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21Vianet Group Misses Where it Counts
21Vianet Group ( NAS: VNET ) reported earnings on May 16. Here are the numbers you need to know. The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended March 31 (Q1), 21Vianet Group beat slightly on revenues and missed estimates on earnings per share. Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue grew significantly. Show More Summary
CAE Beats Up on Analysts Yet Again
CAE (TSX: CAE) reported earnings on May 16. Here are the numbers you need to know. The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended March 31 (Q4), CAE met expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share. Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue expanded. Show More Summary
J. C. Penney Meets on Revenues, Misses on EPS
J. C. Penney ( NYS: JCP ) reported earnings on May 16. Here are the numbers you need to know. The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended May 4 (Q1), J. C. Penney met expectations on revenues and missed expectations on earnings per share. Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue dropped significantly. Show More Summary
Last Week's Dow Losers
For the fourth week in a row, all three of the major U.S. stock indexes have risen. Over the past five days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average moved higher by 1.56%, or 235 points, and now sits at 15,354. The S&P 500 rose 1.98% and is...Show More Summary
Slices of History: Great Moments in Pizza Innovation
Pizza has reached a new pinnacle. It’s available in more places, and in weirder and more wonderful varieties, than ever before. And we’re scarfing it down: The research firm Technomic estimates that Americans eat 350 slices per second, and that more than four in 10 of us now munch on pizza at least once a week. Show More Summary
UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Florida Energizes Youth About Healthy Living Through "IRONMAN" Races
UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Florida Energizes Youth About Healthy Living Through "IRONMAN" Races
HAINES CITY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Florida event raced around Lake Eva Park today. Thomas Moore from UnitedHealthcare...Show More Summary
Your Kid Is About to Hate Netflix
Let's set aside the Arrested Development countdown at Netflix for a moment. Content travels both ways on the information superhighway, and young subscribers are going to be losing a lot of programming when Netflix's licensing deal with Nickelodeon parent Viacom expires on Wednesday. Show More Summary
Goldman Sachs Bets Big on Solar
Goldman Sachs is investing in a $500 million fund from SolarCity that will in help the company install 110 MW of solar. This is the latest in a growing trend of big banks betting on solar power. Erin Miller sat down with solar analyst...Show More Summary
Will AutoZone's Stock Keep Driving Higher?
On Tuesday, AutoZone will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting earnings is to anticipate how they'll do before they announce results, leaving you fully prepared to respond quickly to whatever inevitable surprises arise. Show More Summary
Best Buy Banking on the Highest of Definitions
It's been a hard time for TVs at your local Best Buy. The company has been fighting falling TV sales, with comparable consumer electronics sales -- sales in stores open for more than 14 months -- falling 5.8% over the holiday quarter. Show More Summary
Autodesk to Acquire Tinkercad, Easy-to-Use Web-Based 3D Design Software
Autodesk to Acquire Tinkercad, Easy-to-Use Web-Based 3D Design Software SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Autodesk, Inc. ( NAS: ADSK ) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tinkercad, an easy-to-use browser-based 3D design tool. Show More Summary
Is Oil Production in the Gulf About to Surge?
It's been more than three years since the spill at the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, and day by day the prospects for oil exploration there seem to get better. A recent report by Wood MacKenzie shows that production in the Gulf went up 6% last year, and another 4% is expected this year. Show More Summary
The House That Is Too Small
Once upon a time, Sarah and I lived in a two bedroom apartment. The two bedrooms were pretty small. When we had our first child, we made the second bedroom into a nursery and, eventually, into a little boy’s room. When our second child was about to arrive, we decided that the apartment was just The post The House That Is Too Small appeared first on The Simple Dollar.
This Week in Solar
This week was full of fireworks in the solar industry. SunPower released 2013 guidance, SolarCity got a big financing deal, and LDK Solar finally released 2012 earnings. Best of all for investors, most solar stocks moved significantly...Show More Summary
FTSE Shares That Soared and Plunged This Week
LONDON -- After a strong showing last week, the FTSE 100 has gone on to even greater things, climbing another 98 points (1.5 %) to end this week at 6,723, setting yet another new five-and-a-half-year record of 6,727 points along the way on Friday. Show More Summary
Is the Stock Market Getting Frothy?
Given that the Dow Jones Industrial Average recently crossed the 15,000-point threshold for the first time in history, it should come as no surprise that there's an ongoing debate about whether stocks are headed for another bubble. The...Show More Summary
Can Canada Jump-Start BlackBerry?
Unlike Nokia, another mobile-phone maker that has new phones and a new OS and is in the early stages of fighting its way back to relevance, BlackBerry has shared some good news of late. Its new Q5 smartphone, similar to the premium Q10...Show More Summary
Best Buy: It's Getting Better, But for How Long?
On Tuesday, Best Buy will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting earnings is to anticipate how they'll do before they announce results, leaving you fully prepared to respond quickly to whatever inevitable surprises arise. Show More Summary
Why I'm Buying Mining Stocks
It's been a pretty good year for my portfolio for two particular reasons: The stock market rally has been practically unstoppable, and I've remained diversified throughout the past couple of years, which has certainly helped spread around...Show More Summary
Black Coffee: Why Nobody is Buying Venezuela’s Economic ‘Poo Poo’ Platter
It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe… Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Now that Matthew is 16, he’llShow More Summary
