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Is This Just the Beginning of Netflix's Recovery?

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:43:00 GMT

After plummeting in late 2011 due to controversial price hikes, the shares of Netflix (NFLX) are once again on the rise...(Read More)

Can Research In Motion Take Any More of a Drubbing?

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:05:00 GMT

This article takes a downbeat look at Research In Motion (RIMM), and suggests that only exciting new products or business strategies can spell better times for the downtrodden company...(Read More)

Wall Street's Wary of Best Buy's Battle to Remain Relevant

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:10:00 GMT

This article takes a skeptical look at Best Buy (BBY), with the author asserting right out of the gate that the retailer "has its work cut out for it." Despite respectable growth in online sales, along with the success of its smaller-format Best Buy Mobile outlets, the author warns that BBY is still too dependent on its brick-and-mortar stores...(Read More)

Time to Take a Long Look at IMAX

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:01:00 GMT

This Wall Street Journal article takes a bullish look at IMAX Corp. (IMAX). Despite a rough 2011 in Hollywood, which contributed to IMAX's more than 23% loss for the year, the author suggests that the company's "profits can grow at a healthy clip," even with "merely average box-office sales." As he points out, demand for IMAX's giant screens is increasing, particularly in foreign markets -- where the majority will be located in the near future...(Read More)

Is Halliburton Overhyped for 2012?

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:18:00 GMT

As this MarketWatch column points out, now is the time of year when Wall Street analysts offer their two cents on the best stocks to buy for the year ahead...(Read More)

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters: Not for the Faint of Heart

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:21:00 GMT

This article takes a skeptical look at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) following a remarkably volatile year for the stock...(Read More)

After T-Mobile Bid's Collapse, What's Next for AT&T?

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:17:00 GMT

This article takes a long, hard look at Ma Bell in the wake of AT&T's (T) collapsed bid for T-Mobile...(Read More)

DuPont Can Wait

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:35:00 GMT

This article was a call for investors to bide their time with DuPont (DD), and wait for the stock to tick lower before snatching up shares...(Read More)

The Long and Short of Capital One

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:43:00 GMT

This MarketWatch commentary investigates Capital One Financial (COF), and examines what makes it a "good company, bad stock" and the "Stupid Investment of the Week." The author points out that COF's prospects -- namely its credit card service and its pending acquisitions of financial-services advertiser ING Direct USA and HSBC Holdings' (HBC) domestic credit card business -- appeal to many traders...(Read More)

Is Starbucks Destined to Follow in Netflix's Footsteps?

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:57:00 GMT

Howard Schultz, founder and CEO of Starbucks Corp. (SBUX), was recently named Fortune's 2011 Businessperson of the Year...(Read More)