Olympics

The Olympics are all about the spirit of international athletic competition. But there’s no question the games are a major big-money event as well. Global cities fight over the right to host the Olympics, and the honor is seen as a feather in the city's cap when it comes to its...

Including dividends paid, the iShares MSCI Brazil Index (ETF) (NYSE: EWZ) is up a staggering 66.3 percent year-to-date, easily making it one of this year's best-performing single-country exchange-trade fund. Amid plenty of controversy, Rio de Janeiro is hosting the Summer Olympics, prompting...

Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY)'s Pokémon GO is now available just in time for the Olympic games in Rio, Brazil. In between catching a few sporting events, Olympic attendees can hunt for Pokémon characters. Just watch out for the human bodies washing ashore, dead jaguars...

At the annual meeting of the Television Critics Association's summer panel-fest, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)'s NBC used its time to talk to the media about a few burning questions…namely how to not repeat old mistakes. Analysts had used NBC as a whipping post for years...

Five weeks before the 2016 Olympics are to be held in Rio de Janeiro, the news is awash with embarrassing and in some cases downright gruesome headlines that call into question the safety or even feasibility of holding the games in Rio. Last week, a human foot washed up on Copacabana beach,...

As the Brazil Olympics creeps around the corner, researchers are struggling to figure how much of a risk the Games might pose in spreading the Zika virus around the world. The Games As many as 200,000 Americans are expected to travel to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics in August, a New York Times...

Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) is expected to report its first-quarter numbers on May 20, and Susquehanna expects EPS of $1.38, a penny below the Street's view. The brokerage also noted that the retailer is the least affected by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) within the retail sector....

The acquisition of Sponsorhub by Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT) creates synergy between the two companies. Sponsorhub provides advertisers and sponsors with unique insight into sports and entertainment related chatter on social media. One of Sponsorhub’s specialties is tracking fan...

Shares of Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) rose nearly 10 percent by Friday afternoon after the company reported its first-quarter results. Scott Krasik of Buckingham maintained a Buy rating on Nike with a price target raised to $140 from a previous $126. Krasik noted that Nike is still the best growth story...

U.S. stocks were mixed as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen presented a prepared testimony which did not rattle investors. The Dow posted a triple-digit point gain after falling 43 points. The Nasdaq, on the other hand, declined as many momentum and Internet names were hit hard. Russian...

While the world watches which countries take home medals from the current Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, one group of analysts has been looking at medal counts as an indicator of a nation's economic health. In a note to investors last week, market strategists at ConvergEx Group, a New York-...

After all the news – positive and negative – and the media hype -- good and bad – the 22nd Winter Olympics are finally here and underway in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. There's been a lot already written about the cost of these Winter Games – estimated at close to $60 billion, or...

As the 2014 Winter Olympics get underway, the stories coming out of Russia are both entertaining and fascinating. Among the headlines, if you connect to the Internet, you can pretty much bank on getting hacked according to one report. Then there’s the multiple images flooding social media of...