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Did Twitter Bottom on Tax Day?
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 2:00PM CDT
The Twitter IPO was much more successful than its performance after the first earnings call as a public company. In management's defense, it may have been impossible to live up to the hype. As mentioned in the article Twitter, Another...
3 Threats to Google’s Future
Chad Henage, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 12:50PM CDT
A company with the size, reach, and capabilities of Google would seem to have few real challenges to its future. However, no company is impervious to competition, and the search giant is no different. In fact, investors would be wise to keep an...
Google, Amazon, and Facebook Eye an Aerial Robotics Revolution
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 12:45PM CDT
Source: TitanAerospace.com The robotics revolution is under way. Exactly what form it will take in the next decade remains unclear; however, it is almost certain that robots will play an increasingly greater role in the day-to-day life of the...
Facebook’s 'Nearby Friends' -- 3 Critical Questions
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 9:27AM CDT
Facebook recently launched "Nearby Friends," an opt-in service that allows users to share their precise real-time locations on a map. This doesn't mean that everyone on your list can track your movements -- you only become...
A Fool Looks Back
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 8:30AM CDT
There's still some love out there for Chinese growth stocks. Sina Weibo finally went public on Thursday. The country's leading microblogging platform looked like it was heading for a rocky debut. It had to settle for pricing its shares at $17,...
Facebook Leads 5 IBD 50 Earnings Reports On Tap
at Investor's Business Daily - Sat Apr 19, 7:02AM CDT
The IBD 50 computer-generated list ranks leading companies based on recent profit and sales growth, and the proprietary IBD Composite Rating includes key indicators of market leaders such as margin and price performance vs. other stocks in the last...
NASA Leans Back for a #GlobalSelfie for Earth Day
at The Street - Sat Apr 19, 7:00AM CDT
The U.S. space agency wants you to snap a picture of yourself with a little piece of the planet and share it on social media.
Business events scheduled for the coming week
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Apr 18, 1:06PM CDT
MONDAY, April 21
Google and Facebook: 2 Major Threats to AT&T and Verizon
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 12:00PM CDT
AT&T and Verizon are the most dominant wireless providers in the U.S. Combined, the two telecom juggernauts have nearly 169 million wireless customers and almost $250 billion in annual revenue. With such a massive market, it's no surprise...
Can Twitter Inc. Take a Chunk of This Billion-Dollar Facebook Product?
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 11:00AM CDT
They say that imitation is the best form of flattery, but in the business world it could be the biggest form of competition. Both Facebook and Twitter are guilty of imitating one another, but aside from user interface tweaks, both companies...
Facebook May Be On Its Way to Becoming the Next Hot FinTech Company
Matt Koppenheffer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 7:04AM CDT
In this segment from Where the Money Is , Motley Fool financial analyst Matt Koppenheffer highlights one financial tweet from the Twittersphere, that calls into question the celebration around Citigroup and its earnings beat this quarter. The...
Zynga App Offers FarmVille 2 Without Facebook
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 6:41AM CDT
Zynga almost followed the path of so many other Internet companies -- huge success quickly then almost burning out entirely when it could not sustain its initial growth. Now the company has a new CEO and a bold plan to break away from its reliance...
Why Amazon Shouldn't Make a Smartphone, But Will Anyway
at The Street - Fri Apr 18, 5:00AM CDT
It's one thing to deliver books, magazines and movies on a Kindle Fire HDX, but it's quite another thing to be the sacred holder of the customer's personal life.
Motif Investing Lets You Build Your Own 'ETF'
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 17, 5:50PM CDT
When Hardeep Walia launched Motif Investing in June of 2012, his goal was to make it easy for investors to compile a portfolio of stocks based on inspiring ideas. Motif Investing, at its website motifinvesting.com, is a trading platform where baskets...
Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks
AP - Thu Apr 17, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading:
Is Sony Winning the Console War? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 17, 4:53PM CDT
With Sony’s recent announcement of seven million PS4s being sold since its release, where do they stand in the console war?
Twitter Steps Up Its Move Into Mobile Ads
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 17, 4:09PM CDT
Twitter (TWTR) investors might soon get some results from the company's hefty investments aimed at getting a bigger piece of the emerging mobile ad market. The company said Thursday that it has launched what it calls its "mobile app promotion suite."...
What's Dragging Down Google's Results? - Analyst Blog
Sejuti Banerjea - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 17, 3:31PM CDT
Google grew but missed our estimates on both the top and bottom lines.
Which Earnings Reprort Are You Waiting For? - Real Time Insight
David Bartosiak - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 17, 2:17PM CDT
Next week is filled with big names reporting earnings. Which of these reports are you most looking forward to hearing?
Did Twitter Bottom on Tax Day?
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 2:00PM CDT
The Twitter IPO was much more successful than its performance after the first earnings call as a public company. In management's defense, it may have been impossible to live up to the hype. As mentioned in the article Twitter, Another...
3 Threats to Google’s Future
Chad Henage, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 12:50PM CDT
A company with the size, reach, and capabilities of Google would seem to have few real challenges to its future. However, no company is impervious to competition, and the search giant is no different. In fact, investors would be wise to keep an...
Google, Amazon, and Facebook Eye an Aerial Robotics Revolution
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 12:45PM CDT
Source: TitanAerospace.com The robotics revolution is under way. Exactly what form it will take in the next decade remains unclear; however, it is almost certain that robots will play an increasingly greater role in the day-to-day life of the...
Facebook’s 'Nearby Friends' -- 3 Critical Questions
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 9:27AM CDT
Facebook recently launched "Nearby Friends," an opt-in service that allows users to share their precise real-time locations on a map. This doesn't mean that everyone on your list can track your movements -- you only become...
A Fool Looks Back
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 8:30AM CDT
There's still some love out there for Chinese growth stocks. Sina Weibo finally went public on Thursday. The country's leading microblogging platform looked like it was heading for a rocky debut. It had to settle for pricing its shares at $17,...
Facebook Leads 5 IBD 50 Earnings Reports On Tap
at Investor's Business Daily - Sat Apr 19, 7:02AM CDT
The IBD 50 computer-generated list ranks leading companies based on recent profit and sales growth, and the proprietary IBD Composite Rating includes key indicators of market leaders such as margin and price performance vs. other stocks in the last...
NASA Leans Back for a #GlobalSelfie for Earth Day
at The Street - Sat Apr 19, 7:00AM CDT
The U.S. space agency wants you to snap a picture of yourself with a little piece of the planet and share it on social media.
Business events scheduled for the coming week
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Apr 18, 1:06PM CDT
MONDAY, April 21
Google and Facebook: 2 Major Threats to AT&T and Verizon
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 12:00PM CDT
AT&T and Verizon are the most dominant wireless providers in the U.S. Combined, the two telecom juggernauts have nearly 169 million wireless customers and almost $250 billion in annual revenue. With such a massive market, it's no surprise...
Can Twitter Inc. Take a Chunk of This Billion-Dollar Facebook Product?
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 11:00AM CDT
They say that imitation is the best form of flattery, but in the business world it could be the biggest form of competition. Both Facebook and Twitter are guilty of imitating one another, but aside from user interface tweaks, both companies...
Facebook May Be On Its Way to Becoming the Next Hot FinTech Company
Matt Koppenheffer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 7:04AM CDT
In this segment from Where the Money Is , Motley Fool financial analyst Matt Koppenheffer highlights one financial tweet from the Twittersphere, that calls into question the celebration around Citigroup and its earnings beat this quarter. The...
Zynga App Offers FarmVille 2 Without Facebook
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 6:41AM CDT
Zynga almost followed the path of so many other Internet companies -- huge success quickly then almost burning out entirely when it could not sustain its initial growth. Now the company has a new CEO and a bold plan to break away from its reliance...
Why Amazon Shouldn't Make a Smartphone, But Will Anyway
at The Street - Fri Apr 18, 5:00AM CDT
It's one thing to deliver books, magazines and movies on a Kindle Fire HDX, but it's quite another thing to be the sacred holder of the customer's personal life.
Motif Investing Lets You Build Your Own 'ETF'
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 17, 5:50PM CDT
When Hardeep Walia launched Motif Investing in June of 2012, his goal was to make it easy for investors to compile a portfolio of stocks based on inspiring ideas. Motif Investing, at its website motifinvesting.com, is a trading platform where baskets...
Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks
AP - Thu Apr 17, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading:
Is Sony Winning the Console War? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 17, 4:53PM CDT
With Sony’s recent announcement of seven million PS4s being sold since its release, where do they stand in the console war?
Twitter Steps Up Its Move Into Mobile Ads
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 17, 4:09PM CDT
Twitter (TWTR) investors might soon get some results from the company's hefty investments aimed at getting a bigger piece of the emerging mobile ad market. The company said Thursday that it has launched what it calls its "mobile app promotion suite."...
What's Dragging Down Google's Results? - Analyst Blog
Sejuti Banerjea - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 17, 3:31PM CDT
Google grew but missed our estimates on both the top and bottom lines.
Which Earnings Reprort Are You Waiting For? - Real Time Insight
David Bartosiak - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 17, 2:17PM CDT
Next week is filled with big names reporting earnings. Which of these reports are you most looking forward to hearing?
