Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaReed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), might well assume that as the company’s founder he should have an unfettered ability to run the company. That may not be…
Brent crude rises to a three-month high of $114. (Reuters) Standard Chartered may try to settle with the government over money laundering charges. (Reuters) Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) cuts prices…
The short interest data is out from the July 31 settlement date and we have compared these levels to the prior July 13 settlement date. It seems that there were some big…
Companies often tout their workplaces as an inviting environment for employees. Yet many are far from it, and employees at many of America’s largest corporations dislike, or even hate, their jobs. With…
In the copyright case between Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), the judge asks for names of paid reporters and bloggers who work for the companies. (Reuters) The government…
Consumers may live in a world where streaming video from large libraries of content has become available over the Internet. The trend has boosted the success of companies such as recently crippled Netflix…
Douglas A. McIntyre The three major US stock indexes opened mixed this morning with the Nasdaq Composite slightly negative on an unexpectedly weak earnings report from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) (more coverage here). A weak…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaStocks face mixed results Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 0.53%, the Nasdaq is down 0.50% and the S&P 500 is down 0.17%. Many companies just announced…
The short interest data is out from the July 13 settlement date and we have compared these levels to the prior June 29 settlement date. It seems that there were some big…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday morning. Amgen Corp. (NASDAQ: AMGN) raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse. Apple…
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) earnings were so poor that shares dove 13% to $69. The stock is already down from a 52-week high of $274 because of worry about competition in streaming video…
Douglas A. McIntyre The three major US stock indexes opened roughly flat this morning as Spanish 10-year bond yields rose to 7.5% and Moody’s cut Germany’s outlook to ‘negative’ after the markets closed last night…
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Warner Bros. on Friday jointly announced a licensing agreement to add TV shows such as Fringe and The West Wing to its Prime Instant Video catalog, making those shows available…
The short interest data is out from the June 29 settlement date. It seems that there were some big changes with some key cult stocks and actively traded stocks seeing big changes…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning even though China’s central bank lowered interest rates (our coverage here), the Bank of England boosted its asset purchase program and the…
