courtesy of NetflixNetflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has reported earnings and this was one of our 14 top earnings reports to watch this week. The digital media player reported earnings of $0.52 per…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThe S&P 500 Index is hitting all-time highs and we are now deep into earnings season. This week will mark the second week of the earnings floodgates being open. 24/7 Wall…
ThinkstockAs the third-quarter earnings season gets underway, investor angst has been fueled on several fronts, not least by the continued showdown in Washington that has threatened to hijack global equity markets. As…
courtesy of NetflixGoogle Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube may be Netflix Inc.’s (NASDAQ: NFLX) biggest problem. Despite deals with content companies that now includes Sony Corp.’s (NYSE: SNE) TV operation, possible deals to…
ThinkstockA true monopoly is when only one major player remains in an industry, even if tiny competitors exist here and there. So ask yourself what it would mean if the two satellite…
ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) new Kindle Fire HDX has been described variously as a better tablet than the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, as an evolution of the earlier Kindle with upgraded…
Nasdaqtrader.comMarch 10, 2000. Nasdaq intra-day high reaches 5,132.52 — a record. It closes at 5,048.62 — a record, too. The good times rolled. Trading today at about 3,700, it will never get back…
Jon OggThe market keeps showing ambitions to go higher, and investors are looking for ideas on stocks to buy, stocks to sell and stocks to avoid. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaExpensive coffee and movie rentals are in a different class from daily food intake, home heating fuel and the cost of clothing children for school. It is heartening then…
ThinkstockOral arguments are scheduled Monday in the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., in a case brought by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). At issue are…
By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWhen Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) first announced that it would produce its own content, there was a lot of concern that the fix to the company…
courtesy GameStop Corp.Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced on Tuesday at the Gamescom show the names of 23 titles that will available at the launch of its new Xbox One game controller now…
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.In what has to be one of the stranger product announcements of recent times, Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) said on Monday morning that it is releasing…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsBillionaire and activist investor Carl Icahn has most recently been known for his ant-Dell stance in the Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) transaction, and he has been known for his…
With stocks within a few percentage points of all-time highs and with the stocks in a confirmed bull market, we wanted to consider the effect of stock splits in a time when market…
