Russian Stocks Tumble – Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX), QIWI (NASDAQ:QIWI), Mechel (NYSE:MTL), Lukoil (OTCMKTS:LUKOY)

Shares of Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) and other major Russian stocks trading in the West, including their American ADRs, fell on the escalating political and military crisis in the Ukraine. Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) , Russia’s largest search provider, fell 13.79% to $32.33 in afternoon trading. QIWI (NASDAQ:QIWI), an online payment systems provider, plunged 16.26% to $39.05. Mining company Mechel…

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Bet365 History

A History of Bet365

Anyone who is into online gambling will be more than acquainted to Bet365 and the services they provide. Currently, they are the United Kingdom’s largest online gambling company with 35 million customers worldwide and employ over 4,000 members of staff. The website is one of the best in the industry, with state-of-the-art apps supplementing the…

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Afternoon Stocks Watch: APEI; PRGO; MAIN; CSG; NCT

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) was the target Friday of an investment-rating downgrade by BMO Capital Markets, which cut the stock to market perform from outperform following the online-postsecondary education provider’s late-Thursday release of lower-than-expected Q4 earnings and Q1 EPS guidance that was well below the Street view. BMO also cut its target price on APEI,…

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Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Gains on Reports it’s Considering Offering Free Music to Prime Customers

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock rose 1.2% on Friday on a report saying the online reis investigating giving its Prime subscription customers free music as it does with movies and television shows. Tech news site Recode reports industry sources say the online retailer is engaged in serious talks with big music labels as the company considers rolling…

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