'Fast Money' Recap: Going With the Market's Flow
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The trading panel discussed Friday's jobs report, the European Central Bank and where to find quality stocks.
Amazon smartphone in June?
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Jun 05, 5:42PM CDT
Analysts are buzzing about a 3D-display smartphone from Amazon (AMZN) after the world's biggest e-commerce company sent out notices for a June 18 launch event in Seattle for an undisclosed product. "If reports are to be believed, Amazon will either...
Retailer Sales Rev Up, Fueled By Costco And Walgreen
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Jun 05, 5:38PM CDT
Retailers stayed on the fast track in May with solid sales gains that beat views Thursday for the second straight month. Warmer weather and savory deals prompted consumers to unleash pent-up demand from the winter's lull and shop for spring and early...
The Streaming Music Space Is Getting Crowded
Daniel James, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 4:50PM CDT
The streaming music world has generally proven not to be the most lucrative for tech companies. Pandora , which was, for a while, the main publicly traded company in the industry, isn't exactly known for its huge profit growth. Yet, a number of...
IBM: Are There Reasons to Believe in a Turnaround?
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 4:40PM CDT
IBM is facing a worrying revenue cliff. As a result, shares of IBM have fallen out of favor with investors and trade at only 10 times expected fiscal 2014 earnings, or just two times expected 2014 sales. In comparison, Oracle trades at 5 times...
Amazon Surges, Twitter Pops: Tech Winners
at The Street - Thu Jun 05, 4:02PM CDT
Amazon shares rose as the company released a teaser video for a launch event in June. Twitter shares rose after announced possible acquisition of music streaming service, Sound Cloud, on Thursday morning and Apple's recent advertisement shows its...
Will Amazon Launch its Smartphone on Jun 18? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jun 05, 4:00PM CDT
Speculations revived regarding the release of Amazon.com Inc.'s (AMZN) 3D smartphone.
Stocks Close at Record Highs on ECB's Unprecedented Rate Cut
at The Street - Thu Jun 05, 3:24PM CDT
U.S. stock indices have broken free from treading water to soar to record heights Thursday as markets cheered the European Central Bank's unprecedented moves to help stimulate the eurozone economy.
At Long Last, Here Comes Amazon.com Inc.'s Magical Smartphone
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 2:20PM CDT
Amazon is teasing its new smartphone. Source: Amazon.com. For the record, I've been a skeptic of Amazon.com 's rumored smartphone ambitions for years . Rumors of a "Kindle Phone" have persisted for ages. The main reason why Amazon will have such...
Stocks Hold Near Highs; Illumina Breakout Gains Traction
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Jun 05, 2:05PM CDT
Major averages delivered solid gains in higher volume with less than two hours remaining in Thursday's session. All three indexes were near session highs. The Nasdaq jumped 1.1%; the S&P 500 added 0.7% and the Dow Jones industrial average picked up...
Short Term Investing and InvenSense Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.
Jason Moser and Brendan Mathews, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 2:00PM CDT
In this edition of The Motley Fool's "Ask a Fool" series, Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Brendan Mathews take a question from a reader who asks, "It seems like you set up new funds every so often, to start afresh, and then advertise those that...
Here’s Why Microsoft Corporation is the Biggest AWS Challenger in IaaS Cloud
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 2:00PM CDT
Several years ago, Amazon.com.com 's AWS possessed what looked like an insurmountable lead in cloud IaaS, or infrastructure as a service. However, a report released by Gartner a few days ago shows that Microsoft is finally managing to provide...
Why Amazon (AMZN) Stock Is Soaring Today
at The Street - Thu Jun 05, 12:58PM CDT
Amazon (AMZN) shares are jumping on speculation surrounding it's June 18 event.
3D Systems
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Jun 05, 12:52PM CDT
3D Systems (DDD) and Stratasys (SSYS) sales could get a boost from 3D printing pilot programs at Wal-Mart (WMT) and Amazon (AMZN), according to a report from Pacific Crest Securities. 3D Systems shares fell 2.7%. Stratasys fell 1.3%.
Can John Oliver Force the FCC's Hand on Net Neutrality?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 12:28PM CDT
Comedian John Oliver unloaded on the Federal Communications Commission's handling of net neutrality on the June 1 edition of his weekly Last Week Tonight program on HBO. In his well-written rant on the subject, the former Daily Show fill-in...
Google's Searching for Just the Right Music Streaming Service
at The Street - Thu Jun 05, 12:19PM CDT
Google's in the market for a streaming music service, according to a report by the New York Post. While Apple scoops up Beats and Amazon is reportedly planning on adding music streaming to Prime, the report says Google has been surveying the...
Amazon Smartphone Debut Likely At June 18 Event
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Jun 05, 12:16PM CDT
Speculation is growing that Amazon (AMZN) plans to unveil a smartphone with 3D display capability at a product launch event in mid-June. The world's biggest e-commerce company sent out multiple notices on social media and YouTube Wednesday that it...
Stocks Continue Climb on ECB's Unprecedented Rate Cut
at The Street - Thu Jun 05, 12:03PM CDT
U.S. stocks are picking up strength Thursday as the markets cheer the European Central Bank's unprecedented moves to help stimulate the eurozone economy.
After Cloudera Purchase, Computer Security May Be Hot Sector
at The Street - Thu Jun 05, 10:57AM CDT
Why a little-noticed purchase may bode well for the stocks of publicly traded computer security companies.
Costco, Walgreen Lead Strong May Retail Sales
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Jun 05, 10:52AM CDT
Retailers kept up their winning streak in May with solid sales gains that topped views Thursday for the second straight month as warmer weather and hefty promotions pulled consumers out of hibernation to shop for spring and early summer seasonal...