. McIntyre If the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ends up voting to hold the target fed funds rate as is, then a potentially embarrassing situation for the Fed could develop.
Microsoft has announced early that it would acquire LinkedIn. 24/7 Wall St. put together a montage of what analysts are saying about LinkedIn.
Chris Lange 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…
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