The Federal Reserve is under pressure to offer solutions to falling markets and a slow economy. (Reuters) The Swiss franc hits a record against the euro. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)…
Sales of video games fell by 10% in June according to market research firm NPD Group, from $1.15 billion in June 2010 to $1.03 billion. This past May was even worse, with…
Game maker Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) posted unimpressive fourth quarter results after the market closed last night, and to make matters worse, offered a weaker-than-expected outlook for the current quarter and…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), Motricity, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOTR), Photronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAB), Take-Two…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Outperform as the Bull of the…
Video game investing has been the pits lately and a disappointment of the home-bound trade for the recession and recovery. The fun and cool games have so far not translated to major…
This weekend’s edition of The Unusual Suspects is different. While some earnings focus is made, there are several key events coming up that investors and traders alike will want to watch. Don’t…
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is still trying to get its ship turned around in the right direction and the company’s stock was under fire this morning, understandably if you are just a…
The cast of characters in this week’s Unusual Suspects is not any ordinary group of companies. There are many key stocks to watch for investors that have carryover issues from last week…
Many stocks are on the move this Friday morning. Active traders and day traders are likely to be watching the moves seen in Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC), Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.…
Some of the top earnings next week are Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB), Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL), TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO),…
Lee Iacocca, Chrysler’s CEO in 1979, worked for $1 a year while his company paid back taxpayers $1.2 billion in loan guarantees. Edward Liddy, former CEO of Allstate (ALL), was paid $1…
Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) announced better than expected earnings today but also said it would need to cut its staff. Net revenue for the first fiscal quarter was $163.2 million,…
Douglas A. McIntyre MCV, the games business site, reports that Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ:TTWO) will lay-off 400 people, or 20% of its work force. The company’s VP of Corporate Affairs, Alan Lewis, denied the rumor but said…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) will get a $100 million bonus (Times of London) Morgan Stanley (NYSE::MS) will hire hundreds of traders over the next few years…
