The Nasdaq crossed the 4,000 mark yesterday for the first time in over a decade as strong housing data and positive retail earnings reports improved sentiment. The Dow and S&P 500 also finished in the green, extending their respective record highs. The consumer discretionary sector was the biggest gainer among the S&P 500 industry groups, while utilities stocks lost the […]
Image via BigStockPhotoThe social industry should be ashamed of itself: Failed promise. Failed mission. #Fail. We must save ourselves — now.Here’s what I mean: Three years ago, while I was still at salesforce.com, CEO Marc Benioff wrote “The Facebook Imperative.” It was a manifesto that urged enterprises to tap into the power of social media so that employees could more easily collaborate and share […]
Print PDFThe Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) is a global cable and satellite television channel based in the United States. It is owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and the Hearst Corporation (20%). As of August 2013, almost 98 million American households receive ESPN. Each of these households pays $ 5 a month, totaling around $ 6 billion […]
Stocks ended sharply lower on Thursday, after weak earnings from Whole Foods and Qualcomm dragged down the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. However, Twitter made an impressive debut on the bourses yesterday. Meanwhile, a number of government reports were published yesterday. These reports along with Friday’s much awaited job’s numbers will give investors some insight into how long the Fed will […]
