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Ellie Mae Expects a Strong Finish to 2017
The state of the housing market has been quite healthy for years, with the recovery from the financial crisis helping to lift home prices back toward precrisis levels in many markets and spurring....
SS&C Weathers Delayed Deals En Route to a Mixed Quarter
SS&C Technologies Holdings (NASDAQ: SSNC) announced slightly weaker-than-expected third-quarter 2017 results on Wednesday after the market closed, highlighting significant margin expansion and....
The Double Whammy That Sent Marijuana Stock Insys Therapeutics Crashing as Much as 30%
Shares of Insys Therapeutics (NASDAQ: INSY), a small-cap biotech with a focus on pain management, plunged as much as 30% on Wednesday after receiving a double whammy. One whammy was the arrest of....
What Happened in the Stock Market Today
Stocks rebounded Thursday amid a raft of earnings announcements, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) both posted gains.Data source: Yahoo!....
Arlo Leads the Way in Another Strong Showing From Netgear
Netgear (NASDAQ: NTGR) announced third-quarter 2017 results on Wednesday after the market closed, highlighting modest overall growth driven once again by its burgeoning Arlo wireless security....
Why in the World Are Shares of Sears Moving Higher Today?
Shares of Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: SHLD), a struggling retailer that provides home merchandise, apparel, and automotive products, among other items, are making a rare 5% move higher Thursday....
Why Shares of STMicroelectronics Jumped Today
Shares of electronics and semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics NV (NYSE: STM) jumped on Thursday following a strong third-quarter report. ST beat analyst estimates across the board, and....
Why Buffalo Wild Wings, Whiting Petroleum, and Spirit Airlines Jumped Today
The stock market had a relatively quiet day on Thursday, with major benchmarks inching higher as investors continued to believe in the long-term prospects for the U.S. economy. Market participants....
Why Nokia, Teck Resources, and Insys Therapeutics Slumped Today
Thursday was a calm day on Wall Street, with most investors focusing on individual stock movements stemming from earnings reports. Most major benchmarks finished relatively close to unchanged on....
ConocoPhillips Demonstrated Its Strength Amid the Storms in the Third Quarter
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) reported expectation-trouncing third-quarter results before the market opened on Thursday, surpassing analysts' expectations once again. That's after the U.S. oil giant....
Here's What Fueled Whiting Petroleum Corp.'s Double-Digit Rise Today
Shares of Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL) spiked more than 11% by 3:15 p.m. EDT on Thursday. That's after the shale driller reported expectation-beating third-quarter results, thanks to robust....
Oh Baby! Natus Medical Inc. Beats and Raises Guidance
Natus Medical (NASDAQ: BABY) continues its turnaround, hitting its third-quarter revenue guidance and beating its own expectations for adjusted earnings, which were forecast to be in the range of....
3 Stocks That Put Wal-Mart's Returns to Shame
In many respects, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has helped redefine its industry. When Walmart went public some 47 years ago, its "megastores" were a unique concept. Today, the Costcos of the world can....
Why IMAX Corp. Stock Soared Today
Shares of big-screen cinema technologist IMAX (NYSE: IMAX) jumped as much as 11.9% higher on Thursday, reaching that peak near 1:10 p.m., EDT. The company reported third-quarter results in the....
Abiomed, Inc's Revenue and Profits Soar Yet Again
Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD), a medical-device maker focused on minimally invasive heart pumps, reported its fiscal second-quarter earnings on Thursday, Oct. 26. The company once again reported strong....
Twitter Is Finally Accepting What It Is -- and What It Isn't
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) is impressing investors today with its prediction that it could post its first profitable quarter ever in Q4. While the company posted record profitability in the third....
Alkermes Reports Mixed Results, Updates Guidance
Alkermes (NASDAQ: ALKS), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on diseases of the central nervous system, reported its third-quarter earnings results on Thursday, Oct. 26. While....
Buffalo Wild Wings Crushes Expectations on Cost-Savings Initiatives
Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) announced third-quarter 2017 results on Wednesday after the market closed, reporting slightly weaker-than-expected sales but showing enormous progress in stemming....
Statoil's Earnings Slip on Writedowns, Tax Bills
Three months after a second-quarter result that showed Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil (NYSE: STO) was starting to turn the corner, the company reported a bump on that road that put it back....
Here’s How AI Is Accelerating Microsoft’s Growth
It has been just a year since Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) created a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Research Group, initially staffing it with 5,000 scientists and engineers. The fact that....
3 Megatrends Investors Need to Take Notice Of
The world around us is changing daily, it seems -- it's becoming more digitized, connected, and advanced in a host of ways. While there are many megatrends underway, we asked our investors for....
Six Flags Entertainment (SIX) Q3 2017 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE: SIX)Q3 2017 Earnings Conference CallOct. 25, 2017, 9:00 a.m. ETOperatorContinue readingSource: Fool.com
Alaska Air Group Can't Wait to Move Past Its Virgin Merger
We are good airline operators. We're good at managing costs. We're good at managing operations. We're actually good at managing revenues, but we have been a little bit focused on the merger. And....
Why Trivago Stock Kept Falling Thursday
Shares of hotel-search platform Trivago (NASDAQ: TRVG) dropped again on Thursday, falling as much as 12%. Those declines moderated later in the trading day: The stock was down 4.5% at 2:21 p.m.....
Why Shares of Brunswick Corporation Plunged 16% Today
Shares of marine and fitness company Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) dropped as much as 16.4% in trading Thursday after the company released third-quarter earnings that fell short of....