All Posts Tagged With: "EBAY"
(MSFT) Microsoft Looks Bright in 2012
Microsoft Corporation’s (MSFT) second quarter results were a couple of cents higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The last month has seen 10 analysts lowering estimates for the quarter, which took the Zacks Consensus down a penny. Therefore, without the revisions, Microsoft...
21Jan2012 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(EBAY) eBay Fourth Quarter 2011 Earnings Preview
eBay Inc. (EBAY) is scheduled to announce its fourth quarter fiscal 2011 results on January 18, 2012, and we notice no movement in analyst estimates. Prior-Quarter Synopsis eBay’s third quarter 2011 earnings per share (EPS) of 40 cents (excluding one-time items and including...
20Jan2012 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(COL) Company News for January 20, 2012 – Corporate Summary
• Online company eBay Inc’s (NASDAQ:EBAY) share prices rose 3.86%, after the company topped its fourth-quarter estimates, primarily due to heavy usage of its electronic payments site PayPal • Share prices of car parts maker Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI) dropped...
20Jan2012 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(GS) Earnings Season Hits Full Throttle
Germany paid the lowest interest rate in its history in a two-year bond auction this morning, even as the country lowered its economic growth outlook for 2012. The World Bank also came out with a lowered growth outlook for the global economy this year, but there is hardly anything...
18Jan2012 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(PG) Procter & Gamble Reads Google Data for Marketing
Procter & Gamble Company (PG) has taken up an innovative way to market its new product, Vicks Behind Ear Thermometer. It is using the data of the famous search engine Google Inc. (GOOG), to identify the regions that are most flu prone, and thereafter the former will send...
24Dec2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(TGT) Amazon.com Will Win This Holiday Gift Season
With Thanksgiving drawing to a close and Black Friday shopping gathering steam, this is clearly a retail weekend. Brick-and-mortar outlets, such as Target Corp (TGT), BestBuy Inc (BBY), Macy’s Inc. (M) and Kohl’s Corp (KSS) opened their stores at midnight yesterday, vying...
28Nov2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AMZN) Amazon Shares Plunge After Weak Third Quarter Earnings
Amazon.com’s (AMZN) third quarter earnings missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 10 cents, or 41.7%. While revenue growth remains strong, Amazon’s bottom line was again impacted by higher expenses. We continue to believe in the company’s strategy, since we think the growth...
26Oct2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(MS) Oct 19: The Earnings Parade Continues – Economic Highlights
The earnings parade continues even as the market tries to come to terms with the Apple surprise and waits for the expected weekend deal out of Europe. We also have economic data this morning about September CPI and Housing Starts, but they will likely have less traction in today’s...
20Oct2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(MS) Ahead of Wall Street – October 19, 2011 – Ahead of Wall Street
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 The earnings parade continues even as the market tries to come to terms with the Apple surprise and waits for the expected weekend deal out of Europe. We also have economic data this morning about September CPI and Housing Starts, but they will likely...
20Oct2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AAPL) A Busy Week Ahead – Earnings Preview
Earnings Preview 10/14/11 While the earnings season kicked off this past week, only 38 firms reported. The game really gets under way next week, when we will get reports from 336 firms, including 99 members of the S&P 500. Thus, by the end of the week we will have a very...
17Oct2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(CAG) Company News for September 23, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• Meg Whitman has been named the new Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ). Whitman was formerly CEO of online auction and shopping site eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) • FedEx (NYSE:FDX) posted fiscal Q1 EPS of $1.46, falling short of the Zacks Consensus...
24Sep2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(XLK) Stock Market News for July 27, 2011 – Market News
Markets continued to be dragged down by lingering concerns over the deadlock in debt-ceiling negotiations and volumes remained low as investors adopted a wait and watch stance. Benchmarks continued to slide for the second consecutive day in the absence of strong economic reports...
27Jul2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(XLK) Stock Market News for July 20, 2011 – Market News
The Dow soared to record its best rally this year, while the broader markets enjoyed their best performance since March thanks to encouraging corporate results and President Obama’s comments about lifting the debt ceiling. IBM and Coke bolstered their respective sectors and...
20Jul2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AAPL) 2011 Second Quarter Earnings Preview – Detailed
Earnings Preview 7/15/11 Second quarter earnings season is now under way, but things really start to move into high gear next week. There will be 348 firms reporting, and 108 of those are in the S&P 500. By next Friday we should have a very good handle on how the overall...
18Jul2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AMZN) Amazon to Acquire UK-Based Book Seller Book Depository
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) has announced that it will acquire UK-based online bookseller, The Book Depository International. The acquisition will add over six million titles to Amazon’s already large stock of books. The cost of the transaction was not revealed and the acquisition...
7Jul2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(EBAY) eBay to Provide Fulfillment Service
Not unsurprisingly, eBay Inc (EBAY) has stated that it would soon be offering a fulfillment service to sellers, similar to the service already being offered by Amazon.com (AMZN), as well as fulfillment companies employed by other online retailers. In fact, the company’s recent...
23Jun2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(BBY) e-Commerce Stock Outlook – June 2011 – Industry Outlook
The Electronic Commerce, or e-commerce, industry is one of the most developing sectors of the economy. The industry is evolving very rapidly, so data collection and evaluation are particularly difficult. Consequently, one has to rely largely on surveys by both government and...
16Jun2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(EBAY) eBay Settles GSI Commerce Investor Claims
E-commerce service provider, eBay Inc. (EBAY) has reached an agreement with GSI Commerce Inc. (GSIC) to settle claims made by shareholders of the latter. The claims, which were related to eBay’s proposed acquisition of GSI, had been filed in the Delaware state court. Per the...
16Jun2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(ACM) Company News for June 02, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• Shares of H.J. Heinz Co (NYSE:HNZ) were downgraded by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) from “Neutral” rating to “Sell” rating and its target price lowered to $49 from $53 • Share prices of Daktronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:DAKT) increased 9.21% after the...
2Jun2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AFL) Company News for May 31, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL) reported first quarter fiscal 2012 adjusted earnings per share of 24 cents, 2 cents shy of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 26 cents. Despite the miss, shares increased 8.86% in after-market trade on encouraging second quarter...
31May2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(GOOG) Google Sued by Paypal Over Digital Wallet Payment System
Google Inc (GOOG) announced its digital wallet payment system amongst much controversy. Very soon after the company announced the new payment system at its New York offices along with partners Citibank, a subsidiary of Citigroup (C) and Mastercard Inc. (MA), eBay Inc (EBAY) and...
29May2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AEP) Stock Market News for May 11, 2011 – Market News
International and domestic affairs combined to add strength to the markets at the fag-end of the earnings season. Benchmarks enjoyed their stay in the green for the third consecutive trading day, driven by strong gains in utilities, Microsoft’s plans to buy Skype, domestic...
11May2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(MSFT) Microsoft Announces Aquisition of Skype
Microsoft Corp (MSFT) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. The boards of directors of Microsoft and Skype have approved the deal and the two companies expect to obtain regulatory approval before year’s...
10May2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AXP) American Express Expands Online Pay
On Wednesday, American Express Co. (AXP) (AmEx) expanded its digital payment services by partnering with a leading mobile payment processing service – Payfone, in a strategic alliance whereby the latter will integrate its advanced mobile authorization and payment services with...
19Apr2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(ALKS) Company News for April 18, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• Chesapeake Energy Corp’s. (NYSE:CHK) share prices gained 0.25% after it announced plans to buy Bronco Drilling Co. (NASDAQ:BRNC) for $11 a share. The purchase price represents a 24% premium over Bronco’s average 90-day closing price • A report from Bloomberg cited...
18Apr2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(NRF) Retail Industry Outlook – April 2011 – Industry Outlook
Insight from Fiscal 2010 Fiscal 2010 was a year of hard work, involving the continuous streamlining of internal processes. To that end, retailers concentrated on aligning inventories with sales, improving operating efficiencies and spending on technology. These focused efforts...
7Apr2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(GOOG) Google Quarterly Earnings Report Beats Expectations Yet Again
Google Inc (GOOG) had another blow-out quarter, with reported earnings exceeding the Zacks Consensus by 65 cents, or 9.1%. This was in spite of the fact that there were a significant number of upward revisions to the Consensus over the past 3 months and even during the last 7...
31Jan2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AAPL) Company News for December 21, 2010 – Corporate Summary
• Toronto-Dominion (NYSE:TD) announced plans to acquire Chrysler Financial for $6.3 billion • Royal DSM said it would acquire Martek Biosciences (NASDAQ:MATK) for $1.09 billion, or $31.50 per share • Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) has shown interest for Massey Energy...
21Dec2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AAPL) Company News for December 21, 2010 – Corporate Summary
• Toronto-Dominion (NYSE:TD) announced plans to acquire Chrysler Financial for $6.3 billion • Royal DSM said it would acquire Martek Biosciences (NASDAQ:MATK) for $1.09 billion, or $31.50 per share • Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) has shown interest for Massey Energy...
21Dec2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(ANF) Retail Industry Outlook – December 2010 – Industry Outlook
With the economic backdrop steadily improving, albeit at a very slow pace, the outlook for the holiday shopping season has brightened. According to NRF’s 2010 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, U.S. consumers plan to spend an average of...
20Dec2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued