Is Amazon's Fire Phone Doomed Even Before It Launches?
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 23, 6:00PM CDT
Fire Phone. Source: Amazon. This Fool has no shortage of doubts about Amazon.com 's Fire Phone, which was finally unveiled last month. The device officially launches Thursday. Is it already doomed? As usual, reviews are now starting to hit...
Pandora Seen Holding Tough Vs. Apple Ahead Of Q2
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Jul 23, 1:29PM CDT
Pandora Media (P)could see an upside ahead from political ads, but meanwhile the company is holding its own vs. rivals such as Apple and Google ahead of Q2 earnings, which Pandora will report Thursday after the close. Analysts in general expect...
3 Stocks to Get on Your Watchlist
Sean Williams, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 23, 1:03PM CDT
I follow a large number of companies, so the usefulness of a watchlist for me cannot be overstated. Without my watchlist, I'd be unable to keep up with my favorite sectors and see what's really moving the market. Even worse, I'd be lost when the time...
Video: Amazon Merchandise Sales, Margins Q2 Focus
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Jul 23, 11:51AM CDT
Amazon.com's (AMZN) general merchandise sales and profit margins will be eyed by analysts when the No. 1 e-commerce company reports Q2 earnings after the close Thursday. The impact of Amazon's releases of the Fire Phone smartphone on June 18 and the...
American Apparel Should Hire One of These 6 Executives to Replace Dov Charney
at The Street - Wed Jul 23, 10:55AM CDT
As American Apparel gets ready for a second life, a life unlikely to include embattled former CEO Dov Charney, who else would be a good fit to run the retailer?
Apple and Google Change Could Destroy Zynga and King
Brandy Betz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 23, 8:46AM CDT
Source: Google Google will no longer attach a "free" label to mobile games that offer in-game purchases, as government regulators crack down on payment security for app stores, which also include competitors Apple and Amazon.com . What...
Amazon Expands Prime Music Selection: Hundreds of Thousands of Songs and Hundreds of Prime Playlists Added
Business Wire - Wed Jul 23, 8:01AM CDT
(NASDAQ:AMZN)--Amazon today announced it has added hundreds of thousands of songs and hundreds of new, expert-programmed Prime Playlists to the Prime Music catalog. The newly-added selection includes songs from artists new to the Prime Music catalog, as well as additional tracks from artists already in the Prime Music catalog, such as David Guetta, Al Green, Miles Davis, Kendrick Lamar, Linkin Park, Shakira, Deadmau5, Ella Fitzgerald, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Neil Young, DJ Snake & Lil Jon, Young the Giant, A$AP Rocky, Elvis, Oasis, Kacey Musgraves, Ray Charles, Panic! at the Disco, Wyclef Jean, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Skrillex, John Coltrane and many more. Prime members can also enjoy hundreds of new Prime Playlists, such as "Upbeat Indie Vibes," "Electronic Beats for Work," "Rainy Day Jazz," "Jack White and More," "Bass Drops and Fist-Pumps," and "Justin Timberlake's Top Songs."
What if Time Warner Buys 21st Century Fox With Help From Lots of Friends?
at The Street - Wed Jul 23, 7:47AM CDT
Rupert Murdoch wants to buy Time Warner for $85 per share and some say he will eventually offer up to $105 per share but what if Time Warner buys Fox?
Why Amazon's New Kindle Unlimited Program Will Be Bigger Than You Think
Wade Michels, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 23, 5:56AM CDT
Do you like books? If so, you were probably super-pumped by what Amazon.com announced last week. It's not some fancy cloud offering. It's not a phone, tablet, drone, or other doohickey. It's much, much better. So let me tell you why Amazon's new...
Review: Amazon Fire offers new ways to use phones
By ANICK JESDANUN - AP - Wed Jul 23, 11:30AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — What I find fascinating about Amazon's Fire phone isn't the gizmos such as the 3-D imagery or the camera scanner that helps you get more information about products.
Uptrend Call Working As Amazon.com Stock Rises 13.7% (AMZN)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jul 22, 5:21PM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) on June 5th, 2014 at $317.42. In approximately 2 months, Amazon.com has returned 13.68% as of today's recent price of $360.84.
Amazon Earnings: Will Investors Be Disappointed?
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 22, 3:00PM CDT
2014 hasn't been exactly kind to shares of worldwide e-tailer extraordinaire Amazon.com . Amazon stock has plunged around 11% so far this year, while shares of its streaming opponent Netflix have soared over 20%. ^IXIC data by YCharts...
3 Reasons Why Outerwall Is in Trouble
Chad Henage, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 22, 2:57PM CDT
The management of Outerwall seems to constantly be in search of the next big thing. For a while it appeared the company would pin its hopes on the Rubi coffee machine. The Rubi was a self-serve coffee machine that sold Starbucks ' Seattle's Best...
Why Mattel's Recovery Might Be Just Around the Corner
Bob Ciura, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 22, 2:43PM CDT
It might seem like a lame excuse to blame a company's poor first half of the year performance on what happened at the end of last year. But in the case of toy maker Mattel , what happened during the holiday season last year tells the story of...
What Amazon's Kindle Unlimited Means For Apple, Inc.
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 22, 2:00PM CDT
Tech titans Apple and Amazon.com have been two of the disruptive, and some would argue destructive, forces to the publishing business over the past decade. Source: Amazon.com Amazon.com fired the first shot, revolutionizing digital...
Will Amazon (AMZN) Disappoint this Earnings Season? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jul 22, 2:00PM CDT
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is set to report second-quarter 2014 results on Jul 24.
France Bans Free Delivery. Will it Hurt Amazon Prime?
Daniel Kline and Jake Mann, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 22, 1:30PM CDT
Amazon has found ways to make up for the fact that it does not have physical locations. Price has been an important tool, as has free delivery. Now France has decided that Amazon -- and other online retailers -- have too many advantages over...
Dow 17,000: I Am Not Exactly Celebrating
Kofi Bofah, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 22, 1:21PM CDT
On July 3, 2014, the Dow Jones Industrial Average established an all-time intraday high of 17,074. The date was a capstone to a quiet, yet powerful stock market move from the depths of the 2008 housing bust and credit crisis. This latest run-up in...
Tuesday's Top Upgrades (and Downgrades)
Rich Smith, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 22, 12:15PM CDT
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today, our headlines feature two downgrades at the intersection of tech and commerce, as both Amazon and ...