Big Data is playing a major role in the newest TV shows and movies. According to Ad Age, Hollywood now uses social media data to turn the public into a massive focus group for its new content.
Roughly two years after the company launched its revolutionary WWE Network, Pacific Crest analyst Evan Wingren believes World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. WWE 1.17% may be on the brink of turning a major corner in terms of earnings. Wingren believes WWE’s new business model provides the company with unprecedented operating leverage.
Now that the Federal Reserve has announced there will be no June rate hike, investors are turning their attention squarely on next week’s Brexit vote in the United Kingdom. If you’re wondering how to trade the big vote, Goldman Sachs analyst Katherine Fogertey recently came up with three fresh trade ideas.
When Yahoo! Inc. YHOO 0.19% acquired Tumblr back in 2013, Tumblr was one of the hottest companies on the Internet. However, asMashable’s Seth Fiegerman reported, Yahoo’s subsequent mismanagement of Tumblr has prevented the multimedia blogging site from coming close to its full potential.
A number of Microsoft Corporation MSFT 1.41% shareholders and analysts have been critical of the lofty $26 billion price tag that Microsoft paid for LinkedIn Corp LNKD 0.02% this week. While the market typically analyzes these types of deals in terms of income, revenue and cash flow, one of the biggest assets that Microsoft acquired…
Clearly, the late great Steve Jobs, the creative force behind the largest and most successful tech company of all time, has inspired an entire generation of entrepreneurs. Now that the Apple Inc. AAPL 0.42%figurehead is gone, the world is still trying to learn more about how Jobs thought, how he lived and how he was…
Eccentric and flamboyant Floridian entrepreneur Glenn Straub is taking one last crack at pointing Atlantic City in the right direction. This week, the $2.4 billion Revel casino resort re-opens in Atlantic City. Maybe.
Bank of America has raised its steel price forecast but sees no remaining upside for now. The firm has upped its U.S. benchmark hot rolled coil (HRC) 2016 average price estimate from $485 to $530/short ton.
Apple Inc. AAPL 0.42% shares are down 6.8 percent in 2016 on fears that the global iPhone market may have finally reached its saturation point. Credit Suisse analyst Kulbinder Garcha couldn’t disagree more. According to Garcha, an upcoming iPhone 8 super-cycle could drive Apple’s share price more than 50 percent higher.
Things seem to keep getting worse and worse for Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc VRX 5.24% and its shareholders, including last week’s deep guidance cut. Barclays analyst Douglas Tsao believes Valeant’s new management team is taking steps in the right direction, but the journey will be a long one for the battered company.