Why Jeff Bezos, Amazon Are Now on the Hot Seat
at The Street - 19 mins ago
The company should continue to be an incredible growth story for a couple more years. But at some point the growth stops.
Business Take: FCC's Net Neutrality Rules Good for ISPs, Bad for Streaming Content, Consumers
Daniel Kline and Jason Hellmann, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 22 mins ago
The Federal Communications Commission is voting later this month on rules that will have a major impact on Internet service providers like Comcast , as well as streaming content companies including Netflix . In the first episode of Business...
Could AT&T Buy DirecTV to Challenge Comcast?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 02, 12:41PM CDT
Comcast's proposed $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable's system has many fearing that the combined company will control too many customers leading to higher prices, poor service, and less choice for consumers. To compete...
Netflix Is Continuing Its Winning Streak, But for How Much Longer?
Marshall Hargrave, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 02, 11:38AM CDT
Netflix is now in talks with the second-largest mobile company in the world, the telecom giant Vodafone Group , to give its subscribers free access to streaming movies and television shows. This is just another step by Netflix to get its...
Amazon, Pandora, Chipotle, 7 More Stocks Slammed After Quarterly Results
at The Street - Fri May 02, 9:40AM CDT
Cree, 3D Systems, Facebook, Intuitive Surgical, Netflix, Panera Bread and Under Armour were also double-digit losers to their post-earnings lows.
Stock Market News for May 02, 2014 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri May 02, 9:06AM CDT
Benchmarks finished Thursday’s choppy run mostly lower as investors took a cautious approach ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payroll report
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Unsafe at Any Price
at The Street - Thu May 01, 7:00PM CDT
Big money managers are once again shifting direction, Cramer says.
How Hulu Plans to Compete With Netflix
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 02, 6:38AM CDT
If streaming services were cola brands Netflix would be Coca-Cola and Hulu would be something less than Pepsi but maybe something more than Royal Crown. Hulu announced recently that it has 6 million paying Hulu Plus members (paying $7.99 a...
'Fast Money' Recap: What Does It All Mean?
at The Street - Fri May 02, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel discussed LinkedIn, Yelp and Ford.
A Big Investor Is Bailing Out of Outerwall, Should You Be?
Marshall Hargrave, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu May 01, 8:16PM CDT
Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners has reduced its ownership stake in Outerwall from 8.4% of the shares outstanding to 4.9%. Its stake was once as high as 13.5%. Shares of Outerwall have soared (up over 30%) since Jana Partners first announced its...
LinkedIn Beats Revenues but Lowers Guidance - Analyst Blog
Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Thu May 01, 4:39PM CDT
Revenues for LinkedIn (LNKD) beat the Zacks consensus estimate of $466 million, representing a 46% gain year over year.
Time to Tread Carefully in This Stock Market
at The Street - Thu May 01, 4:25PM CDT
The DJIA and the S&P 500 remain in overbought territory. The Nasdaq is close behind, with the Russell 2000 far behind and weak.
Oops! Netflix's Glitch Caused Some Shows to Not Load
at The Street - Thu May 01, 3:17PM CDT
Netflix's streaming service ran into a glitch on Thursday afternoon, causing some shows not to load properly.
2 Numbers That Netflix Investors Should Cheer
Demitrios Kalogeropoulos, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu May 01, 1:00PM CDT
Netflix investors are understandably focused on just one number lately: 30%. That's the percentage drop the stock has suffered since hitting an all-time high in early March. NFLX data by YCharts . But while the stock has sold off,...
Storm The Castle Stock Of The Day: Netflix (NFLX)
at The Street - Thu May 01, 10:46AM CDT
Trade-Ideas LLC identified Netflix (NFLX) as a "storm the castle" (crossing above the 200-day simple moving average on higher than normal relative volume) candidate
Foolish Investing: 7 Lessons From 5 Years With The Motley Fool
Doron Meizlik and Motley Fool Staff - Motley Fool - Thu May 01, 10:19AM CDT
Everyone has an exciting backstory when it comes to investing -- when you started, why you started, which stock you bought first, etc. At The Motley Fool, we call our members' origin stories their "Fool Story," and every time a member is kind enough...
Splunk and LinkedIn Are in Free Fall: Time to Buy?
Eric Bleeker, CFA and David Meier, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu May 01, 9:05AM CDT
In the video below, Motley Fool portfolio manager David Meier and managing editor Eric Bleeker discuss tech events over the past week. Throughout 2012, momentum companies that often exhibited little to no profitability but high revenue growth were...
Sony Turnaround Stalls, Reveals Wider-Than-Forecast Loss
at The Street - Thu May 01, 8:21AM CDT
Despite bright spots like its PlayStation 4 gaming consoles, Sony continues to have big problems.
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...
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...