Can Lenovo Bully Samsung and Apple With Motorola?
Filed under: Investing In January, Beijing-based Lenovo announced its purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.91 billion. This deal comes two years after Google purchased Motorola for $12.4...
View ArticleWhy Darden Restaurants Needs to Sell Olive Garden Now
Filed under: Investing Darden Restaurants revealed its fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2014 earnings last Friday. The results mirrored the past several quarters as both Olive Garden's and Red...
View ArticleWhy Vertex Pharmaceuticals, InnerWorkings, and SINA Are Today's 3 Best Stocks
Filed under: Investing If you're a pessimist the past couple of years haven't given you much to cheer about; but today's move lower in the S&P 500 just might be a start. Overall, today's economic...
View ArticleHere's What's Driving Results at Walgreen
Filed under: Investing Walgreen shares dropped Tuesday after the pharmacy chain's fiscal third-quarter report missed Wall Street's expectations on sales and earnings missed. However, results were...
View ArticleAre Investors Wrong About VIVUS?
Filed under: Investing Whenever short-sellers start jumping into a stock with both feet, it's generally a good idea to understand why. VIVUS has seen its short interest skyrocket this year to over 35%...
View ArticlePharma's Huge Bet on Immunotherapies
Filed under: Investing Large pharmaceutical companies are pouring billions worth of funding into a new generation of anti-cancer drugs that use a newly discovered biological mechanism to trigger a...
View ArticleWill the Drama Ever End for Lululemon?
Filed under: Investing lululemon athletica's founder, Chip Wilson, is shaking things up at the company again -- only this time, it could actually benefit shareholders. Lululemon's stock price climbed...
View ArticleWhy These 4 New Dunkin' Donuts Could be a Game Changer
Filed under: Investing Looks quite inviting, right? Source: Wikimedia Commons For a company with nearly 11,000 restaurants in 33 countries, the announcement of just four new Dunkin' Donuts in...
View ArticlePredicting the Potential of Apple Inc.'s Alleged iWatch Isn't Easy
Filed under: Investing In a new report from Piper Jaffray (via AppleInsider), Apple investors get a closer look at the potential for the company's alleged iWatch -- or do they? While the results are...
View Article3 Restaurant Chains Delivering Explosive Growth: Chipotle, Buffalo Wild...
Filed under: Investing The restaurant industry can be tough and competitive, but it also allows for exceptional opportunities for growth when you're investing in well-run companies that know how to...
View ArticleSuddenly, Android Is Key to the Future of Microsoft Stock
Filed under: Investing Rather than relying on Windows Phone, Nokia's X2 runs a version of Android. Credit: Nokia. Just as Google is preparing to tell the world about its newest geekery at its I/O...
View ArticleDow Takes 119-Point Hit; Melco Crown Entertainment Jumps on Japan's Gambling...
Filed under: Investing The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell sharply today, posting its largest intraday decline in more than a month. Curiously enough, today's slump comes after two straight days of...
View ArticleActivist Says Buffett Wants to Steal Coca-Cola in Deal of the Century
Filed under: Investing The activist investor who urged Warren Buffett to vote against Coca-Cola's compensation plan is now speculating that Berkshire Hathaway is conspiring to take the beverage giant...
View ArticleFord Motor Company Issues Checks and Offers Apologies: Does It Matter?
Filed under: Investing Lincoln's MKZ Hybrid was the most expensive mpg adjustment for Ford. Source: Ford Motor Company. The cynics were out in full force after Ford Motor Company's recent announcement...
View ArticleGoogle Stock: Why Wireless Is the Key to Outperformance
Filed under: Investing Google is on a wireless buying spree. Credit: The Motley Fool. Chalk up another wireless win for Google . According to GeekWire, the search star acquired Alpental Technologies...
View ArticleGM's Europe Turnaround Makes Progress but Still Lags Ford's
Filed under: Investing GM's Opel Mokka is a close cousin of the small Buick Encore SUV, and it has turned out to be a much-needed hit for GM in Europe. Source: General Motors Co. Lately it seems as...
View ArticleHow General Electric Is Shaping Its Oil and Gas Segment
Filed under: Investing The oil and gas services market doesn't always spring to mind when considering General Electric Company , but the company has made a number of strategic investments in the...
View ArticleHas Carnival Finally Turned the Corner?
Filed under: Investing Carnival surprised Wall Street this week by posting an increase in profits for its fiscal second quarter. But the stock fell anyway, as investors are demanding evidence that a...
View ArticleWhy Walgreen Missed on Earnings
Filed under: Investing Source: Wikimedia Commons After reporting revenue and earnings for the third quarter of its 2014 fiscal year on Jun. 24, shares of Walgreen fell nearly 2%. Despite the fact that...
View ArticleWhy Tesla Motors Inc.'s "Open Source" Offer Is Not What You Think
Filed under: Investing Source: Wikimedia Commons Is Tesla Motors making a move for the good of humanity, or does the company have other ideas in mind? Maybe it's a little of both, but make no mistake...
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