Just as it appeared that Blockbuster would be liquidated Dish Network bought it for $320.6 million in a process overseen by a federal bankruptcy court, according to The Wall Street Journal. The…
Facebook may hire the former White House press secretary Gibbs (Reuters) Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will reopen stores it had to shutter in Japan (Reuters) Jobs may be the lagging indicator for a…
Jon OggWe had another crazy week in the markets with shares on a tear. There were many key analyst calls that moved shares this week. We have identified five specific analyst calls which…
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) appears to have united just about everybody but its customers to curb the company’s growing power. The latest foray comes from the Starz pay-cable TV channels, owned by…
The Federal Reserve will hold press conferences four times a year. (Reuters) In 2006, Fannie Mae was warned about abuses in the foreclosure process. (WSJ) The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad will go…
The head of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) said that an ex-director leaked confidential information. (Reuters) The prime minister of Portugal stepped down as his austerity plan was rejected by Parliament. (Reuters)…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of American Capital Agency Corp.  (NASDAQ: AGNC), Hot Topic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOTT),…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Maintained Outperform at Credit Suisse; maintained Buy…
A monopoly is either what the government says it is or what a dominant company’s competitors claim. The government’s opinion is the only one that counts, however, as Sprint will find out…
In the past 12 months, shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) have shot up nearly 300%, from around $70/share to around $220/share, after peaking at near $250/share. The trailing P/E is more…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), Online Resources Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCC),…
Portugal’s debt was cut two levels by Moody’s (MarketWatch) Radiation levels rose at a reactor in Japan (Reuters) Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) will have a hard time taking over NYSE; Euronext (NYSE: NYX)…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Cut to Hold at Needham. Central…
Jon OggThis last week had several key analyst research calls which stood out from the pack and went against the grain. The top research calls we tracked after going through the week’s…
When Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) coughed up $1.65 billion for YouTube in 2006, there were plenty of questions about what the Google brass was smoking. It’s still not clear whether YouTube is…
