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Semiconductor Stocks Tempting Short Sellers (BRCM, MRVL, MXIM)
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 12:50pm | 842Read More...Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the December 31 and January 15 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short of Advanced Micro...
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Weekly Highlights: Gmail Crashed, iPhone XL Hype, Galaxy S5 Tease And More
Sunday, January 26, 2014 - 10:01am | 317Read More...This may have been a shorter work week for some, but that didn't stop the tech industry from pumping out some notable headlines. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) took the lead this week, but not for the most positive reason. Gmail, its hugely popular e-mail service, went down for the first time in 2014. The...
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How Verizon Might Utilize Intel's On Cue
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 4:28pm | 599Read More...Verizon (NYSE: VZ) hopes to pull off what Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) could not – streaming live and delayed television, along with DVR, all in one service. Verizon bought out Intel’s internal Media team and its On Cue pay-tv service, which it said it initially planned to integrate with its in-house...
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Market Wrap For January 22: Earnings Season Continues To Come In Mixed
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 5:58pm | 2705Read More...Wednesday marked another day of mixed trading as investors and traders continue to find little clarity from the quarterly results released so far. With the markets being a "mixed bag" major indices ended the day little changed with the Dow ending slightly in the red and both S&P 500 and...
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Amazon Denies Rumored Online Live Pay-TV Service
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 12:31pm | 559Read More...Although The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) was planning a new online live pay-tv service, Amazon’s Drew Herdener told USA Today the rumor was not true. The report in The Journal said that the online retailer was contemplating offering live TV channels through...
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AMD Falls After Disappointing Earnings
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 11:37am | 515Read More...When a stock drops 11 percent after hours after reporting a revenue beat and inline EPS, it's a bad day for an AMD (NYSE: AMD) executive. The company reported EPS of $0.06 per share—in line with analyst estimates. Revenue was $1.59 billion—a beat over analyst consensus of $1.54 billion. The...
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For January 21
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 11:44am | 702Read More...Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com Google Hyundai Motor is set to reveal that its second-generation Blue Link system will debut in its upscale Genesis model. Blue Link will include Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) search capabilities in its navigation system and a Google Glass...
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Verizon Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS Growth To Continue?
Sunday, January 19, 2014 - 2:27pm | 750Read More...Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), which won a victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals last week in a case about whether the FCC had the authority to enforce net neutrality, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results Tuesday, January 21, before the opening bell. Investors...
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Barron's Recap: 2014 Roundtable: The Good, Bad And Ugly
Sunday, January 19, 2014 - 2:21pm | 780Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: part one of the 2014 Barron's Roundtable, how the Barron's stock picks for 2013 fared, and the prospects for Denbury Resources, The Gap, Dean Foods and more. Cover Story "The Good, Bad and Ugly: A Guide to 2014" by Lauren R. Rublin. It seems the Barron's...
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Market Wrap For January 17: Stocks Finish Week With Mixed Results
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 5:40pm | 2758Read More...Stocks traded mostly lower today as investors digested a new set of earnings that were disappointing. A mixed housing data and a consumer sentiment coming in lower than expected was enough to tame the bulls as major indices finished the day mixed. Markets will be closed on Monday for Martin...
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Intel Drops 3% After Q4 EPS Miss
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 5:26pm | 245Read More...Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is down more than three percent in after hours trading after the company announced its fourth quarter results. The company reported a Q4 EPS of $0.51 versus the Street estimate of $0.52. Earnings per share were up six percent from the year-ago period. Revenue arrived at $13....
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Fortune Magazine's Best Places To Work
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 1:14pm | 685Read More...Do you work for Google? If so, congratulations! And, stay where you are because your employer is number one (for the fifth time) in Fortune magazine’s 17th annual list of the 100 best companies to work for. If you are looking for a job, or looking to change jobs, and Google isn’t in your...
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#PreMarket Primer: Thursday, January 16: Another Triple-Digit Day
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 8:12am | 794Read More...Positive earnings propelled the major U.S. Indices higher yesterday and markets around the world are mixed this morning. The Dow ended up nearly three-quarters of a percent to close at 16,481.94. The S&P gained about 0.5 percent to finish at 1,848.38, and the NASDAQ saw the largest gains of...
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Market Wrap For January 15: Bulls Take Over As Economic Growth Remains Healthy
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 5:45pm | 2827Read More...The market picked up where it left off Tuesday and recorded a second straight day of strong gains. The Dow posted a triple digit point gain while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq all gained as the Federal Reserve's Beige Book indicated that economic growth remained healthy in most U.S. regions. The...
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Market Wrap For January 14: Markets Rebound On Earnings Season Kickoff
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 6:19pm | 2515Read More...Major indices reversed Monday's losses and posted strong gains following a better than expected retail sales report and a luke-warm start to earnings season. Related: Stocks Higher, But Dollar Indecisive After Retail Sales Release Philidalphia's Fed chief Charles Plosser said that he wants QE...















