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Market Wrap For February 18: Dow Finishes Lower, Nasdaq Still Hot
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 5:47pm | 3229U.S. stocks traded mostly higher today despite a key measure of home builder confidence falling in February. The New York Fed's general business index also showed signs of vulnerability. Despite the weak economic data which is partially due to weather, the Nasdaq index rose for the eight...
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For February 4
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 10:43am | 758Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com S&P 500 ETF: Pre-market data point to opening rebound Prior to today's market open, the S&P 500 futures were trading higher by 0.4 percent with the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) matching the gains. The Nasdaq 100 futures were...
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#PreMarket Primer for Tuesday, February 4: Will The Plunge Continue?
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 7:58am | 714Traders know the markets are in a bad way when construction spending and manufacturing data can spark a 300-point plunge in the Dow. The Dow ended down two percent to close at 15,372.80. The S&P fell 2.3 percent to 1,741.89 and the NASDAQ had the worst day falling 2.6 percent to 3,996.96...
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PlayStation 4, Xbox One Dominance To Be Challenged In 3-4 Years
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 10:25am | 1296Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) new consoles will continue to be in high demand, but their dominance could be challenged in a few years. According to DigiTimes, the upstream supply chain expects to see "strong orders" for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 components during the first...
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Market Wrap For November 26: Nasdaq Closes Above 4,000 For First Time Since 2000
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 5:44pm | 1627Investors and traders certainly had their plates full Tuesday with a plethora of data releases sending the Dow to new record highs and the Nasdaq index closing above 4,000 after briefly breaching the mark on Monday. The markets gave back modest gains towards the end of the trading session and...
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Take-Two Jumps 5% After Earnings Beat, 29 Million 'Grand Theft Auto V' Units Sold
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 4:46pm | 437Shares of Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) are up more than five percent after the company announced its second-quarter results. The company reported a second-quarter EPS of $2.49 versus the Wall Street estimate of $1.64. Earnings per share were up 2.16 percent from the year-ago period....
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Will 'Grand Theft Auto V' Sell Real Cars?
Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 1:17pm | 396This September, Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) will launch the fifth chapter in the long-running Grand Theft Auto series. The long-awaited sequel will contain dozens of cars and motorcycles, as well as a number of aircrafts that players can use to travel aerially. None of these vehicles will...
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Should Game Makers Worry About the Shift to Non-Gaming Entertainment?
Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 9:56am | 956In 2012, Yusuf Mehdi -- the man in charge of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) interactive entertainment business -- told the Los Angeles Times that the average Xbox-owning household spends an average of 84 hours a month using Xbox Live. While gaming continues to be a popular draw for the console, it has...
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Five Things Microsoft Could Announce on May 21
Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 10:44am | 991In just over three weeks, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will unveil its third game console. Tentatively referred to as “Xbox 720” by the gaming press, the new machine is expected to contain a new version of Kinect, the ability to run multiple games simultaneously, and a new feature called IllumiRoom...
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Will Take-Two's WWE Pact be the Firm's Kiss of Death?
Sunday, March 3, 2013 - 6:30pm | 571As the publisher of Grand Theft Auto, BioShock and NBA 2K, Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) is one of the most popular publishers in the world. The company's market cap may be small -- $1.25 billion versus Electronic Arts' (NASDAQ: EA) $5.4 billion and Activision's (NASDAQ: ATVI) $16 billion...
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Top Performing Dividend Payers in Tech with the Most Upside Potential (ATVI, DST, SFUN)
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 4:26pm | 762It is not unusual for stocks on a tear to overrun their mean price targets, which is a signal of how far analysts on average expect the share price to climb. Some of the top performing dividend payers in the technology sector over the past six months, such as semiconductor and software maker ARM...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 4
Sunday, February 3, 2013 - 5:13pm | 1026The S&P ended last week above 1,500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 14,000. Some strong earnings reports could push the markets higher, and there are plenty of quarterly reports on the schedule this week. Analysts by and large expect to see year-over-year earnings per share (EPS)...
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Video Game Makers Expected to Post Losses
Monday, July 30, 2012 - 11:00am | 546In the wake of last week's disappointing earnings and slashed guidance from Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) and wider-than expected net loss from Nintendo, other video game makers are scheduled to share their most recent quarterly results this week. Analysts on average expect to see net losses and declining...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 30
Monday, July 30, 2012 - 10:46am | 980Most of the companies that compose the S&P 500 have reported second-quarter results already. According to Bloomberg, some 72 percent of S&P 500 companies that have reported quarterly results so far have exceeded analysts' estimates. But the earnings season is not over quite yet. Among the...
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Grand Theft Auto V Unveiling Confirms San Andreas Setting, Hints at New Story, Reveals Little Else
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 12:16pm | 232The release date and platforms are still unknown. Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO) subsidiary Rockstar Games unveiled its hugely anticipated trailer today, introducing Grand Theft Auto fans to the fifth chapter in the series. During the trailer, we hear the story of a man who moved to San Andreas (well,...