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Boeing Step Closer To Clinch a Big Deal From South Korea: Reuters

Reuters, quoting sources familiar with the matter, has reported that Boeing (NYSE: BA) is very close to clinch a huge deal from South Korea. The Company’s bid of $7.4 billion to supply South Korea with 60 fighter jets was only the offer which below the price ceiling set out by the nation’s arm procurement agency. [...]

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Microsoft Patent Sale: Judge Rejects Lawsuit Against AOL

A federal judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit against AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL). Litigants in this case had accused AOL and some of its executives for fraud. They said that the company deliberately bought 14.8 million shares in 2011, keeping investors in dark about its plans to sell $1 billion worth patents to Microsoft Corp. [...]

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Zillow Offers Shares at 3% Discount, To Acquire StreetEasy

The real-estate listings services provider, Zillow Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) said on Monday that it will offer 5 million shares (A Class) at price of $82.00 per share, which implies a 3% discount to the stock’s closing price on Monday. Shares tumbled 7.11% to $84.74 in regular trading hours. In afterhours, shares slipped another 2.47%. The [...]

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Amazon.com Website Goes Down in the U.S., Canada

The world’s largest e-commerce platform, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) went down for nearly 15 minutes on Monday. Users across Canada and the U.S. couldn’t gain access to the website. Despite several requests to comment over the issue, the Company did not reveal what exactly went wrong which caused rare interruption in its services. Amazon.com is [...]

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Samsung To Soon Launch “Galaxy Gear” Smart Watch: Financial Times

The battle to bring new high tech gadgets first is intensifying between two major players, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung. However, it seems that the South Korean Company is outpacing its American rival. According to Financial Times, quoting sources familiar with the matter, Samsung is set to launch its new wearable device, “Galaxy Gear” [...]

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Yahoo Appoints Webb as a Permanent Chairman (YHOO)

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) announced on Friday that it has appointed Maynard Webb as a permanent chairman of the Company. Webb will be replacing Fred Amoroso. The appointment comes at a time when the internet company is finding a bit difficult to boost its advertising business, a domain dominated by Google and Facebook. Webb, who [...]

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Jefferies Downgrades General Mills

Jefferies downgraded General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to “underperform” from “hold” and cut its price target to $44 from $45 0n Friday. Jefferies cited weak outlook and higher valuation. The firm also slashed its outlook on first quarter EPS , FY 2014 EPS and FY2015 EPS. For the fiscal first quarter, Jefferies cut EPS outlook to [...]

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Goldman Sachs Upgrades Pandora Media To “Buy”

Shares of Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) rallied in premarket trading on Friday after the online radio streaming company’s stock was upgraded to “buy” from “neutral” by Goldman Sachs’ analyst Heath Terry. In the research report, Heath Terry cited accelerating mobile and subscription revenue for the stock upgrade. The Price target on shares was lifted [...]

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Wal-Mart Stores Comparable-Store Sales Down 0.3% in Q2 (WMT)

Hike in pay roll taxes and increase in gas prices seems to have taken a toll on the U.S. consumer spending. The world’s largest discount retail chain, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) said on Thursday that comparable-store sales in the U.S. fell 0.3% in the fiscal second quarter. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected 1% [...]

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Elbit Systems Beats Wall Street’s Profit Expectation (ESLT)

Shares of Elbit Systems Ltd. (USA) (NASDAQ: ESLT) gained sharply on Tuesday after the Israeli defense equipment and unmanned aerial vehicles maker handed better-than-expected fiscal second quarter results. The Company attributed to higher sales of unmanned aerial vehicles and intelligence systems for strong performance as well as cost cutting measures. On adjusted basis, the Company [...]


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