MEDIA AND BIOTECH STOCKS GET CRUSHED … – Business Insider

First, the scoreboard:Dow: 17,419.75, -120.72, (-0.69%)
S&P 500: 2,083.56, -16.28, (-0.78%)
Nasdaq: 5,056.44, -83.50, (-1.62%)
And now, the top stories on Thursday:Media stocks plunged. Viacom shares dived more than 21% after the company reported lower-than-expected ad revenues from its cable business. The stocks were shaken up by concerns about the cable industry amid the rise of pay TV. Comcast, Time Warner, and 21st Century Fox also declined […]

Frontrunning: July 28

Fed Officials May Offer More Clarity on Rates (WSJ)
Stocks rebound, shrugging off volatile and weak China (Reuters)
Three-Day Selloff Knocks 11% From China Shares (WSJ)
China shares fall again as Beijing scrambles to calm markets (Reuters)
VAT hikes to make Greek destination less popular (Kathimerini)
Varoufakis – Something is rotten with the eurozone’s hideous restrictions on sovereignty (FT)
EU denies Varoufakis ‘tax control’ claims (FT)
Allergan […]

Stock Market News for May 05, 2015 – May 5, 2015 – Zacks.com

Benchmarks ended in the green for the second straight session on Monday boosted by a handful of upbeat earnings results. Meanwhile, investors continued to focus on economic data to gauge the timing of an interest rate hike. An expansion in the Eurozone’s manufacturing activity in April also boosted investor sentiment. The S&P 500 touched its highest level since Apr 28 […]

STTG Market Recap May 4, 2015 – Stock Trading To Go

Indexes gapped up mildly in the U.S., tried to rally a bit and failed, and then did little from there.  The S&P 500 gained 0.29% and the NASDAQ 0.23%.  A lot of eyes will be set on Friday’s employment data; economists forecast a 225,000 increase in April non-farm payrolls, and a one-tenth decline in the unemployment rate to 5.4 percent..   […]

Broadcast Stocks Trade Higher In Wake Of Aereo Ruling | TechCrunch

This morning the United States Supreme Court ruled against Aereo, a startup that employed myriad, tiny antennas to bring broadcast television to consumers digitally, saying that it operates in violation of the Copyright Act.The startup, which previously stated that it had no ‘Plan B’ in the case of loss, is troubled. Broadcast stocks, however, are anything but. CBS is up more […]

Rhiza's fresh $3M could help bridge the gap between big data & big …

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Verizon Guides Better Margins, Stock Trading Lower – Bidness Etc

Today marks Verizon Communications Inc.’s (VZ) first day of trading after it completed the acquisition of its remaining shares from Vodafone Group Plc (VOD). The company’s stock price is trading 0.78% lower as of 3:29 PM EST, after being down more than 1% earlier.The company gave guidance on its performance expectations after completing a deal that enables the largest wireless […]

Stocks end higher but fall short of record high | Stock market | The …

Originally published February 24, 2014 at 6:27 AM | Page modified February 25, 2014 at 6:27 AM

NEW YORK — The stock market ended higher Monday, but a late fade kept it from closing at an all-time high.The market marched broadly higher most of the day, helped by optimism about the economy and more corporate mergers, only to slowly […]

Stocks end higher but fall short of record high | Business …

Originally published February 24, 2014 at 6:27 AM | Page modified February 25, 2014 at 6:27 AM

NEW YORK — The stock market ended higher Monday, but a late fade kept it from closing at an all-time high.The market marched broadly higher most of the day, helped by optimism about the economy and more corporate mergers, only to slowly […]

Stock Market News for February 07, 2014 – February 7, 2014 – Zacks …

A drop in initial claims and encouraging results from Disney helped benchmarks achieve their best single-day performance since Dec 18. The gains somewhat offset weekly losses and Friday’s session will be crucial to help benchmarks post a rare weekly gain. Consumer discretionary sector was the best performer for the day among the S&P industry groups.For a look at the issues […]