Glencore and Xtrata agree to a $90 billion merger. (Reuters) Greek leaders face a deal for settling sovereign debt matters as workers strike. (Reuters) Toyota (NYSE: TM) posts good third-quarter profits and…
Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) may have announced a move against Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) today with the planned second-half launch of a streaming content joint venture with Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). …
Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) is surging this morning on news that it will get to compete even more with Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). The operator of box DVD rentals has formed a…
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) was mixed enough in the earnings report that you might have been scratching your head as to how the reaction would have been going into…
Jon C. Ogg Many of the companies that have entered the online content business have stumbled. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has a service. So does Walmart (NYSE: WMT). There are already several leaders, including crippled Netflix (NASDAQ:…
The UK market for streaming video is about to get more crowded. Earlier this month, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that it would offer its streaming video service in the UK and…
Coinstar’s (NASDAQ: CSTR) division Redbox held more of the DVD market in the US during 2011 than Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) did. The argument can be made that the top spot is worth little. More and…
Jon OggThis last week brought many new analyst calls in key stocks. At the end of each week we review research calls looking for the best gems, the calls that made serious…
Shares of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) jumped more than 15% yesterday while shares of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) soared more than 22%. Today’s gains are far more modest, about 0.2%…
Paul Ausick All three major US indexes opened higher this morning, but enthusiasm tapered off quickly and steadily, if not sharply. A drop in the number of new home sales and a smaller-than-expected rise…
There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include VIST Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: VIST), RealNetworks Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK),…
Paul Ausick Cult stocks and controversial stocks often have an unusually high short interest. What is amazing is that the bets against these companies sometimes go off the charts. We have tracked unusual short…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE: ADP) Cut to Neutral…
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) added 220,000 subscribers who stream content, reaching a total of 21.67 million at the end of the year. Many customers appear to have forgotten the price increase in September. Wall…
Douglas A. McIntyre Iran may take the matter of oil exports into its own hands. It has signaled that it will stop shipping crude before sanctions by the European Union and U.S. are in place.…
