'Fast Money' Recap: Managing Market Highs
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The trading panel discusses how to deal with record market highs.
Netflix Still Has Immense Upside
Ishfaque Faruk, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 5:00PM CDT
Netflix is on very good footing: The video-streaming giant is set to have almost 50 million subscribers at the end of the current quarter. The company's international business is on track to reach profitability later this...
Amazon Opens Wearable Technology Store - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Apr 30, 4:40PM CDT
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) has recently announced the launch of its wearable technology store.
Viacom, Inc. Investor Alert: 3 Key Drivers Going Into Earnings
Ishfaque Faruk, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 4:30PM CDT
Viacom, Inc. is arguably the, if not one of the, most successful media conglomerates in the world today. Its significant reach into millions of households around the world and high-quality content has lead to solid revenue and earnings growth for...
Athenahealth Partner Program Follows Facebook Model
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Apr 30, 4:24PM CDT
Health care IT company Athenahealth has always seen itself as a disruptor. The company was among the first to provide practice-management software to doctors entirely through the cloud, rather than with installed systems. And since 2011, it's been...
Cold Weather Boosts Online Spending
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Apr 30, 4:09PM CDT
Harsh winter weather patterns changed consumer spending habits in the first quarter, leading more of them to shop from home, according to data from the Chase Freedom Lifestyle Index released Tuesday. Online purchases increased by 3% from a year...
Amazon.com Inc. and AT&T, Inc. Are Telling Us Something About Netflix, Inc.
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 2:50PM CDT
Enormous companies like Amazon.com Inc. and AT&T, Inc. often use acquisitions to enter new industries. Amazon and AT&T in particular have historically been very acquisitive, yet strangely both have decided to enter the video streaming...
Why Millennials Aren't 'Cutting The Cord' Yet
at The Street - Wed Apr 30, 1:31PM CDT
For all the hubbub about TV viewers "cutting the cord," or canceling more expensive cable or satellite subscriptions in favor of only Internet-based video streaming through Amazon, Netflix and Hulu, adult "millennials," the group most likely to do...
eBay Takes Tax Charge, Shares Slump - Analyst Blog
Sejuti Banerjea - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Apr 30, 1:26PM CDT
eBay Inc. (EBAY) shares slumped post its earnings report, despite the fact that the company's earnings were ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
Global Tablet Market 2014-2018: Expected to emerge as the preferred computing device
PR Newswire Europe - Wed Apr 30, 12:56PM CDT
DUBLIN, Apr. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cch5sz/global_tablet [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cch5sz/global_tablet]) has announced the addition of the "Global Tablet Market 2014-2018" [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cch5sz/global_tablet] report to their offering.
3 Rough Seas Amazon.com Will Navigate in 2014 and 2015
Asit Sharma, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 11:30AM CDT
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the governments of Britain and Spain expended vast amounts of capital to establish ascendancy at sea. Both countries were obsessed with shipbuilding, the primary requirement for asserting power on the water. The...
1 Bright Spot Makes Amazon.com a Buy
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 10:30AM CDT
Amazon shares haven't been below $300 since October of last year, but on Monday, shares fell below the critical point as investors all of a sudden cared about costs. Yet, while analysts continue to poke holes in the company's quarterly report, one...
Why Amazon.com Is in the Penalty Box After Earnings
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 10:00AM CDT
Amazon.com may have reached the tipping point of investor sentiment this quarter as expenses grew faster than revenue and the company guides to a loss in the coming quarter. Over the years, Amazon has been immune to valuation concerns because...
Microsoft Introduces 'Xbox Originals' Streaming Video to Tackle Netflix, Sony, and Amazon
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 9:54AM CDT
Microsoft recently announced its Xbox Originals initiative, which will launch original programming on Xbox One, Xbox 360, and other Microsoft devices this June. Microsoft is obviously trying to squeeze into a very crowded...
Despite Weak Results and Outlook, EBay Shares Look Compelling
at The Street - Wed Apr 30, 9:25AM CDT
Here's why today's stock drop doesn't fit the crime.
Stock Market News for April 30, 2014 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Apr 30, 9:06AM CDT
Upbeat earnings results and gains in high-growth stocks helped benchmarks close in the green on Tuesday
Can Microsoft's Original Shows for Xbox Compete With Netflix and Amazon?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 8:52AM CDT
The crowded field of companies creating television-like content to be marketed on channels outside the traditional broadcast networks and cable outlets has yet another new player. While Microsoft said it would deliver television-style programs...
3 Stocks David Einhorn Could Be Shorting
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 8:35AM CDT
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn believes we're living through a second tech bubble. In a letter to his investors leaked to the press last week, Einhorn stated that a "clear consensus" had emerged: The present valuations of many tech stocks are...
'Fast Money' Recap: What's Up With Twitter?
at The Street - Wed Apr 30, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel takes a look at Twitter's earnings report, as well as other key technology stocks.
Here's Why Facebook Will Succeed With Drones
Mark Girland, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 29, 10:00PM CDT
After Amazon announced that it wanted to enter the drone space, Facebook also declared the same intention. Facebook wants to use drones to bring the Internet to impoverished areas. However, analysts feel the company might not be in the drone...