E-House Finds Strong Partner in Tencent
Filed under: Investing Perhaps I was a bit hasty a couple of weeks ago in declaring that a new IPO plan by online real-estate company E-House for its Leju unit looked like the recycling of an old...
View ArticleIs Macy's Beginning to Bounce Back?
Filed under: Investing Retailers are indeed having a tough time trying to overcome various obstacles keeping customers away from its stores. In addition to lower consumer spending, severe weather...
View ArticleSeagate Technology PLC vs. Western Digital Corp.: Which Stock's Dividend...
Filed under: Investing Dividend stocks outperform non-dividend-paying stocks over the long run. It happens in good markets and bad, and the benefit of dividends can be quite striking -- dividend...
View ArticleIs This a Positive Sign for Chipotle Mexican Grill, Panera, and Einstein Bagels?
Filed under: Investing Despite the economy and weather, Chipotle Mexican Grill , Panera Bread , and Einstein Noah Restaurant Group make it look easy to rake in profits in the fast-casual space. People...
View ArticleCould Intel Deliver an Earnings Blowout?
Filed under: Investing When Intel issued its full-year 2014 revenue and operating profit guidance, investors weren't all too pleased. To provide some perspective, Intel generated $12.9 billion of net...
View ArticleCan Apple Inc. Effectively Personalize an iWatch?
Filed under: Investing Walk into a Starbucks and no one minds sporting the same smartphone. But that's not the case for every consumer market. Imagine this scenario: A week before your new car is...
View ArticleWhy Shares of Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Jumped
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleHow Kodak Is Recovering From Bankruptcy
Filed under: Investing Once regarded as a solid blue-chip company, Eastman Kodak began to struggle financially in the late 1990s due to a continuous decline in sales of photographic film. Kodak's...
View ArticleTech Stocks: Did The Momentum Rally Just Die?
Filed under: Investing Although stocks opened higher this morning, but that didn't last beyond the first half-hour of the session and the benchmark S&P 500 ended Monday's session down a...
View ArticleWhy Varonis Systems Inc. Shares Skyrocketed Today
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleWalgreen After Earnings: Buy, Hold or Sell?
Filed under: Investing Source: Walgreen. Walgreen was rising by nearly 3.3% on Tuesday after reporting solid earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2014. The drugstore leader operates a solid...
View ArticleWhy FuelCell Energy, Atlantic Power, and Sonic Jumped Today
Filed under: Investing Tuesday started out looking a lot like Monday did, with early gains giving way to greater nervousness. Yet unlike yesterday, the stock market managed to recapture those early...
View ArticleWill Apple Inc. Release an iTV in 2014? It's Looking Unlikely
Filed under: Investing Apple hasn't released a major new product in more than four years. Sure, there have been been plenty of revisions -- new features, faster processors, different screen sizes --...
View ArticleAmazon Is Primed for Earnings Growth
Filed under: Investing Amazon's core focus has always been to grab market share and provide great value to customers at a great price. But, after years of focusing on only top-line revenue growth, the...
View ArticleWhy Akamai Technologies, Whole Foods Market, and MasterCard Incorporated Are...
Filed under: Investing Most stocks advanced on Tuesday, reversing the bearish trend of the last several days, a trend driven by worry over high-growth stocks and biotechnology companies. But with...
View ArticleWhy Lions Gate Entertainment, Carnival, and Himax Technologies Tumbled Today
Filed under: Investing Consumers make up a vital component of the health of the U.S. economy, and today, signs of strength among consumers helped send the stock market higher. The Conference Board's...
View ArticleApple, Inc.'s Spending Suggests It Is Confident About Its Future
Filed under: Investing Apple has been spending some big money -- more in the last 12 months than in any year before. Going forward, it has more plans to continue spending big. This spending could be...
View ArticleCould Apple and Comcast Challenge Netflix With This Potential Move?
Filed under: Investing It's full-steam ahead for giants like Apple and Google in the next phase of their race to help create -- and then cash-in on -- the next major trend in consumer tech. Exactly...
View ArticleWhy iTunes' Growth Could Accelerate
Filed under: Investing Apple has been accused of being short on innovation since Tim Cooke took the leadership reins. Examining a transcript of the company's recent earnings call, the ratio of the word...
View ArticleWhy Vodafone Is Buying This Spanish Telecom
Filed under: Investing Telecom companies face a highly competitive market amid the global establishment of 4G, the new generation of mobile ultra-broadband Internet access. The most powerful...
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