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Don't Believe The Reports, Axiom Says: Yelp Couldn't Find A Buyer
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 4:26pm | 350Read More...Axiom's Victor Anthony disputes the Bloomberg report that Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) is no longer on the auction block, despite finding "several interested suitors." Anthony said that his view is that "Yelp did not find a buyer." The news sent the stock down 10 percent,...
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Apple And Tesla: Creating Industries Vs. Products
Sunday, June 28, 2015 - 1:01pm | 517Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) are often praised for creating new products, especially those that introduce a new product line. Many companies develop new products, however. Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry believes that Apple and Tesla have gone above...
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Risks For Alibaba, Yahoo And Internet Stocks? Bernstein Just Laid Them Out
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 9:10am | 644Read More...Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) shares are rising nearly 1 percent on Thursday morning on the back of an initiation at Bernstein. The Wall Street firm holds an Outperform rating on the Internet giant with a $120 price target. Aside from the headline news, there's also an interesting...
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Yahoo Says Alibaba Spin-Off Is On Track, Shares See Relief
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 9:01am | 347Read More...Shares of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) are higher in pre-market trading following a 7.6 percent drop Tuesday. The drop and subsequent rally are wholly related to whether Yahoo can spin off its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) without taking a large tax hit. The current plan,...
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Yahoo Investors Cheer Alibaba's Earnings
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 9:46am | 181Read More...Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) shares were up 7 percent Thursday morning after Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) reported better-than-expected earnings. Alibaba shares were up 10 percent. At Wednesday's closing price, Yahoo's stake in Alibaba was worth roughly $23.28 billion. At today...
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Bob Peck: 6 Things To Watch After Yahoo's Earnings
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 9:46am | 340Read More...Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) on Tuesday reported its first quarter results. In a report published Wednesday, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Robert (Bob) Peck noted that Yahoo's Core "slows" in its turnaround, but based on a some-of-parts valuation, investors can still get the...
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Yahoo's Earnings Prospects Fail To Excite Analysts In Q1
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 1:27pm | 631Read More...Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) will report its first quarter 2015 earnings results after the market close Tuesday, but analysts aren't very excited by the company's prospects. "Wake me up when Yahoo actually grows revenue a little bit," Cody Willard, chairman of Scutify (a...
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Report: Yahoo, Foursquare $900 Million 'Deal Is Done'
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 10:07am | 179Read More...TechCrunch reported sources claim Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has agreed to purchase local search app Foursquare for near $900 million. According to one of the sources, the "deal is done." However, TechCrunch also reported hearing from other sources that there have not been any new...
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15 Women Championing The Media Revolution
Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 12:45pm | 2182Read More...The rapid decline of the newspaper business over the past couple of decades was a major hit to the media world, but there are new and powerful forms of media that have gained an immense amount of traction on the digital frontier. Websites like Buzzfeed and Gawker are embracing wit, snark and...
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Klipfolio Raises $6.2 Million, Proves It's Never Too Late To Act Like A Startup
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 6:14pm | 568Read More...Klipfolio, a company that's focused on disrupting the cloud dashboard market, waited 13 years to raise $1.7 million. After fulfilling its goals for 2014, the company decided to continue behaving like a startup. "We raised the seed round last February," Allan Wille, co-founder,...
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Tigress Financial Partners CIO On Yahoo Earnings: 'Watch What They Do With Alibaba Money'
Monday, January 26, 2015 - 6:44pm | 223Read More...When asked about what to expect in earnings for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), Tigress Financial partners Chief Investment Officer Ivan Feinseth told Benzinga that he’ll be looking at what the company says about guidance, advertising and new initiatives. He also emphasized looking at what...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of January 26: Apple, Google, Microsoft & More
Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 4:26pm | 1113Read More...The earnings crunch is on this week. Tech and Internet giants will be stepping into the earnings spotlight, with forecasts calling for profit growth from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) but shrinking profits from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN),...
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SunTrust Previews Yahoo's Q4 Earnings, Expects Focus To Be On Asian Asset Tax Efficiency And Growth Initiatives
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 11:07am | 259Read More...Bob Peck of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey on Tuesday reiterated a Buy rating and $57 price target on shares of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) ahead of the company's fourth quarter results on January 27. “While we largely anticipate an in-line quarter, there are several other items that we...
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Quantum Strategies CIO: Yahoo-Twitter Combination Is 'Somewhat Possible'
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 6:42pm | 245Read More...Speaking to Benzinga, Quantum Strategies CIO Sean Udall said that a combination of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is "somewhat possible." He said the mostly likely combination would be a deal where the two companies work together, with Twitter finding a way to...
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Tigress Financial Partners CIO: 'A Yahoo-Twitter Combination Does Not Make Sense'
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 6:05pm | 243Read More...Speaking to Benzinga, Tigress Financial Partners Chief Investment Officer Ivan Feinseth said that a combination of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) does not make sense. “I don’t know if Yahoo bought them that they would be getting a whole lot to what they don...
