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Source: courtesy of NetflixChina’s services index rises to 56.1 in December, a sign of healthy expansion. (Reuters)Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) tests a new iPhone and iOS 7. (Reuters)A court rejects...
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U.S. equity markets opened sharply higher this morning following approval last night from the U.S. House of Representatives of a bill that preserves some tax cuts, eliminates others, and basically...
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Source: ThinkstockThe popular with consumers and expensive for the company short-term car rental business got a boost today. Avis Budget Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR) announced this morning that it has...
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U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, but climbed out of their hole early with a boost from the strong showing on consumer sentiment. In Asia, China posted retail sales and industrial...
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Source: ThinkstockThe stock market is up Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.40%, the Nasdaq up 0.81% and the S&P 500 up 0.65%. All of today’s winners and losers had stock prices...
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Source: ThinkstockWe are tracking many key movers in the after-hours trading this Thursday. Most are earnings but some are not.Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) is up over 7% at...
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Research shows that, following an initial public offering, stocks that have pleasant, easy to pronounce names outperform those with “ugly” names, says Marketwatch.Adam Alter, a professor of...
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Companies often tout their workplaces as an inviting environment for employees. Yet many are far from it, and employees at many of America’s largest corporations dislike, or even hate, their jobs....
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The three major US stock indexes opened about 1% higher this morning following the news that non-farm payrolls grew by a much larger-than-expected 163,000 (our coverage here). Once investors warmed...
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Source: Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe stock market rose Friday on Friday as the labor department reported that nonfarm payrolls rose by 163,000 in the month of July. The Dow Jones Industrial...
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Shares of Zipcar Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIP) are getting battered today following a less-than-impressive second-quarter showing and a weak forecast for the current quarter. The company also suffered two...
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Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday morning.Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) cut to Hold at...
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Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday.ABIOMED Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD) Cut to Neutral at Lazard...
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Car rental firm Avis Budget Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR) revised  its first quarter and full-year forecasts sharply this morning, putting a bit of fuel in the tanks of competitors Hertz Global Holdings...
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US stock markets opened lower this morning and gradually lost ground throughout the day. A fractionally lower opening bell has translated to around a -0.6% loss on each of the major indexes about...
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