'Fast Money' Recap: Vulnerable Companies
at The Street - 52 mins ago
The trading panel discussed disappointing retail earnings.
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue May 20, 5:59PM CDT
Google (GOOGL) added auto-build photo slide shows and videos to its Google+ social media site, similar to the autogenerated videos produced by rival Facebook (FB). Google shares rose 0.3% to 540.39.
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue May 20, 5:59PM CDT
Facebook (FB) got a positive review from Cantor Fitzgerald for its revenue opportunity, based on various drivers ranging from mobile device growth to a multibillion-dollar opportunity for its WhatsApp cross-platform messaging service. Cantor...
Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks
AP - Tue May 20, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading:
Don't Extend Your Stay in This Market
at The Street - Tue May 20, 4:36PM CDT
Two days of gains on the Dow industrials and the S&P 500 were wiped out today. This market is extremely volatile and lacks liquidity.
High-Yield Data Center Operator Lifts Dividend By 40%
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue May 20, 4:21PM CDT
The market's defensive posture has been good news for IBD's Finance-REIT industry group. As of Monday's close, the group ranked 27th, up from 118th six weeks ago (IBD ranks 197 industry groups based on six-month price performance). Finding firms with...
Facebook Inc.'s Next Big Project: Take Down Snapchat?
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 3:57PM CDT
Snapchat co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel will turn 24 next month. Leading one of the fastest-growing social networks in the world, he's worth quite a bit of money. In fact, Spiegel believes his photo-sharing social service is worth more than $3...
Facebook, Publicis Ink Deal - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue May 20, 3:56PM CDT
Recently, Facebook (FB) entered into a multi-year partnership with French advertising agency, Publicis Groupe.
Google Glass Goes High Fashion
Lyons George, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 3:27PM CDT
Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is finally ready to start making some money from its Glass project. In the video below, Motley Fool Analyst Lyons George explains how the search giant is getting ready to take it's futuristic project to the...
Final Hour: Sentiment Blow From Retail Blues
at The Street - Tue May 20, 2:08PM CDT
A trickle of tepid retail results pulls stocks lower Tuesday, as markets range-trade in a vacuum of economic data or geo-political shocks.
Here's Why Google Inc is Testing the Gaming Waters
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 1:30PM CDT
Facebook recently held its first app developers conference in three years. The F8 conference was intended to rally developers behind its suite of mobile app development software. Companies such as Facebook and search giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)...
Swipe right for Ms. Right: The rise of dating apps
By BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP - Tue May 20, 1:16PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — So, a lady walks into a bar...Wait, scratch that. A lady takes out her phone. With a left swipe of her finger she dismisses Alex, 25 and Robert, 48. She swipes right when a photo of James, 24, pops up. It's a match. James had swiped right too. They chat, and make plans to meet. They're only three miles apart, after all.
IsTwitter Set to Acquire SoundCloud? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue May 20, 12:30PM CDT
Reportedly, Twitter (TWTR) is likely to acquire Berlin-based audio hosting and sharing startup, SoundCloud.
Facebook Gets Positive Review For Revenue Opportunity
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue May 20, 12:24PM CDT
Cantor Fitzgerald on Tuesday reiterated a buy rating on Facebook (FB), a move led by a multitude of revenue drivers ranging from mobile growth to a potential multibillion-dollar opportunity from WhatsApp. Cantor analyst Youssef Squali maintained a...
China's Smartphone Diplomacy With an Angry Southeast Asia
at The Street - Tue May 20, 12:07PM CDT
Is China dialing into smartphone diplomacy? It has already tried to secure Southeast Asia's minerals and river water by investing in its infrastructure. It also sees the growing region as a frontier for Chinese companies cramped by competition at...
Google+ Will Now Autogenerate Videos, Photo Montages
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue May 20, 12:05PM CDT
Google (GOOGL) on Tuesday added a feature to Google+ that will auto-build photo slide shows and videos, similar to the autogenerated videos produced by rival Facebook. Google says the storytelling features will collect your geotagged and time-stamped...
Facebook's Publicis Deal Cements Near-Term Strategy
at The Street - Tue May 20, 10:38AM CDT
As investors await clarity as to how Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will make use of recent acquisitions such as gaming upstart OculusVR and messaging application WhatsApp, they should be increasingly confident in the company's digital marketing...
Weibo Analysts Eye User Metrics, Alibaba Partnership
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue May 20, 10:01AM CDT
Newly public Weibo (WB) has already released most of its key financial results for Q1, so when the company officially reports Wednesday analysts will be eyeing user metrics. "Apart from the preliminary financial figures, I am more interested to find...
How Will This Analyst Action Affect Facebook (FB) Stock Today?
at The Street - Tue May 20, 9:10AM CDT
Facebook (FB) spiked in early morning trading on Tuesday after Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed its "buy" rating on the stock because of the WhatsApp acquisition.