Stock News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Acquires An Analytics Provider

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) has made yet another acquisition. Satya Nadella led company has purchased Analytics provider HockeyApp. HockeyApp is a company which helps app developers with anaytics and distribution. Microsoft has been increasingly leaning to be a mobile-first, cloud-first company and this acquisition proves to be another step in the same direction. HockeyApp is a company located in Stuttgart, Germany. It offers services to developers … Continue reading Stock News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Acquires An Analytics Provider

Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Is The Best Place To Work

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) has been ranked as the best place to work in 2015, by Glassdoor. In their recent annual Employee Choice Awards, Glassdoor revealed the top 50 places to work across the US and the UK. This list is made up by the reviews of the employees currently working in the given companies. Google (NASDAQ GOOG) sat on the first position of the compiled … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Is The Best Place To Work

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On Dec 02, Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) said that it will release financial results for its Fiscal 2015 Third Quarter, which ended Nov. 29, 2014, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. The company will hold an analyst call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time with remarks by Rite Aid’s management team. Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit margin is 1.00% and … Continue reading Top Movers: Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), Avon Products Inc. (NYSE:AVP), Neostem, Inc. (NASDAQ:NBS), TE Connectivity Ltd. (NYSE:TEL), Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR)

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Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Limited (SAMREF), a joint venture of Saudi Aramco and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), has completed construction of major desulfurisation facilities, including a new hydrotreater, that dramatically cuts sulfur levels in gasoline and diesel. The project is the largest investment in SAMREF’s history and will reduce the sulfur levels in gasoline and diesel by more than 98 percent, to 10 parts … Continue reading Sizzling Stocks: Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE:GG), Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:PWRD), Gartner Inc. (NYSE:IT), TELUS Corporation (NYSE:TU)

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Shares of Knowles Corp (NYSE:KN) have been given an average rating of “Hold” by the eight brokerages that are presently covering the company, Stock Ratings Network reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have assigned a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. Knowles Corporation (NYSE:KN) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin … Continue reading Watch 5 Stocks: Knowles Corporation (NYSE:KN), Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN), Western Refining, Inc. (NYSE:WNR), Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc (NASDAQ:ALSK), EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ:EMKR)

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Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) has appointed ex-Riverbed VP Willem Hendrickx as its President for Europe, Middle East and Africa. At his new role with the France-based vendor he will be responsible for the entire sales and operational management of the company’s activities in the EMEA region. Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is -1.80% and weekly performance … Continue reading Traders Are Gambling on: Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU), Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE:NHI), Actavis (NYSE:ACT), Big Lots (NYSE:BIG)