Facebook, Chipotle Lead The IBD 50 College Conference
at Investor's Business Daily - Sat Aug 23, 7:02AM CDT
College move-in day has arrived, and students are figuring out how to fit all their belongings into one-half of a tiny dorm room. Likewise, investors can also try fitting young, school-related IBD 50 stocks into their portfolios. Back to school means...
Mobile Apps Dominate Time Spent On Digital Media
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Aug 22, 5:24PM CDT
Mobile apps have surpassed desktop computers as the top way people access digital media, online measurement firm ComScore (SCOR) reported Thursday. U.S. consumers in June spent 52% of their digital media time on mobile apps compared with 40% on...
Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks
AP - Fri Aug 22, 5:03PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading:
Shutterfly (SFLY) Receives Bids from Private Equity Firms - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 22, 3:10PM CDT
California-based online digital photo storage and printing company, Shutterfly, Inc. (SFLY) reportedly attracted bids from a number of private equity firms including Hellman & Friedman LLC, Bain Capital LLC and Silver Lake Partners LP.
Should Facebook (FB) Stock Be In Your Portfolio? - Stocks in the News
Zacks Research Staff - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 22, 1:31PM CDT
Facebook is a popular social media stock, but should it be in your portfolio?
Social Media Marketing Experts Get Close To Consumers
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Aug 22, 12:37PM CDT
An aloof approach doesn't attract fans. How to get in the social mix: Loosen up. Remember when CEOs thought employees tapping away on social networks were goofing off, even stealing company time -- and tried to discourage it? "They were killing the...
eBay Might Finally Spin Off PayPal in 2015
Steve Symington, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Aug 22, 8:24AM CDT
If you thought Carl Icahn was done trying to convince eBay to spin off PayPal, think again. Despite Icahn backing down from his PayPal-centric activist investor stance just more than four months ago, tech news site The Information reports eBay...
TrueCar, Inc. (TRUE) Jumps: Stock Adds 9.9% in Session - Tale of the Tape
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 22, 8:11AM CDT
TrueCar, Inc. (TRUE) was a big mover last session, as the company saw its shares rise by nearly 10% on the day.
Reveal Insider Trading for RF Micro Devices, Sirius XM, Facebook, eBay, QUALCOMM, and Bank of America
PR Newswire - Fri Aug 22, 7:55AM CDT
Today, Insiderslab.com revealed the latest insider trading research for RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ:RFMD), Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM), and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). US stock investors can access these reports through the links below, including stock performance, insider trading signals, and visual results.
Autohome (ATHM) Falls: Stock Goes Down 8.1% - Tale of the Tape
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 22, 7:51AM CDT
Autohome Inc. (ATHM) saw a big move last session,reversing the recent trend for ATHM as the stock is now up around 30.7% in the past one-month time frame
Facebook's Latest Gap-Up Move: Born To Win?
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Aug 21, 4:34PM CDT
California-based Facebook (FB) has a bit of a history of breakaway gaps out of consolidations. The breakaway gap involves a jump above a buy point at the open. The stock's low of the day is also higher than the prior day's high. Ideally, big volume...
4 Things Twitter's Management Wants You to Know
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Aug 21, 3:30PM CDT
After losing 40% of its value over the first half of the year, Twitter 's staging a bit of a comeback. That's largely thanks to a fairly solid earnings release last month, which helped shares regain investor confidence. Beyond the figures, here are...
5 Unprecedented Threats Force Change With eBay's PayPal
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Aug 21, 2:30PM CDT
Source: wikimedia eBay is stepping up its game to have a broader appeal with PayPal. The company has launched multiple new products in recent months in an attempt to grab market share and grow its presence before the launch of competing...
Facebook's Three Hurdles in Mobile Advertising
at The Street - Thu Aug 21, 2:21PM CDT
Given mobile is such an interwoven arc of Facebook's growth narrative, there are some challenges Facebook needs to overcome.
EBay Stock Surges On 2015 PayPal Spinoff Report
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Aug 21, 2:09PM CDT
EBay (EBAY) stock was up 5% in afternoon trading in the stock market today following a report on tech news website The Information that the company could spin off its lucrative PayPal payments unit as early as next year. "EBay has been telling...
Next Galaxy Corp, Himax and More Set to Grow from Facebook's Oculus Rift Acquisition
ACCESSWIRE - Thu Aug 21, 11:54AM CDT
Whitefish, MT / August 21, 2014 / When Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) agreed to pay $2 billion to acquire Oculus VR in March, a deal that closed last month, the tech and investment world was set abuzz about whether or not the purchase made any sense. At first, sentiment seemed to lean towards the idea that the social media giant was out of its mind. The needle seems to be shifting now, though, to the side of it being a prescient move that is aligning Facebook to be ahead of the curve in developing its own platform for the next generation of communication and interaction.
Is Facebook Closing In On YouTube?
Vikram Nagarkar - Amigobulls - Thu Aug 21, 10:15AM CDT
Facebook is closing the gap with YouTube, the market leader in US online video advertising. The Directr Acquisition could aid YouTube revenue growth.
Why Facebook (FB) Stock Remains A 'Hold' At TheStreet
at The Street - Thu Aug 21, 9:55AM CDT
TheStreet Ratings team reiterates its 'hold' rating and C+ ratings score on Facebook (FB) stock.