Exit from comment view mode. Click to hide this spaceWASHINGTON, DC – Countries need skilled and talented people to generate the innovations that underpin long-term economic growth. This is as true in developed as it is in developing economies. But it will not happen without investment in education and training. If we are to end poverty, reduce unemployment, and stem […]
Welcome to our daily roundup of top insider trades. Here’s a look at the most significant inside purchases recently filed with the SEC.Notable Purchases:
Phillip Frost, Chairman and CEO of multinational biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company Opko Health (NYSE:OPK), bought 129,800 shares of company stock for $1,043,618.
George Sakellaris, CEO of energy efficiency solutions provider Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC), bought 73,689 shares of company stock for $515,823.
Donald Hess, director at […]
Benchmarks ended higher on Wednesday primarily boosted by encouraging industrial production data and better-than-expected Chinese economic data. Yahoo’s higher revenues also contributed to the bullish mood. Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s speech in New York was another positive factor yesterday.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead of Wall Street articleThe Dow Jones […]
Welcome to our daily roundup of top insider trades. Here’s a look at the most significant inside purchases recently filed with the SEC.Notable Purchases:
The billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, a beneficial owner of commercial and military truck company Navistar International (NYSE:NAV), bought 1,027,789 shares of company stock for $34,205,404.
The venture capital firm Polaris Venture Management bought 1,470,582 shares of clinical-stage oncology-focused company Cerulean Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CERU) […]
As BrightContext co-founder and CEO John Funge told TechCrunch in 2012, “What Twilio is to telephony, BrightContext is to real-time data streams.” It’s with that hook that WealthEngine scooped up the company to add BrightContext’s real-time analysis capabilities to its chest of marketing and fundraising tools.BrightContext launched at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 promising to deliver real-time analysis of big data. The […]
April 16 (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs is planning to jump-start its stock-trading business after top clients such as Fidelity Investments and BlackRock Inc voiced concerns about the way Goldman and other firms trade stocks, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Money managers are concerned that the stock market had grown too fragmented and complex, leaving everyone […]
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It’s at least the fourth […]
Another week of 2014 is in the books, and for these three companies trading at 52-week lows, it was a week to forget.Westport Innovations (TSX: WPT)(NASDAQ: WPRT)Westport continues to find the bottom of the stock chart, this time falling to a new low of $14.27 on April 11. This new low came two days after an interview with Bison Trucking […]
Another day of selling pressure in bio-tech and technology stocks dragged the benchmarks down on Friday. Also, disappointing corporate earnings weighed on the markets. However, higher wholesale prices in March and an increase in preliminary consumer sentiment in April failed to restrict the day’s loss.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead […]
Social sentiment indicators are based on information users post publicly to Facebook, Twitter, blog posts, discussion groups and forums. If the social sentiment indicator shows a negative change in reputation, the company can address the problem before it grows. Companies can also use this information to reduce the burden on […]
