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Google Chooses Not to Exercise Its Investment Option, but Himax and Google to Remain Strategic Partners on Google Glass Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:HIMX), a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor products, today announced that Google Inc. has decided not to exercise its previously issued purchase option to make an additional […]

Shares of William Hill plc (LSE:WMH) were down modestly in London today and were probably not influenced by the company’s third quarter results as much as the it would have liked them to be. In fact, the share price closed at 363.40 yesterday, gaining nearly ten points in early trading to open at 373.00 today. […]

The share price of IBM (NYSE:IBM) plummeted upon release of its third quarter results this morning. IBM closed at 182.05 on Friday, October 17th. The value of the company’s shares dropped in early trading to open today at 166.93. The share price has held fairly steady during the day with about an hour remaining. It […]

Yes, they are. Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE:NWL) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of bubba brands, inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of In Zone Holdings, Inc. A leading designer and marketer of durable beverage containers, bubba is expected to deliver over $50 million of net sales in 2014. The […]

Is there life on Aeroject? Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, recently received a contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to supply the thrusters that would help land the next rover on Mars after it is launched in 2020. Under a contract from the U.S. Department of Energy, Aerojet Rocketdyne also would supply the power […]

It was big news for some this morning that the Tesla share price (NASDAQ:TSLA) opened lower for the second day in a row. Personally, I find it bigger news that it is now almost 2:30 p.m. on the U.S. eastern seaboard and TSLA has already climbed back to 229.63, nearly to yesterday’s close of 229.70, […]

What is QE? Quantitative easing helped increase the flow of money supply into the equities markets by providing large financial institutions with capital in an effort to promote lending and liquidity, thus increasing a confidence level within the financial markets. Quantitative easing is generally applied when short-term interest rates are at or fast approaching zero. […]

“There are four things you should consider when the market starts to fall.” 1. Sell everything if you think it is starting to crash but don’t hurry. When the market begins to crash you will likely not hear a thing in the media about it. Spotting a crash has to come from you. If you […]

The VIX Index, more commonly referred to as the Fear Index has begun to make investors (more) nervous this week. On Monday, 13 October, Erin Gibbs of S&P Capital told CNBC that, essentially, anxious investors need to remain calm because “Volatility is still within normal levels,” even though fellow commentator Todd Gordon warned that if […]

The ongoing dramatics involving the potential acquisition of Shire (LSE:SHP) by AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) has given Shire’s share price a punch in the solar plexus today, making it the FTSE’s biggest loser on the day. Not only has the wind been knocked out of Shire’s sails, but there may be a storm brewing on the horizon. […]