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Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has reported its first corporate earnings report since coming public this year.  The social gaming company has reported earnings of $0.06 EPS and $329 million in revenue. ...

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Markets opened a few ticks lower this morning after a poor report on new claims for unemployment benefits in the US (our coverage here). The report that pending home sales jumped 4.1% lit a fire...

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Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) is getting put under even more fire dure to its CEO double-dipping by Aubrey McClendon.  Standard & Poor’s has just downgraded the corporate credit...

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About 70 people have been evacuated from an area within a 5-mile radius of a natural gas well about 10 miles northeast of Douglas, Wyoming, has been leaking mud and natural gas since late Tuesday...

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Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is seeing some serious options trading activity ahead of its first full earnings report as a public company.  The stock has traded over 12 million shares with just over two...

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There could be a new big dog in the propane distribution business soon, following this morning’s announcement by Suburban Propane Partners LP (NYSE: SPH) that it has reached an agreement to acquire...

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Earnings season is in full swing and we have many earnings reports moving stocks after the close.  24/7 Wall St. has picked the biggest and most unusual stocks gains and losses in the after-hours...

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When we saw that Exxon Mobil Corporation announced a 21% hike to its dividend this morning, we figured it would still be a ways out before Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) followed suit.  The logic...

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Markets opened higher this morning, led by the Nasdaq which got a big boost from the strong report last night from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The report from the US Census Bureau on durable goods...

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Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFLY) is suddenly back in favor.  Facebook’s $1 billion gamble on Instagram for photo sharing did not flush out any new buyers to compete against Shutterfly for what...

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is still deep in the soup.  Since the news broke over the weekend over bribes in Mexico involving its current and former top-brass, Wal-Mart shares have slid and...

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Auto industry research firm truecar.com released its sales and incentives forecast for April today, and the company expects the sales forecast to translate to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of new...

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Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMLN) is supposed to be getting a takeover offer soon, or at least it is expected to receive or disclose several possible bids soon.  Now the company has one more bit of...

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Analysts at Goldman Sachs have noted that Saudi Arabia has increased its crude oil inventories by 34.5 million barrels in the three-month period from December 2011 to February 2012. Goldman views the...

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The FOMC’s statement today is going to be clarified a bit further if you look at the comments from Ben Bernanke and friends that came out at 2 PM EST today.  What is important to know is that...

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Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is confirming exactly what an earlier report predicted earlier this week.  Dow Jones had a report that the DJIA components would raise their dividends again in...

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Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) closed lower ahead of earnings, and the earnings report that looked nearly acceptable on the surface actually is literally killing the shares of the leading Chinese search...

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Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) was a big gainer after its earnings report sneaked out a bit early today.  The report shows a decline from comparable earnings, but this was better than estimates...

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reported earnings for its March quarter and it is a record for the quarter.  Today’s report was a blowout at $12.30 EPS and $39.2 billion in revenue.  Thomson...

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Markets opened mixed this morning, with the DJIA showing much more strength than the S&P 500, which opened higher, or the Nasdaq, which opened lower. The S&P Case-Shiller house price index...

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