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Twitter's Stock Might Be 'Stuck For The Next Quarter Or Two'
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 2:05pm | 548Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) is up nearly 4 percent on Tuesday, indicating that some investors might have hope for the company's second quarter results. Analysts and other industry watchers aren't nearly as optimistic. "The stock is so hated, it's probably stuck for the next...
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Should Twitter Hire Marissa Mayer As Its New CEO?
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 2:35pm | 440Marissa Mayer is frequently criticized for her performance as the CEO of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), but could she do better at another firm? Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) has been on the hunt for a new CEO ever since Dick Costolo announced his resignation. Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, took...
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Apple Sells A Record-Breaking 47.5 Million iPhones, But Is Wall Street Underwhelmed?
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 5:16pm | 517Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was expected to report another record-breaking quarter, but the results may not have been what Wall Street intended. Apple expert Sean Udall told Benzinga that he was expecting Apple to report an EPS of roughly $2. Apple's EPS came in a little lower at $1.85 but...
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Investors May Not Care If Amazon Turns A Profit This Quarter
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 4:56pm | 411Analysts have mixed expectations for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) this quarter. "AWS will be very strong," Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry told Benzinga. "We're very optimistic on AWS business." Not all analysts have the same level of optimism. "Investors appear to not care,...
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'Huge Cloud Growth' Expected For Microsoft Earnings, Not Much Else
Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 10:02am | 416Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is among the many high-profile tech companies that will report on Tuesday, July 21. The firm will be joined by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO). As always, analysts have high expectations for the iPhone maker,...
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Netflix Showed Growth In Q2, But Investors May Be Jumping The Gun
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 5:27pm | 454Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) impressed investors this afternoon with high growth. The company added 3.3 million subscribers globally vs. 1.7 million during the year-ago period. This helped boost the stock in after hours trading, raising Netflix by as much as 10 percent. Sean Udall told Benzinga...
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Google's Q2 Expected To Be In-Line, Some Analysts Are Still Concerned
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 2:02pm | 392Investors have mixed expectations for Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), which will report its Q2 2015 results on Thursday after the close. "I think the revenues should come in-line, EPS a little ahead of consensus," B. Riley & Co. analyst Sameet Sinha told Benzinga....
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Why Apple Watch's 90% Sales Decline Isn't A Big Deal
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 7:43am | 639Analysts are reluctant to believe that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s first smartwatch experienced such a steep decline. According to MarketWatch, Slice Intelligence's latest report shows that sales of the Apple Watch have declined by 90 percent. "I figured there would be a...
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Sony Took A Big Bite Out Of Apple This Week
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 1:53pm | 883Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) announced that PlayStation Vue will be the first online pay-TV service to offer a la carte channel subscriptions. The initial lineup is limited to three channels (Showtime, Machinima and Fox Soccer), but many more are on the way. This could be seen as a huge blow to...
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Why Advanced Micro Devices And NVIDIA Are Worth Watching
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 1:54pm | 509NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) are not typically thought of as E3 showstoppers, but they might be worth watching in 2015. "Watch for the hardware, the PC gaming graphics war between NVIDIA and AMD," Patrick Moorhead, president and principal analyst...
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How Sony Could Lose Its Leverage To Microsoft
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 12:20pm | 613Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) are gearing up for a week of news from the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo. The two industry stalwarts are scheduled to host their annual press conferences later today, and the stakes are higher than ever. "Sony has to be...
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4 Things Investors Missed At Apple's WWDC 2015
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 7:58am | 567Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Worldwide Developers Conference might have provided more trading ideas than investors realized. "I think what investors need to fully understand is they can't take the quality of the Apple experience for granted," Patrick Moorhead, president and principal analyst at Moor...
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Apple To 'Aggressively' Combat Spotify's 75 Million Users With Apple Music Trial
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 3:09pm | 521How will Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) respond to Spotify's latest statistics? The streaming music company announced that more than 20 million people now pay for its premium service. An additional 55 million consumers use the free version, which Apple has tried to eliminate. Spotify has also raised...
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Amazon To Develop New Video Game Hardware, Streaming Game Service And First PC Game?
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 3:00pm | 495Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) could be preparing for its next move in game development. The dot-com giant is reportedly hiring developers to work on its first PC game. The company may also be working on a streaming game service. "I believe that Amazon wants to be on the cutting edge of wherever...
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Can Apple Convince Spotify Users To Pay $10 A Month For Music?
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 2:42pm | 509After allegedly attempting to stop Spotify from streaming free music, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly ready to announce its own on-demand streaming music service. Unlike Spotify, Apple's service isn't expected to offer a free listening option. This might explain the firm's...