BlackBerry's Strong Enterprise Solutions to Drive Growth - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jul 17, 3:41PM CDT
On Jul 17, 2014, we issued an updated research report on BlackBerry Limited (BBRY).
MercadoLibre: How Much Would You Pay for a Business With No Competition?
Wade Michels, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jul 17, 12:15PM CDT
It's a fair question. While most analysts can't think of one, the company I have in mind is called the Latin American eBay . But really, MercadoLibre is like eBay, Amazon.com , and PayPal all rolled into one. MercadoLibre is a wonderful...
Amazon.com’s Zocalo Is Huge, but Not for the Reason You Think
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jul 17, 12:00PM CDT
Amazon.com fired a big salvo at Box and Dropbox when it introduced its Zocalo data storage service last week. Box fired back Tuesday, lifting capacity limits. You know what? None of that matters. If you're a tech investor, Zocalo should make...
The Crowded Cloud: Is Freemium Inevitable for Storage Services?
Tyler Lacoma, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jul 17, 11:45AM CDT
The cloud storage and collaboration market has reached new levels of rivalry as companies like Google and Amazon.com update their cloud platforms with SSDs , while Microsoft announces new services. It's growing more obvious that the market...
Is There Room for YouTube and Yahoo! in Original Video?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jul 17, 10:33AM CDT
It's a good time to be a content creator. The number of outlets that provide original television programming has exploded -- and it keeps getting bigger. In addition to the many cable networks that now compete with the traditional broadcasters, the...
Video: Apple Unlikely To Pursue Time Warner, Content
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Jul 17, 10:17AM CDT
Apple (AAPL) is unlikely to bid for Time Warner or make a major content acquisition of that size, says BMO Capital Markets in a research report analyzing whether others might join 21st Century Fox (FOXA) in pursuing Time Warner. Time Warner (TWX) on...
This Tech Company Isn't Afraid of Amazon
Srdjan Bejakovic, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jul 17, 10:00AM CDT
The future looks uncertain for storage systems provider NetApp , with decreasing sales and slowing demand in its core market. Lying behind this are worrying long-term trends, such as tight IT budgets and the rising popularity of cloud services...
IBM Earnings Preview: What Wall Street's Thinking
at The Street - Thu Jul 17, 9:06AM CDT
Though there's optimism surrounding the deal IBM made with Apple earlier this month, second-quarter earnings will continue show that the company has a lot of work to do.
Scary Consumer Charts and 2 Investment Opportunities
Dan Moskowitz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jul 17, 9:00AM CDT
Walmart.com When investing in retail, look at comps performance. Comps measures sales at stores open at least one year, and it's a great indicator of demand for a retailer's products as well as customer loyalty. How do you think Wal-Mart Stores...
3 Things to Know About Amazon.com and the Kindle Unlimited Plan
Dan Newman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jul 17, 8:30AM CDT
Subscription services have taken over every imaginable good: music, movies, groceries, shaving razors , and even local coffee . For a business, it means a steady, predictable flow of revenue from customers that must make an effort to cancel a...
eBay's PayPal Drives Q2 Earnings, Shares Up - Analyst Blog
Sejuti Banerjea - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jul 17, 7:15AM CDT
eBay Inc. (EBAY) shares went up following its earnings report, as another strong quarter from PayPal drove a 4% increase in profits.
eBay Sees Deeper Hole in Marketplace Business
at The Street - Thu Jul 17, 6:40AM CDT
E-commerce giant eBay said its marketplace business is continuing to dig itself out of a hole, which may prove more a longer and more expensive effort than previously expected.
Is the Earnings Improvement for Real? - Earnings Preview
Sheraz Mian - ZACKS - Thu Jul 17, 1:57AM CDT
Is the Earnings Improvement for Real? - Earnings Preview
Why Amazon's Fire Phone is Destined to be a Flop
Nihar Sheth, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 7:00PM CDT
A few weeks ago, Amazon announced its new Fire Phone. The Fire Phone will run on a modified version of Google's Android OS known as Fire OS. The Fire Phone is likely to be a commercial flop because it is entering a market with too many...
Amazon
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Jul 16, 5:51PM CDT
Amazon (AMZN) may offer an e-book subscription service, dubbed Kindle Unlimited, similar to the Netflix (NFLX) all-you-can-watch model but for reading. Amazon shares rose 0.4% to 355.90. Netflix fell 1% to 444.44.
Google Internet Ad Assault Still Hurting Yahoo!, Bing and Content Publishers
at The Street - Wed Jul 16, 5:51PM CDT
Google has a steady 78% of the U.S. Internet ad market, according to an Adobe analysis, while other ad networks are becoming less profitable.
The Key to Best Buy's Future
Andrew Marder, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 5:00PM CDT
At the end of 2012, Best Buy revealed its big plan to get back in the game. Titled "Renew Blue," the strategy focused on the core of Best Buy's business with guidance for the future of customer service, leadership, and sourcing. For a year...
What Better Tenant Can a REIT Have Than Amazon?
Chris Walczak, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 4:13PM CDT
Chambers Street Properties (NYSE: CSG) IPO'd just over a year ago smack dab in the middle of a great year for IPOs. Unfortunately, Chambers Street's stock didn't get the memo. But don't let the lackluster stock performance since the IPO...
BlackBerry to Cease Operations at Germany's Scoreloop Unit - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jul 16, 3:35PM CDT
Beleaguered Canadian smartphone manufacturer, BlackBerry Limited (BBRY), is reportedly shutting down Scoreloop AG ??? a German unit.