Thursday 6-12-2014 Amazon.Com Inc (AMZN) $AMZN ope
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Best Buy Needs to Rethink Its Retail Model
Travis Hoium, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 12, 5:05PM CDT
Best Buy 's revenue and stock have halted a free fall this year, but the business is far from being in good condition. Last year's revenue fell 3.4% to $42.4 billion, and fiscal first-quarter revenue was down 3.3% as electronics sales continued to... (full story)
Business Highlights
By The Associated Press - AP - Thu Jun 12, 5:03PM CDT
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Twitter and Delta are big market movers
AP - Thu Jun 12, 3:36PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: (full story)
Fear Not: S&P 500 Remains Only 1% Lower Than Record High
at The Street - Thu Jun 12, 3:14PM CDT
Put on those rose-colored glasses. The record gains achieved over the last few weeks seem the good times of yesteryear as Wall Street witnessed its second consecutive day in the red Thursday. With little incentive to buy, markets dipped following the... (full story)
Amazon launches music streaming for Prime members
By RYAN NAKASHIMA - AP - Thu Jun 12, 2:26PM CDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amazon's newly announced music streaming service is yet another attempt by the company to move beyond e-commerce and infuse itself into the daily lives of Americans with an increasing number of offerings —including grocery delivery and streaming TV. (full story)
How Facebook Inc. Wants To Be Like Amazon and Tesla At The Same Time
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 12, 12:12PM CDT
Source: Oculus VR. Facebook has high hopes for its $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR. The highly speculative purchase turned more than a few heads when it was announced in March . The pair had seemingly little in common, but Mark Zuckerberg... (full story)
Prime Music: What You Need to Know About Amazon.com, Inc.'s New Streaming Service
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 12, 11:50AM CDT
Source: Amazon. In less than one week, Amazon.com will unveil the mythical smartphone that it's been working on for years. Ahead of the event, Amazon has introduced its rumored Prime Music service. Investors that are even remotely familiar with... (full story)
Amazon.com Launches Prime Music In Competitive Field
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Jun 12, 11:15AM CDT
Amazon.com (AMZN) on Thursday announced a long-rumored streaming music service, but the news failed to rattle Pandora Media (P) investors. Pandora stock climbed nearly 1% in the stock market today, while Amazon stock fell 1.5%. Amazon's new digital... (full story)
Stocks Fall on Retail Sales Data
at The Street - Thu Jun 12, 10:49AM CDT
U.S. benchmark indices are trading slightly lower Thursday after a modest showing for economic data and amid flaring geopolitical risks. (full story)
Why NQ Mobile, Pandora, and Cisco are Moving on Thursday
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 12, 10:40AM CDT
The Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 45 points as of 11:35 a.m. EDT. Dow Jones component Cisco fell alongside the index, while tech stocks Pandora and NQ Mobile were also active. Retail sales disappoint Perhaps fueling the Dow... (full story)
Will Pandora (P) Stock Be Affected By Amazon (AMZN) Music Streaming Launch?
at The Street - Thu Jun 12, 10:37AM CDT
Pandora (P) is facing new competition in the music streaming industry now that Amazon (AMZN) has launched its own free music streaming service. (full story)
Alibaba vs. Amazon and eBay
Chris Hill, Morgan Housel, and Jason Moser, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 12, 9:35AM CDT
On Wednesday's Market Foolery , host Chris Hill and Motley Fool Funds analysts Jason Moser and Morgan Housel check out the latest venture from Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba , a consumer online shop called 11main.com. Chris wants to know: Will... (full story)
3 Things You Must Know About Amazon This Month
Tamara Walsh, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 12, 9:00AM CDT
Amazon.com is regaining lost ground recently, with the stock climbing more than 13% in the past month. This is a welcome change of pace for Amazon shareholders given the stock's double-digit percentage decline year to date. It's no secret that... (full story)
How Will Amazon (AMZN) Stock Be Affected By Music Streaming Launch?
at The Street - Thu Jun 12, 8:55AM CDT
On Thursday Amazon launched its free music streaming service for customers that are subscribed to Amazon Prime, called Prime Music. (full story)
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: RadioShack, Amazon.com, AT&T, eBay and Best Buy
PR Newswire - Thu Jun 12, 8:30AM CDT
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include the RadioShack Corp. (NYSE:RSH-Free Report), Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq:AMZN-Free Report), AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T-Free Report), eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY-Free Report) andBest Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY-Free Report). (full story)
Netflix to Air The Magic School Bus 360 degrees - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jun 12, 8:30AM CDT
Recently, Netflix Inc (NFLX) and the Scholastic Media announced that they will soon launch a new original TV series based on the iconic TV show The Magic School Bus. (full story)
Stock Futures Dip Following Data on Retail Sales, Jobless Claims
at The Street - Thu Jun 12, 8:06AM CDT
U.S. stock futures are trading slightly lower Thursday after a modest showing from economic data. (full story)
Introducing Prime Music: Over One Million Songs, Hundreds of Playlists, Unlimited Listening, No Ads, Free With Amazon Prime
Business Wire - Thu Jun 12, 8:01AM CDT
(NASDAQ: AMZN)--Amazon Prime is one of the most popular subscription services, with tens of millions of members. Prime members already enjoy unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on more than 20 million items, unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of popular movies and TV episodes through Prime Instant Video and access to more than 500,000 books to borrow for free with the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. Now, Amazon Prime is getting even better--introducing Prime Music. (full story)
June 12 Premarket Briefing: 10 Things You Should Know
at The Street - Thu Jun 12, 6:00AM CDT
U.S. stock futures rise; a report says Phil Mickelson not involved in insider trading of Clorox; Amazon launches a new streaming music service; Twitter undergoing management reshuffle. (full story)
Why Amazon Loves Local -- and Why It Absolutely Shouldn't
at The Street - Thu Jun 12, 5:00AM CDT
Amazon has its eye on the prize pushing into the services industry, but it could be missing the forest for the trees. (full story)