Boom in Earnings for Sonic Drive-In
Sonic says its quarterly earnings nearly doubled from a year ago, even though revenue edged lower, helped by a redesigned menu and an updated marketing campaign.
Take-Two Interactive
5 Things to Watch on Wall Street This Week
There's plenty of news in the coming days, from a leading maker of RVs rolling in with its latest quarterly report to a video game publisher hitting the market with a new game.
Siruis XM Satellite Radio Turns Up the Volume for Investors
Hurricane Sandy may have closed the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, and possibly longer, but trading will continue on the Big Board electronically, and that means there's still stocks worth watching: Sirius XM Radio, for example.
Wall Street This Week: Retailers Report, Gaming Gets an Extra Life
Here are some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead on Wall Street: Retailers will report; video games will rebound; Howard Stern will re-energize, and Groupon will retrench.
5 Companies That Play Like Tim Tebow
Tim Tebow is 5-1 as the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos, but folks still says he's not an NFL-caliber quarterback. Well, there are plenty of gritty winners on Wall Street, too, making the most of their niche limitations to somehow come out on top.
'Second Life' Inventors Expanding Gaming Universe
In August, the Second Life community learned that the company responsible for their virtual world was planning to expand its universe. Linden Lab CEO Rod Humble has been vague, mentioning only that his company is working on a new mobile product separate from its pioneering project. Now we know more.
Online Video-Game Pirates Outgun the Publishers
At least 5.2 million copies of Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: Black Ops were illegally downloaded between its Nov. 9 release and the end of 2010. All told, more than 19 million people illegally downloaded five of the top-selling games of 2010. As broadband spreads, so does the piracy.
