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.…
Ben Bernanke says the Fed is prepared to buy more bonds. (Reuters) NEC to cut 10,000 workers. (Reuters) Nintendo posts poor earnings and cuts forecasts. (Reuters) Warren Buffett says higher taxes on…
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has given its highly awaited earnings report. The online and DVD rental giant reported earnings of $0.73 EPS and $876 million in sales. Thomson Reuters had estimates of…
Jon C. Ogg Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is set to report earnings after the close and Wall Street has to be wondering if the bar has been set low enough to clear. While shares have…
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reportedly considering creating a stand-alone subscription streaming video service to compete directly with Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). Amazon’s current streaming service is including with a $79 annual subscription…
All three major equity indexes opened lower this morning and while all have tracked back to last night’s close, only the Nasdaq Composite has managed to wobble to a small gain for…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning. Caterpillar, Inc. (NYSE: CAT) Raised to Outperform as Bull…
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), it share price cleaved to about a third of its peak because of an increase of what it charges customer, hundreds of thousands of cancellations from subscribers because of…
Douglas A. McIntyre Nearly a third of US consumers now watch movies and other videos on Internet streaming services such as those offered by Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). About 55% of…
Just what a beaten down company needs… a class action lawsuit. When you have a boom to bust story like Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). would you honestly expect there not to be…
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