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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Facebook, Goldman Sachs, EBay And More
Monday, April 24, 2017 - 8:35am | 710Read More...Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. That includes old-school stocks in the financial, consumer goods and industrial sectors. Some new school technology and internet stocks were also examined. As if the crush of earnings wasn't enough last week, there...
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Mattel Just Poached A Top Google Executive To Lead The Toy Company
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - 3:02pm | 307Read More...Margo Georgiadis joined Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) in 2009 when it was known as Google and one of the highest ranking advertising executives. Georgiadis' History In 2011 she left Google to join Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) for a brief stint as chief operating officer. However, after...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Interpublic, Zimmer Biomet And More
Sunday, March 27, 2016 - 8:47pm | 614Read More...Featured stories this weekend in Barron's ponder the prospects for a global advertising company and a medical device company. Barron's offers two stocks that it thinks are worth a wager now, one of which is backed by Sam Zell. Other featured articles include a way to invest with Bill Ackman and...
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Amazon Announces New Partnership With Mattel For Exclusive Prime Video Content
Monday, February 1, 2016 - 4:02pm | 281Read More...Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced on Monday it has reached a new multi-year production deal agreement with American Girl, a premium brand for girls and a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT). As part of the new deal, Mattel's American Girl brand will be featured in four live-...
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Google, Yahoo And LinkedIn: Who Can Beat Earnings Expectations?
Sunday, January 31, 2016 - 8:41pm | 640Read More...Three Internet giants are on deck to share their latest earnings results this week. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from Google-parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD). Expectations for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) are considerably more...
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Mattel Announces Extension Of Relationship With Disney For Upcoming 'Cars' Movie
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 3:35pm | 303Read More...Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announced on Wednesday an extension of a prior relationship with Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s Consumer Products division. As part of the extension, Mattel maintains its exclusive worldwide rights to manufacture, market and distribute toys and products based on...
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Mattel's Stock Is Down 45% In Two Years, But Here's Why Buying The Dip Makes Sense
Monday, December 14, 2015 - 12:34pm | 490Read More...Shares of Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) have lost 45 percent since its December 2013 highs of $48 and are lower by around 12 percent over the past year. Gerrick Johnson of BMO Capital Markets upgraded Mattel's stock to Outperform from Market Perform with a price target boosted to $33 from a previous...
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Barron's Recap: Donald Trump And The Art Of Baloney
Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 12:11pm | 866Read More...The cover story in this weekend's Barron's recalls an incident when Donald Trump attacked a securities analyst. This issue also includes Barron's inaugural Asian Roundtable and a Penta look at London. The prospects for Mattel, Raymond James, Micron Technology, Esterline...
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Barron's Recap: Why Alibaba Could Plunge Another 50%
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 7:37am | 865Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the outlook for Alibaba, new iPhone leasing plans, the end of quantitative easing, as well as the prospects for Infineon, Supervalu, Diamond Resorts and more. Cover Story "Alibaba: Why It Could Fall 50% Further" by Jonathan R. Laing. Jack Ma...
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Piper Jaffray: Toys A 'Notable Winner,' Beauty Sales Below Average
Friday, November 28, 2014 - 9:50am | 260Read More...Stephanie Wissink of Piper Jaffray commented on Friday that the toy category was a “notable winner” from Thursday's shopping session. “We think the toy category was a notable winner – product was compelling and well merchandised,” Wissink wrote. The analyst...
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Dow's Losing Streak Now Stands At 6 Days, S&P 500 And Nasdaq Slightly Positive
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 5:07pm | 2915Read More...U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday as the Dow Jones index traded lower by 206 points before recouping most of these losses. However, the index closed the day in negative territory for the sixth straight day, despite encouraging U.S. labor data being reported. Speaking to Bloomberg, St. Louis...
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How Can Mattel, Inc. And Other Toymakers Beat Lego?
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 1:23pm | 677Read More...According to The Wall Street Journal, one of the main reasons Lego booked an 11 percent revenue boost in the first half of 2014 -- making it the biggest toy company in the world by sales -- was the release of The Lego Movie. Lego saw profit in the first half of $273 million on $2.03...
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Investors Focus On Earnings Rather Than Geopolitical Tensions
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 6:08pm | 2627Read More...U.S. stocks rose as many questions remain unanswered following the crash of MH17 over the unstable region of Donetsk in Ukraine. U.S. intelligence sources speculated the plane was brought down by a ground-to-air missile but cannot confirm who was responsible. Investors appear to focus on...
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Markets Sell-Off After Malaysian Airline Crash In Ukraine
Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 4:50pm | 3179Read More...U.S. stocks sold off after news reports began to surface that a Malaysian Airlines jet has crashed in Ukraine. While details have yet to be confirmed, a Ukraine minister claimed that the plane, which carried nearly 300 people, was shot down by rebels. Also not helping the market sentiment...
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Top Ex-Dividend Stocks For May 21, 2014
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 10:16am | 184Read More...Here is a list of the top companies with ex-dividends announced today. Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) PVH (NYSE: PVH) Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS) 3M (NYSE: MMM) Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) Marriott (NASDAQ: MAR) Hershey (NYSE: HSY) Cummins (NYSE: CMI) ConocoPhillips (NYSE...
