Battered video provider Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is launching its streaming video service in the UK and Ireland today with a one-month free trial for customers who sign up through Facebook. The…
The single greatest mystery of the fourth-quarter 2011 earnings season is why EPS growth will slow despite what is probably the most promising part of the recovery since the recent deep recession.…
Redbox video vending machine owner Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) has denied that the company has a new deal with Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) that doubles the time that Coinstar must wait…
US markets opened lower today and finally managed modest gains by mid-afternoon. News from Europe on the reluctance of banks to lend, coupled with an higher-than-expected yield on a French bond issue…
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has announced that its earnings release and business outlook will be released on its investor relations website at http://ir.netflix.com on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 after the close of…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE: AZN) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. BlackRock,…
Markets opened lower today and stayed in negative territory until mid-afternoon. Car makers reported December sales throughout the day, with Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) both…
Shares of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) have risen about 7% today and it’s hard to say whether the main cause is speculation that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) might buy the company or…
Ticket sales for movie theaters dropped in 2011 the most in 16 years, according to Hollywood.com. Some of the fall-off is due to a dearth of blockbuster films. But the industry also…
2011 was more or less a wash for stock performance when it was all said and done. There were several great stories and there were many duds. 24/7 Wall St. has compiled…
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) went from Wall Street’s darling in 2011 to being Wall Street’s whipping boy. The company’s efforts under Reed Hastings could easily become the classic case study for “How…
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new television product could do more to change the industry since the dawn of color TV, if an analyst at Sterne Agee is correct. The research firm said that…
Obama nominates Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell to take seats at the Federal Reserve. (Reuters) New York Times (NYSE: NYT) sells its regional media group for $143 million. (Reuters) The U.S. Treasury…
Research firm ForeSee released its customer satisfaction ratings for the shopping season — its Holiday E-retail Satisfaction Index. The e-commerce ratings mirror, in most cases, the states of the parent companies’ revenue. Amazon.com…
A number of incredible new products were launched this year. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the iPhone 4S — a phone with voice command — and Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner — a…
