'Fast Money' Recap: The European Central Bank and Bonds
at The Street - 21 mins ago
The trading panel discussed whether bond yields can go lower and whether you should be long Intel and El Pollo Loco.
Amazon.com Releases KDP Kids, a Self-Publishing Program - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 04, 6:00PM CDT
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) recently rolled out KDP Kids software for authors to publish and endorse illustrated and chapter e-books for kids in Kindle Stores all over the world.
Amazon (AMZN) CFO to Retire in 2015, Successor Named - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 04, 5:05PM CDT
Amazon (AMZN) announced that its long-time CFO, 53-year-old Tom Szkutak, will retire next June and will be succeeded by vice president of finance for Amazon's global consumer business, Brian Olsavsky.
Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks
AP - Thu Sep 04, 4:57PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Computer companies
AP - Thu Sep 04, 4:57PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top computer companies were mixed at the close of trading:
What Microsoft’s Apps Problem Means for Windows Store’s Future
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Sep 04, 4:46PM CDT
Microsoft recently removed 1,500 "misleading apps" from its Windows Store, citing a need for better clarity in naming, categories, and icons. Microsoft's announcement came shortly after scathing reports on Zdnet and How-To Geek exposed how...
Facebook's Oculus Partners Samsung to Launch Gear VR - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 04, 3:40PM CDT
Oculus VR, which Facebook (FB) acquired in March this year, is providing software to Samsung's Gear VR.
Google's Calico in $500M Joint Venture with AbbVie - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 04, 3:38PM CDT
Calico, Google's (GOOGL) year-old health startup is collaborating with biotechnology drugmaker, AbbVie, a spin-off from Abbott Laboratories (ABT), for a joint venture to formulate treatments for cancer and Alzheimer's.
Supply/Demand Rating Can Be Useful In Right Situation
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Sep 04, 3:10PM CDT
IBD's investing dashboard has many gauges, the most important being the price and volume charts of the major indexes. Some gauges in this newspaper have more limited uses, or their usefulness emerges only at certain junctures. An IBD screen that...
Microsoft: mid-range phones for budget conscious
By FRANK JORDANS and ANICK JESDANUN - AP - Thu Sep 04, 2:53PM CDT
BERLIN (AP) — Microsoft will seek to draw more people to its Internet-based services with two new mid-range smartphones.
Apple, Inc. May Be About To Revolutionize The Way You Pay For Things
Matthew Frankel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Sep 04, 2:00PM CDT
It was recently reported that Apple and American Express have agreed to work together to develop a new payments system for the iPhone. This comes on the heels of other reports indicating that Visa and MasterCard have agreed to similar...
Western Digital's My Passport Wireless to Brave Competition - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 04, 1:40PM CDT
Western Digital (WDC) has expanded its mobile storage portfolio with the launch of My Passport Wireless, a Wi-Fi enabled storage device that can connect up to eight devices and store up to 2TB data.
3 Reasons American Tower Corp.'s Stock Could Fall
Anders Bylund, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Sep 04, 12:40PM CDT
Source: American Tower. There are many reasons to invest in American Tower . Goldman Sachs recently started covering the radio tower operator's stock with a "buy" rating, following the lead of positive ratings from Raymond James and Barclays,...
Is It Time to Buy Garmin Ltd. Stock?
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Sep 04, 12:25PM CDT
On June 29, 2007, Apple released the first generation iPhone. From that day on, it was only a matter of time until Garmin collapsed. Or at least, that's what the short sellers would have you believe. Despite the fact that nearly every adult...
Midday Glance: Computer companies
AP - Thu Sep 04, 12:16PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top computer companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:
Will Apple (AAPL) Stock Be Helped If iWatch Has NFC?
at The Street - Thu Sep 04, 11:56AM CDT
Apple's (AAPL) iWatch may include NFC for mobile payments and easy Bluetooth pairing with the iPhone 6.
Market Maker Surveillance Report. AMAT, BAC, SIRI, AAPL, CNC, AMBS, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Wednesday, September 3rd 2014
M2 - Thu Sep 04, 10:09AM CDT
BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Wednesday there were 4918 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2306 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2830 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net sell volume on Wednesday and lowest negative price Friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. (NASDAQ:AMAT), BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (NYSE:BAC), Sirius XM Radio Inc (NASDAQ:SIRI), Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), CENTENE CORPORATION (NYSE:CNC), Amarantus BioSciences Inc (OTC:AMBS). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net .
Apple, Inc. and Google Take Two Distinct Paths to Smartphone Success
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Sep 04, 10:00AM CDT
You don't have to be an iFan to know that the highly anticipated Apple iPhone 6 launch event is scheduled for September 9. The sheer volume of media coverage, including rumors of multiple new products, possibly even Apple's expected wearable...
Why Is Google Missing Out On This $721 Billion Opportunity?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Sep 04, 9:47AM CDT
Google succeeds at a lot of things, but one market where it has failed miserably is the mobile payments industry -- which will grow from $235 billion in transaction volume in 2013 to $721 billion by 2017, according to research firm Gartner. In...