U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following an unexpected 0.25% cut in Australia’s key interest rate to a new level of 2.75%. Japan’s Nikkei reopened today after a two-day holiday and…
ThinkstockReal estate information service Trulia Inc. (NYSE: TRLA) today filed an amended Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 5.25 million shares in a secondary offering. The company plans…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, dragged down by weak economic data from Europe. Germany, France, Italy, and Greece all reported worse-than-expected GDP contraction for the fourth quarter of 2012, and…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a closely watched report on U.S. retail sales came in about as expected (more coverage here). U.S. business inventories rose less than expected in…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as investors seemed to prefer a little risk trading on U.S. election day. Asian markets were cautious ahead of today’s elections, while in Europe some…
Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) is getting crushed today after the company said that revenues would be soft in the quarter ahead. Zillow is supposed to be a housing market winner and housing…
Courtesy of The Washington Post CompanyThousands of Greeks protest austerity measures. (Reuters) A U.S. judge rejects a patent lawsuit between Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). (Reuters) General Motors…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors appear to be cautious as tomorrow’s elections get closer. Coupled with possible changes in the U.S., China will replace its leadership at its…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Alkermes PLC (NASDAQ: ALKS) raised to Outperform with $24 target…
Real estate web site Zillow Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) revealed today that it received a letter from the SEC asking the company to answer questions on the way it reported revenue. In particular,…
Paul Ausick Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) reported today that mortgage rates have fallen back to record lows this week. The report showed that 30-year fixed rate mortgages fell to 3.34% from 3.38% at the…
Jon C. Ogg When the market is strong, companies tend to raise capital. Or insiders decide to cash in some chips. We now have a whole slew of companies conducting secondary offerings now: BreitBurn Energy Partners…
Zillow Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) is about to raise some new capital, and it is doing so when shares are close to an all-time high. The real estate information marketplace has announced that…
Jon C. Ogg Knight Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: KCG) raises $400 million. (CNBC) HTC reports that sales of its smartphones fell 45% year-over-year. (Reuters) The New York State Department of Financial Services apparently is investigating…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported this morning that U.S. home prices rose 0.8% month-over-month in May, following a downward revision of the April housing price index to a gain of…
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