People would rather watch Internet-delivered content on their TVs than on their PC screens. That makes sense. With larger screens and new display technology, the HDTV offers a better viewing experience at…
Jon OggThe short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and also in some of the active low-priced shares can tend to be volatile, to say the least. We tracked some rather…
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) wants to compete more and more with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the iPad and with Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) for its…
Germany begins talks to set a permanent bailout fund for Europe as high as 2 trillion euros. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) asks a court for an additional $707 million from Samsung,…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) raised to Buy with $39 target at…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning on the absence of any big macroeconomic data in Asia or Europe. Tensions between China and Japan over a handful of islands…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaStreaming and rental video provider Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is currently involved in a negotiation with A&E Networks for a license to distribute the network’s content. The existing license…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN) reiterated Buy with $74 target at Argus. AK…
The short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and low-priced shares seems to always contain some big surprises. That is again the case as of the August 31 settlement date. We…
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) will not sell shares to cover a $2 billion tax bill. (Reuters) Government papers accuse BP PLC (NYSE: BP) of gross negligence in the Deepwater Horizon incident. (Reuters) Nokia…
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) just cannot seem to catch a break. Despite having millions and millions of subscribers, the all-you-can-eat movie and television service is getting hit hard on news that rival…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaThe stock market is down Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.60%, the Nasdaq down 0.44% and the S&P 500 down 0.56%. Today’s winners both include mergers,…
That did not take long. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced today that it has signed a deal with premium entertainment network Epix to offer Epix content to Amazon Prime customers. Until last…
The short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and low-priced shares is often highly volatile. We tracked some rather large moves up and down in this group for the August 15 settlement…
Ah, the fortunes of war. Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) are up about 77% over the last 12 months, and the stock posted a new all-time high earlier this week. Amazon.com…
