J.C. Penney Looks Like a Long-Term Bankruptcy Candidate
Filed under: Investing Earlier this month, retail analyst Charles Grom of Sterne Agee initiated coverage on troubled department store operator J.C. Penney with a buy rating and a $23 price target,...
View ArticleNetflix Stock Dreams Big: Is it Enough?
Filed under: Investing Netflix kicked off the week by locking down another content deal, this time with DreamWorks Animation . Both stocks traded up on the news, with shares of Netflix climbing more...
View ArticleIn This "Game of Thrones," the Lannisters Kill Vampires, Too
Filed under: Investing Did you watch the season finale of Game of Thrones? More than 5.4 million did, within spitting distance of a record 5.5 million set earlier this year and up 28% over the Season 2...
View ArticleWhat Does First Solar Have Up Its Sleeve?
Filed under: Investing First Solar recently announced a $450 million share offering, a strange move for a company with a strong balance sheet. It will use some of this money to build giant projects in...
View ArticleAdobe Q2 Net Drops 66%
Filed under: Investing Adobe Systems shares are down slightly following the release of the company's Q2 2013 financials. For the quarter, revenue was $1.01 billion, down from the $1.12 billion in the...
View ArticleDIRECTV Comes Under Fire in Colorado
Filed under: Investing Colorado is currently experiencing the most devastating fire in its history. Five hundred and two homes have been lost, approximately 14,198 acres have burned, two people have...
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Create Your Own American-Made Oil ETF With These 5 Stocks
Filed under: Investing An exchange-traded fund, or ETF, can be a great way to get exposure to an industry or sector that you think will outperform. That being said, most ETFs are filled with a lot of...
View ArticleThe 3 Biggest Risks with Melco Crown's Stock
Filed under: Investing Investors always need to consider the risks of an investment, and Melco Crown has a few things investors need to consider. The company hasn't yet been approved for gaming tables...
View ArticleApplied Materials Declares Fresh Dividend
Filed under: Investing Applied Materials has elected to maintain its quarterly dividend policy by declaring a payout of $0.10 per share of its common stock. This will be paid on September 12 to...
View ArticleDid The Washington Post Go Too Far This Time?
Filed under: Investing You can teach an old media stock some new media tricks. The Washington Post turned heads last week by introducing Sponsored Views, an online platform where companies and...
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ON Semiconductor Wins 2012 "Best Project Collaboration" Award from Yanfeng...
Filed under: Investing ON Semiconductor Wins 2012 "Best Project Collaboration" Award from Yanfeng Visteon Group SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), driving innovation in energy...
View ArticleToday Marked the 6th Consecutive 100-Point Move for the Dow
Filed under: Investing Today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher by 138 points, or 0.91%, and now sits at 15,318. The move higher came as the Federal Reserve began its two-day meeting in...
View ArticleWal-Mart May Be Google's Secret Weapon
Filed under: Investing The PC may be dying, but good luck convincing Google that the laptop is on the way out. The world's leading search provider announced yesterday that the number of stores stocking...
View ArticlePentagon Hands Out $880 Million-Plus in New Contracts Tuesday
Filed under: Investing The Department of Defense issued 14 separate contract awards Tuesday, totaling just over $880 million in combined value. Among publicly traded U.S. defense contractors, a few of...
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Amazon Stock: Why "Amazon Birthday Gift" Is a Brilliant Move
Filed under: Investing On Tuesday, Amazon.com stock closed within 1% of its 52-week-high as the company announced Amazon Birthday Gift, "a new way for customers to surprise friends on their birthdays...
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Have Consumer Electronics Become "Good Enough"?
Filed under: Investing Where's the buzz around the electronics industry lately? Smartphones no longer wow consumers, the PC refresh cycle gets longer every year, and even advancements in 3-D TV...
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Kodak Seeks Approval for $406 Million Rights Offering, including Backstop...
Filed under: Investing Kodak Seeks Approval for $406 Million Rights Offering, including Backstop Equity Commitment from Creditors Commitment Permits Investment Opportunity by All Unsecured Creditors in...
View ArticleAn Interview With Michael Raynor
Filed under: Investing A director at Deloitte Services LP and coauthor of The Three Rules: How Exceptional Companies Think, Michael Raynor joins the Fool to share his findings about what makes a...
View ArticleWhy Interest Rates Don't Matter
Filed under: Investing The following video is from Wednesday's installment of The Motley Fool's Financials Show, in which analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson highlight for investors the most...
View Article3 Reasons to Sell Google Stock
Filed under: Investing I'm going to attempt something a little odd today, Fools. Even though Google makes up 7.5% of my real-life holdings, and I recently called Google stock a "must-own" position, I'm...
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