Can Wal-Mart's Online Business Provide A Boost?
Adam Arif - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Jun 10, 5:00PM CDT
Wal-Mart is in the midst of investing $2 billion over a two year period into its digital operations.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), TGT: 67.88 (+0.19), COST: 154.87 (+0.82), WMT: 71.14 (+0.05), BABA: 75.92 (-1.64)
After Yesterday's Decline of 1.33%, Amazon.com Offers Investors Better Value
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Jun 10, 11:51AM CDT
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $716.31 to a high of $724.98. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.3%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $720.55 on volume of 1.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74)
Amazon.com Falls 1.33% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Rebound
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Jun 10, 11:50AM CDT
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $716.31 to a high of $724.98. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.3%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $720.55 on volume of 1.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74)
Pandora Continues to March Higher on Buyout Speculation
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Jun 10, 9:20AM CDT
Music streaming pioneer, Pandora Media, Inc. (P) has started gaining momentum again.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), P: 11.60 (-0.35), INAP: 2.34 (-0.08), AAPL: 98.83 (-0.82)
Online Streaming Platforms Becoming Preferred Choice For Businesses to Broadcast & Deliver Content to Users & Worldwide Audiences
PR Newswire - Fri Jun 10, 7:45AM CDT
Companies, businesses including Entertainment Artists depend more and more upon digital streaming online platforms for delivering content globally to consumers as the digital media sector is growing at a rapid pace. The latest online streaming developments are partly responsible for a huge source of the growth spurt in the broadcast/wireless sectors as consumers are desiring more streaming options for enhanced convenience.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), P: 11.60 (-0.35), VOD: 31.17 (-1.04), SIRI: 3.92 (-0.06)
McDermott International, Federated National, Amazon.com, Netgear and Radcom highlighted as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jun 09, 8:30AM CDT
McDermott International, Federated National, Amazon.com, Netgear and Radcom highlighted as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), MDR: 4.74 (-0.19), RDCM: 11.61 (-0.15), NTGR: 46.26 (-0.91), FNHC: 22.12 (-0.44)
Amazon to Open New Pickup Location Near Texas Tech University
BusinessWire - Thu Jun 09, 7:00AM CDT
(NASDAQ: AMZN)-Amazon today announced Amazon@Lubbock, a new fully staffed pickup location near the Texas Tech University campus. The Amazon pickup location offers the Texas Tech community a convenient location to pick up and return Amazon orders, including virtually everything one needs for life on campus, from course materials and everyday essentials to tech devices.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74)
Amazon.com Has Returned 37.5% Since SmarTrend Recommendation (AMZN)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Jun 09, 12:31AM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) on February 17th, 2016 at $528.43. In approximately 4 months, Amazon.com has returned 37.51% as of today's recent price of $726.64.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74)
Amazon to Open Office in Minneapolis and Create 100 Full-Time, Technology-Focused Jobs
BusinessWire - Wed Jun 08, 11:01PM CDT
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced plans for a new technology development center in downtown Minneapolis that will create 100 full-time, technology-focused jobs. To celebrate Amazon's expansion in the Minneapolis community, Amazon is donating $10,000 plus mentoring support to local nonprofit Code Savvy to help the group's mission of encouraging youth's understanding of coding and promoting diversity in the technology industry. Amazon currently has hundreds of employees in Minnesota and is in the process of hiring an additional 1,000 full-time employees for its new Shakopee, Minnesota, fulfillment center.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74)
The One Simple Reason That Keurig Kold Failed: No One Makes Soda at Home
Andrew Steele - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jun 08, 4:16PM CDT
Many people believe that the Keurig Kold was discontinued because the machine was too expensive. However, Keurig Green Mountain's failure was not the price point, but rather the idea of making soda at home.
KO: 45.99 (+0.23), AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74)
Amazon to Inject Additional $3 Billion Investment in India
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jun 08, 9:24AM CDT
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) plans to invest an additional $3 billion in India on top of the $2 billion announced in 2014, increasing its total planned investment to $ 5 billion.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), RDCM: 11.61 (-0.15), NTGR: 46.26 (-0.91), EXTR: 3.52 (-0.02)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Teams Up with Dropbox
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jun 08, 9:17AM CDT
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's (HPE) recent partnership with Dropbox Inc. should contribute to the company's overall growth.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), CSC: 51.65 (-0.85), IBM: 152.37 (-1.05), HPE: 19.12 (-0.43)
Post Holdings, Abercrombie & Fitch, Facebook, Alphabet and Amazon highlighted as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jun 08, 8:30AM CDT
Post Holdings, Abercrombie & Fitch, Facebook, Alphabet and Amazon highlighted as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), POST: 75.95 (-0.74), FB: 116.62 (-1.94), ANF: 18.75 (+0.11), GOOGL: 733.19 (-9.33)
Third Season of Emmy-Nominated Amazon Original Kids Series Annedroids Will Debut June 24 on Amazon Prime Video in the US
BusinessWire - Wed Jun 08, 8:00AM CDT
(NASDAQ: AMZN)--Amazon today announced that the third season of its Emmy-nominated original kids series Annedroids is scheduled to debut on June 24 on Prime Video in the US. Created by Emmy Award-winning producer/director J.J. Johnson (Dino Dan) and Sinking Ship Entertainment (Odd Squad), Annedroids is a live-action adventure series about Anne, a young female scientist, her human friends and the android assistants she's created, and the amazing scientific discoveries they make while undertaking the biggest experiment of them all: growing up. The series spotlights, through trial and error, how science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) can inspire children to do great things.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74)
Target (TGT) Looks to Suppliers to Help with Unsold Inventory
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jun 08, 5:35AM CDT
A sluggish top-line performance has compelled Target (TGT) to ask suppliers to bear a certain percentage of price cuts and promotional expenditures.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), TGT: 67.88 (+0.19), WMT: 71.14 (+0.05), BURL: 63.89 (-0.50)
BetterInvesting Top 100 Performance Topped S&P Benchmark for 5 Years Ended May 31
PR Newswire - Tue Jun 07, 3:18PM CDT
At the end of May, the BetterInvesting Top 100 Index (BIXX), reflecting the portfolios of Main Street investors, gained 11.7 percent annually for the previous five years, versus annual growth of 11.5 percent for the Standard & Poor's 500 Equal-Weight Index (based on a total return for both indexes in which dividends are reinvested). The Top 100 index's five-year annual performance has topped the S&P benchmark's results for five consecutive months.
SBUX: 54.87 (-0.71), UA: 38.38 (-0.28), AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), SWKS: 65.55 (-2.42), GILD: 84.45 (-1.32), FB: 116.62 (-1.94), CVS: 96.67 (-0.32), AL: 28.08 (-1.06), GNTX: 15.98 (-0.30), AAPL: 98.83 (-0.82)
Facebook, Amazon Battle for Live Videogame Streaming
Sejuti Banerjea - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jun 07, 12:46PM CDT
Facebook (FB) and Blizzard have announced the integration of Facebook login and Facebook Live application programming interfaces (APIs) with the game developer's Battle.net gaming client.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), FB: 116.62 (-1.94), GOOGL: 733.19 (-9.33)
Wal-Mart (WMT) Extends Lead over Exxon in Fortune 500 List
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jun 07, 9:16AM CDT
As per the Fortune 500 annual rankings based on total revenues in the fiscal year, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) has topped the list for the fourth consecutive year.
AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), WMT: 71.14 (+0.05), XOM: 89.98 (-0.69), AAPL: 98.83 (-0.82)
Apple (AAPL) Moves Up to Number 3 on Fortune 500 List
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jun 07, 9:12AM CDT
Apple Inc. (AAPL) moved up to the number 3 spot in the latest Fortune 500 list from the number 5 position held in the prior year.
NFLX: 93.75 (-3.34), AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), FB: 116.62 (-1.94), WMT: 71.14 (+0.05), XOM: 89.98 (-0.69), MSFT: 51.48 (-0.14), AAPL: 98.83 (-0.82)
Facebook Partners Activision Unit for Live Stream Gaming
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jun 07, 9:09AM CDT
Blizzard Entertainment, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc (ATVI) and Facebook (FB) have struck a deal whereby gamers can use their Facebook Login to access Blizzard Entertainment's PC games.
ATVI: 37.77 (-0.77), AMZN: 717.91 (-9.74), FB: 116.62 (-1.94), GOOGL: 733.19 (-9.33)