EA Earnings Preview: Market Awaits Video Game Bellwether
11:30 AM 2/8/2010
Although Electronic Arts' fundamentals look solid, analysts have not been upbeat about the games giant's upcoming results, citing a "low pick-up" in video game sales. At the end of November, total video games sales were $14.1 billion, down 12% from the same time a year ago.
On Friday morning, Chevron announced its fourth-quarter net income came in at $3.07 billion or $1.53 per share, down from $4.9 billion or $2.44 per share a year ago. This missed Wall Street analysts' expectations that Chevron would report earnings of $1.66 per share.
AMD's Earnings Beat the Street, Stock Drops Anyway
8:50 AM 1/22/2010
Advanced Micro Devices released Q4 earnings numbers Thursday of $1.18 billion, or $1.52 per share, topping expectations. But with much of the gains coming from a $1.25 billion settlement with Intel, and with AMD offering negative guidance for Q1 2010, stock prices dipped in after-market trading.
AMD's Fundamentals Should Be Strong, But Will the Market Buy It?
12:05 PM 1/20/2010
On Thursday, chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices will step into the earnings spotlight. Analysts' expectations call for a loss of 15 cents per share, compared a loss of 69 cents per share a year ago. But even if AMD beats expectations, a sell-off may be in the cards.
Amtrak to Offer Free Wi-Fi. Should Airlines Worry?
2:45 PM 1/15/2010
Business travelers enjoy wi-fi access on some airlines, but not all. Amtrak sees an opening here: It's announced plans to offer wi-fi access on Acela trains between Boston, New York, and Washington, starting in March.
Pepsi Ditches Super Bowl Ads for Social Networking Campaign
2:00 PM 12/18/2009
While watching the Super Bowl this coming February, some viewers may notice a conspicuous absence: PepsiCo, which has advertised during the past 23 Super Bowl shows, won't be running any commercials for its bubbly drinks.
What Tiger Woods' 'indefinite break' from golf might mean
11:20 PM 12/11/2009
On Friday evening, a statement on Tiger Woods' website announced that the world's greatest golfer is going to take "an indefinite break from professional golf." Tiger begins the statement by expressing awareness of the "disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most...
Ex-college player: Removing helmets from NFL won't stop concussions
12:00 PM 11/15/2009
This may come to no surprise to many of you that have read my work as a financial writer, but I am what my wife calls a "walking head injury." I played football from the age of six until 19, when I was told my college football career had to end -- more on that in a minute.
Having gotten my "bell...
Dole goes public, but Wall Street doesn't go bananas
2:10 PM 10/23/2009
In Dole Food Co.'s (DOLE) initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange today, shares came in below their forecast range. The fruit conglomerate raised $446 million, selling 35.7 million shares at $12.50, giving the company a value of $1.09 billion, but the an October 9 filing had...
One of the worst teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is now going to cause wailing and gnashing of teeth overseas, as the New Jersey Nets are about to be purchased by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov.
On Wednesday, Prokhorov announced that he has a deal to purchase 80 percent of...
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