2 Stunning Finds From a Recent Social Networking Study on Brand Loyalty
Sean Williams, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 25, 10:41AM CDT
Source: Pixabay. Whether you realize it or not, social media use is completely transforming our personal and business interactions on a daily basis. In 2014 an Edison Research study showed that the number of Americans who have a social media...
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Can WhatsApp Become Bigger Than Facebook Inc?
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 25, 8:33AM CDT
Though Facebook 's recently announced Q1 2015's 40% year-over-year revenue growth and 20% earnings-per-share improvement didn't seem to wow investors, there were several undeniable wins. One pleasant surprise was Facebook's monthly average user, or...
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Twitter Q1 May Hinge On User Gains From New Products
at Investor's Business Daily - Sat Apr 25, 7:02AM CDT
Microblog platformTwitter (TWTR) has unveiled a busy lineup of new products aimed to appeal to users and advertisers, and the company's Q1 earnings could show whether those efforts are gaining traction. "As Twitter rolls out new ad products across...
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Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Here's Next Week's Game Plan
at The Street - Fri Apr 24, 7:21PM CDT
There are still plenty of companies doing well this quarter and investors need to take advantage of the opportunities when they see them, Cramer says.
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S&P 500, Nasdaq Notch New Records as Amazon, Microsoft Jump
at The Street - Fri Apr 24, 3:08PM CDT
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq close the week at all-time highs thanks to an earnings-driven rally.
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Business events scheduled for the coming week
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Apr 24, 12:28PM CDT
All times are Eastern.
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Google Inc. Is Turning Into an App Discovery Tool
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Apr 23, 8:00PM CDT
People searching the Web through Google on Android devices may soon be prompted to install a new app on their phone. In the latest extension of Google's app indexing project -- which aims to make the content within apps searchable -- Google will...
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Facebook Winning More Baby-Boomer Users -- And Investors
at The Street - Thu Apr 23, 1:53PM CDT
It's fine for millennials to buy shares of their favorite technology brands as long as they don't go overboard, says Nicole Sherrod, Managing Director of Trading at TD Ameritrade.
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Facebook Stock Status Update: 'It's Complicated'
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 23, 1:12PM CDT
After Facebook's (FB) mixed quarterly results late Wednesday, investors aren't sure whether to like the social networking giant's stock. Shares rose as much as 1.2% on the stock market today early on in the session, but soon after had fallen just as...
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Facebook Is 'Liked' by Analysts; Shares Could Reach $100
at The Street - Thu Apr 23, 1:10PM CDT
The CNBC ‘Fast Money Halftime’ traders detail Facebook’s earnings and sees shares going higher.
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Firsthand Technology Value Fund: Misunderstood And Oversold
Philip Mause - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Apr 23, 11:47AM CDT
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Pentagon To Announce New Office In Silicon Valley
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 23, 10:06AM CDT
The Pentagon plans to open an office in Silicon Valley as it looks to beef up its cybersecurity and build more advanced weapon systems. The news is set to be announced at Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's speech at Stanford University on Thursday...
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Why This Billion Dollar Fund Manager Is Betting Big on LinkedIn Corp Stock
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Apr 23, 9:30AM CDT
Though LinkedIn is by no means the largest position for professional asset management firm Churchill Management, the stock made up 1.46% of its portfolio as of the most recent 13F filing. Churchill definitely liked what it saw in the professional...
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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Google, Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook - Press Releases
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 23, 8:30AM CDT
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Google, Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook
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The Most Hated Companies on the Internet: Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., & LinkedIn Corp.
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Apr 23, 7:10AM CDT
Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn were the three most hated tech companies in America last year, according to the American Consumer Satisfaction Index. The ACSI, which is based on an economic model from the University...
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'Fast Money' Recap: Rising Market and Lower Expectations
at The Street - Thu Apr 23, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel discussed Facebook, eBay and Qualcomm.
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Facebook, Inc. Earnings: Another Strong Quarter, Despite What You May Hear
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 22, 7:04PM CDT
If Facebook 's stock price run these past few days leading up to its April 22 earnings announcement is any indication, investors were expecting yet another blowout quarter. Facebook shareholders have enjoyed a nearly 5% jump in share price since...
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Facebook Earnings Top But Growth Keeps Slowing
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Apr 22, 3:30PM CDT
Facebook (FB) narrowly topped first-quarter earnings forecasts, but revenue growth continued to slow, falling just shy of analyst forecasts late Wednesday. The social networking giant earned 42 cents a share, up 23.5% vs. a year earlier. That beat...
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So Many Things for Investors to Love About Twitter Inc's New Home Page
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 22, 3:00PM CDT
For the past several quarters, Twitter has told investors that its relatively slow user growth isn't a huge concern because its audience is much larger than its core user base. At its analyst day in November, the company gave us a few more details...
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