Better Buy Now: Facebook Inc vs. Twitter Inc
Andrew Tonner, Tim Brugger, and Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Oct 21, 7:31PM CDT
Like sibling rivals, social media darlings Facebook and Twitter can't escape comparison, for better or worse. Both companies helped insert social media into our mainstream consciousness, and their respective IPOs were among the most hyped in...
FB: 97.11 (+0.11), TWTR: 29.30 (-1.61)
Apple says no to CISA
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Oct 21, 5:49PM CDT
Apple (AAPL) is one of the latest tech firms to disapprove of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), joining Netflix (NFLX), Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR) and Alphabet's Google (GOOGL). Its dissent comes less than a week before an expected...
NFLX: 97.96 (-1.03), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), TWTR: 29.30 (-1.61), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
Facebook, Starbucks Among 5 With Big Profit Potential
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Oct 21, 5:10PM CDT
How would you like a basketball center who's as quick as a point guard, can handle the ball and run plays just as well? IBD's Big Cap Leaders Screen of the Day offers stocks with a similar combination of size, quality, institutional confidence and...
SBUX: 60.53 (-0.35), NKE: 132.47 (+0.10), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), ALK: 74.73 (-1.76), PANW: 159.81 (-6.25)
Apple Joins Facebook, Netflix Vs. Cybersecurity Bill
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Oct 21, 4:02PM CDT
Apple (AAPL) is one of the latest tech names to voice disapproval of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), joining tech heavyweights Netflix (NFLX), Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR) and Alphabet (GOOGL). "We don't support the current CISA...
NFLX: 97.96 (-1.03), YHOO: 31.12 (-1.71), AMZN: 555.77 (-5.11), FEYE: 28.76 (-1.53), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), MSFT: 47.20 (-0.57), TWTR: 29.30 (-1.61), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01), CRM: 75.83 (-1.70)
Should Publishers Fear Facebook, Inc. and Twitter, Inc.?
Jamal Carnette, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Oct 21, 4:00PM CDT
Facebook's Instant articles are upsetting some publishers. Source: Facebook. It's safe to say we're in the golden age of online publishing. What started as a cadre of bloggers has grown in scale to become as important as traditional outlets. Due to...
FB: 97.11 (+0.11), TWTR: 29.30 (-1.61)
Here's Why Facebook (FB) Stock Advanced Today
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 3:50PM CDT
Facebook (FB) stock closed Wednesday's trading session up after the social networking service launched a new coding site today to target users interested in programming.
FB: 97.11 (+0.11)
Jim Cramer -- Best Way to Ride Ferrari's Profits Is in Fiat Chrysler
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 3:27PM CDT
Answering social media questioners on Wednesday, Jim Cramer was enthusiastic about the Ferrari IPO, but said the stock he prefers belongs to its majority owner, Fiat Chrysler.
FB: 97.11 (+0.11), CMG: 665.67 (-39.96), GM: 35.42 (+1.94), FCAU: 15.20 (-0.74), TWTR: 29.30 (-1.61), WDC: 71.44 (-3.42), WTW: 15.40 (-2.85), RACE: 55.00 (-5.00), SNDK: 76.78 (+1.59), MS: 31.48 (-0.77)
Another Biotech Sets Off More Selling
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 3:10PM CDT
Market is feeling very jittery.
BLUE: 80.78 (+0.15), YHOO: 31.12 (-1.71), AMZN: 555.77 (-5.11), TSLA: 210.09 (-2.94), VRX: 118.61 (-28.13), SDS: 20.92 (+0.27), IBM: 140.92 (+0.28), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), CMG: 665.67 (-39.96), GM: 35.42 (+1.94), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), BA: 141.19 (+2.31)
Why Does IAC's Ask.fm Let Teens Comment Incognito?
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Oct 21, 2:42PM CDT
The world of "anonymous apps" includes the likes of Whisper, Yik Yak and 5-year-old Ask.fm. A peer question-and-answer social-media site that lets its mostly youthful users go incognito, Ask.fm was acquired last year by IAC/InteractiveCorp (IACI)....
YHOO: 31.12 (-1.71), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), IACI: 67.35 (-1.66), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), TWTR: 29.30 (-1.61)
3 Stocks to Buy as Virtual Reality Takes Off
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 1:57PM CDT
Long the domain of tech geeks and dreamers, VR is about to go mainstream. Here’s how to profit.
FB: 97.11 (+0.11), SNE: 28.10 (+0.87), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), GOOG: 642.61 (-7.67)
The Bears Retreat Again
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 12:21PM CDT
The action is too strong to be aggressively bearish but too weak to be highly bullish.
YHOO: 31.12 (-1.71), AMZN: 555.77 (-5.11), TSLA: 210.09 (-2.94), SDS: 20.92 (+0.27), IBM: 140.92 (+0.28), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), CMG: 665.67 (-39.96), GM: 35.42 (+1.94), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), BA: 141.19 (+2.31)
Why Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer Must Go: Opinion
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 11:57AM CDT
On the earnings call, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer spewed utter nonsense in defending her performance. She has to go, says Real Money's Eric Jackson.
YHOO: 31.12 (-1.71), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), GOOG: 642.61 (-7.67)
Will SIRIUS XM (SIRI) Surprise this Earnings Season?
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Oct 21, 11:20AM CDT
SIRIUS XM Holdings Inc. (SIRI) is set to release third-quarter 2015 results before the opening bell on Oct 22.
FB: 97.11 (+0.11), TMUS: 40.22 (-0.48), SIRI: 3.91 (-0.10), TWX: 71.13 (-0.60)
Amazon.com Inc Quietly Kills Its Online Travel Business
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Oct 21, 9:45AM CDT
Back in April, Amazon launched Destinations, a travel site which helped customers find and book hotels. The site also helped customers find "getaway destinations" for weekend trips located within driving...
AMZN: 555.77 (-5.11), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), EXPE: 129.14 (+0.10), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), GOOG: 642.61 (-7.67), PCLN: 1,364.29 (-8.22)
Yahoo!'s Marissa Mayer Is Delusional and Needs to Go
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 9:15AM CDT
On the earnings call, Mayer spewed utter nonsense in defending her performance:
YHOO: 31.12 (-1.71), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), GOOG: 642.61 (-7.67)
Yahoo! CEO Mayer Is Delusional and Must Go
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 9:15AM CDT
On the earnings call, Mayer spewed utter nonsense in defending her performance:
YHOO: 31.12 (-1.71), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), GOOG: 642.61 (-7.67)
Yahoo! CEO Mayer Is Delusional and Needs to Go
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 9:15AM CDT
On the earnings call, Mayer spewed utter nonsense in defending her performance:
YHOO: 31.12 (-1.71), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), GOOG: 642.61 (-7.67)
For Marissa Mayer, It's Not About Back to the Future, It's About Running Out of Time
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 8:51AM CDT
Today might be #BacktotheFuture day, but Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer seems to be running out of time, as investors are growing impatient about the business.
YHOO: 31.12 (-1.71), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), MSFT: 47.20 (-0.57), GOOG: 642.61 (-7.67), BABA: 69.48 (-2.31)
Why Steve Ballmer Is Probably Right About Twitter
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 7:41AM CDT
By investing in Twitter, the former Microsoft executive is banking on the social media company's cost-cutting measures and potential growth of its ad revenues.
FB: 97.11 (+0.11), MSFT: 47.20 (-0.57), TWTR: 29.30 (-1.61)
What Walmart's and IBM’s Troubles Really Tell Us About the U.S. Economy
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 7:40AM CDT
Is the U.S. economy headed down again? Hardly.
TSLA: 210.09 (-2.94), AMZN: 555.77 (-5.11), GE: 28.85 (+0.07), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), WMT: 58.64 (-0.11), TM: 123.70 (+1.49), HPQ: 28.23 (-0.33), ORCL: 36.62 (-0.24), JNPR: 29.80 (-0.44), COF: 73.68 (-0.90), EQIX: 292.28 (-1.08), IBM: 140.92 (+0.28), RHT: 76.81 (-1.45), TGT: 76.40 (+2.00), MCD: 102.54 (-1.30), DG: 67.55 (+0.52), TWTR: 29.30 (-1.61)