Kevin Long

Market Movers: International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM) said it expects its hardware sector to grow in 2015 as the company invests in research and development and divests low-performing ventures. The comments come less than one month after the world’s largest technology service company reported its lowest quarterly revenue in five years, weighed by sluggish global demand for…

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Social Stocks to Watch: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Renren Inc (NYSE:RENN), Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)

After seeing explosive growth across Latin America, Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is now tapping into the region’s other big passion besides soccer – politics. The company dispatched its top political strategist to Brazil this week to give senators in one of its biggest global markets a pep talk on tweets and how to use the social…

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Hot Stocks: Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD), Hydrogenics Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:HYGS), BG Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGMD), Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)

Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) shares fell 6.9 per cent to 1,680 yen, their lowest in nearly three months, after the consumer electronics maker forecast a net loss for a second year in a row for the year to March 2015. Sony is stepping up restructuring efforts to try to turn around its business. Sony Corp…

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Hot Watch List: Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE:CBB), TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSYS), Mitel Networks Corporation (NASDAQ:MITL), Insight Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSIT)

Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE:CBB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday May 08, 2014. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.02, American Banking News.com reports. The company had revenue of $322.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $303.86 million. During the…

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Hot Watch List: Elizabeth Arden (NASDAQ:RDEN), Pinnacle Foods Inc (NYSE:PF), AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM)

Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (NASDAQ:RDEN) said its board is exploring strategic alternatives as the beauty-products company reported a wider fiscal third-quarter loss. The company said that it has enlisted Goldman Sachs & Co to help its board look for potential strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value, while also adding that it is implementing a broad restructuring…

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Social Stocks: Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD)

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) was upgraded by stock analysts at Credit Suisse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report issued on Wednesday, Stock Ratings Network.com reports. The firm currently has a $87.00 target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of $65.00. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was 0.85%in…

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