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Why Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. Shares Plummeted 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...
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Why Twitter, athenahealth, and Capstone Turbine Tumbled Today
Filed under: Investing On Tuesday, the stock market gave up some of its recent gains, with a combination of economic worries and rising geopolitical tension holding back investors from pushing the...
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Can Facebook Inc Grow Oculus to Critical Mass?
Filed under: Investing Facebook recently acquired Oculus VR for a hefty $2 billion, which turned some heads since the two companies seemingly have little in common. Facebook clearly hopes that Oculus...
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Here Comes Microsoft Corporation's Surface Mini
Filed under: Investing Microsoft has sent out press invites to a May 20 event, with official tag line of "Join us for a small gathering." That could possibly hint that Microsoft will unveil its...
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Will Intel Win Mobile at 10 Nanometers?
Filed under: Investing While semiconductor manufacturing technology isn't the only thing that determines the competitiveness of a given chip, it is one of the key enablers of dramatic performance and...
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Fear Slams the Dow As Intel, Verizon Salvage Minimal Gains
Filed under: Investing The Dow Jones Industrials got hit hard Tuesday, falling almost 130 points after trade data called into question whether the U.S. economy will recover as quickly from its...
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This One Miniature Move Signals an Enormous Strategy Shift
Filed under: Investing On March 8 2012, the launch of Doritos Locos tacos by Taco Bell of Yum! Brands was met with great rejoicing by the college-aged adrenaline-junkie crowd. Four months later, Taco...
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Lorillard's Results Contain Some Worrying Numbers
Filed under: Investing The U.S.' smallest listed domestic cigarette company, Lorillard recently reported first quarter results, and although headline figures were in-line, underlying figures were...
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Office Depot Jumps, but Whole Foods Market Slides After Hours
Filed under: Investing Stocks sank today as tensions in Ukraine heightened and some big names including AIG and Twitter fell, putting pressure on their respective sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial...
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Disney's Magical Earnings and Office Depot's 400-Store Surprise
Filed under: Investing Like a bad, late-night Cinco de Mayo burrito sitting heavy in your stomach (post-2 a.m. street meat is never a good idea), some sour quarterly earnings reports weighed heavy on...
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Difficulties at Groupon Inc. Continue As It Reports a Net Loss of $38 Million
Filed under: Investing As a result of increased operating expenses, Groupon reported a loss of $38 million, or $0.06 per share, in the first quarter of 2014, well above the $4 million loss seen through...
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Prospect Capital Corporation's Net Investment Income Jumps 30% to $0.31 Per...
Filed under: Investing In reporting its results for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 on Tuesday, Prospect Capital saw its net investment income increase from $0.26 per share in the third quarter of...
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What Would It Take to Pay Back Mom for All She Does?
Filed under: Careers, Holiday Shopping, Family Money, Saving BlueOrange Studio/Shutterstock One day out of 365, we pay homage to our sainted mothers. Those of us who are members of this long-suffering,...
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Why I Gladly Spend Money to Work Out With a Personal Trainer
Filed under: Cost of Living, Health Insurance, Sports & Recreation, Spending OJO Images/Getty Images Three times a week, I get up early and work out with a personal trainer at my local gym. Many...
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LeapBand: Can a New Fitness Tracker for Kids Save LeapFrog?
Filed under: Company News, Consumer Goods, Consumer Electronics www.leapfrog.com The company that breathed new life into electronic learning toys has fallen on hard times. LeapFrog Enterprises (LF) may...
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How Long Should Your Household Purchases Last?
Filed under: Consumer Goods, How to Save Money, Home & Garden, Saving Ty Wright/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMost household appliances, such as washing machines, refrigerators and gas ranges, should...
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Is Google Glass Worth $1,500 - or $79.78?
Filed under: Technology, Google, Consumer Electronics, Investing Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Google Glass glasses may look goofy. They open up a can of privacy concern worms. And the $1,500 price...
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Alibaba Seeks Blockbuster IPO, But How Much Is It Worth?
Filed under: Technology, China, Internet, IPOs, Investing AP By Dhara Ranasinghe @DharaCNBC Alibaba has finally filed for a U.S. initial public offering that will see it become the largest Chinese firm...
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As Interest Rates Fall, Mortgage Applications Rise
Filed under: Mortgages, Economic Indicators, Housing Market, Home Buying, Interest Rates AP By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK -- Applications for U.S. home mortgages climbed last week as interest rates...
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Wintry Blast Sinks Worker Productivity in 1st Quarter
Filed under: Labor, Economic Indicators, GDP, Inflation, Investing Patrick Semansky/AP By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON -- U.S. nonfarm productivity fell at its fastest pace in a year in the first quarter...
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