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U.S. stocks rose as investors found that the positives in the U.S. services sector outweighed concerns over an escalating conflict in Ukraine. The Institute for Supply Management said that its service-sector index rose to 55.2. Any reading above 50.0 indicates an expansion. Also, the index...

Highlights on the earnings front this week include scheduled quarterly reports from Disney, Keurig Green Mountain, Pfizer and Whole Foods Market, which are expected to post year-over-year earnings gains. Analysts expect Tesla Motors to say its earnings declined, and for Groupon and SolarCity to...

U.S. stocks declined as tensions continue to mount in Ukraine. Russia requested an emergency session with the United Nations Security Council over a recent operation conducted by Ukraine where at least seven people were killed in the town of Slavyansk. Ukraine's interim President Oleksandr...

U.S. stocks were little moved to start off the month of May as investors and traders are cautious before April's nonfarm payrolls report are released on Friday. The consensus estimate for Friday's figure stands at 215,000 which would trump March's 192,000 number. “This is a really important...

AT&T (NYSE: T) was in the process of considering a move to acquire satellite provider DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV), according to sources who spoke with the Wall Street Journal Thursday. The deal would likely be worth $40 billion, DirecTV’s current market capitalization. The combination of AT&T...

U.S. stock futures were pointing towards a modestly higher open as investors found enough optimism from Dow components Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson who both reported better than expected quarterly results. Investors were further spooked by reports of pro-Russian separatists taking...

U.S. stocks rose sharply after minutes from the Federal Reserve eased concerns over when the central bank would raise interest rates. The decision to let go of the 6.5 percent unemployment rate threshold for raising interest rates was finalized in early March. Additionally, the Fed's minutes...

We are on the verge of huge technological change, according to analysts at Oppenheimer. They see a coming convergence of mobile and cloud computing with telecommunications, in which companies such as DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV), Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX) and T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS) may be may...

This week Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) was thought to have set a goal for tablet sales in 2014. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) may have done the same. King (NYSE: KING) defended its disappointing public debut. Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) spent $2 billion on yet another startup. Microsoft released Office for the...

The ways in which people watch television content have already started to evolve. Thanks to a new agreement between Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and satellite provider Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) that evolution could speed up. Last week Dish signed a contract for Internet streaming rights for ESPN,...

The battle is joined, as they say. DirectTV (NASDAQ: DTV) CEO, Mike White has stated his position regarding the proposed merger between cable companies Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC). That position, as might be expected, is a negative one. On a conference call...

U.S. stocks overcame mixed economic data and earning reports as the S&P 500 inches towards new all time highs and the Dow recorded an almost triple digit point gain. Jobless claims declined less than expected while consumer prices met expectations and rose slightly. Data from the...

Market lost ground Wednesday and will likely open lower again Thursday. The Dow lost about 89 points to close at 16,040.56. The S&P was down 0.6 percent, or about 12 points to close at 1,828.75, and the NASDAQ fell 0.8 percent to 4,237.95. This morning, U.S. markets are indicated to open...

The earnings season is winding down, but on the docket this week are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM), Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) and others. Later in the week, the parade of quarterly reports from big retailers kicks off with...

In a move that could increase competition and give consumers more cable TV choices, Sony (NYSE: SNE) said Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas it planned to start testing a cloud-based TV service in 2014. The company said the yet-to-be-named service would include live...