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LivePerson to Provide Turnkey Mobile Engagement Capabilities through Acquisition of Innovative Mobile Chat Platform Provider, Look.io
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 4:15pm | 176LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPSN), a provider of real-time chat, voice and content solutions that increase conversions and improve customer experience, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire mobile engagement start-up Look.io. Through this acquisition, LivePerson will...
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Small-Cap Corner: IZEA Gets a Lift on Board Announcement (IZEA)
Monday, June 11, 2012 - 3:40pm | 316Shares of IZEA (OTCBB: IZEA), a mico-cap provider of social media sponsorships, are soaring by more than 9% today on news that venture capitalist Ed Sim, founder of BOLDstart Ventures, has joined the Florida-based company's board. Sim, 41, has over 16 years of venture capital experience having...
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Venture Capitalist Ed Sim Joins IZEA Board of Directors
Monday, June 11, 2012 - 9:04am | 617IZEA (OTC: IZEA) announces the addition of Ed Sim, Founder of BOLDstart Ventures, to its Board of Directors, joining Ted Murphy and Donna Mackenzie. Mr. Sim is the first in a series of new board members the company plans to announce in coming months. “Ed is an experienced Internet and software...
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Akamai, Limelight Networks Plunge as Netflix Announces Own Content-Delivery Network
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 1:51pm | 141Shares of video content-delivery companies Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) and Limelight Networks (NASDAQ: LLNW) are plunging on Tuesday after Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) said that it is building its own content-delivery network for video data. At last check, AKAM shares had lost 6.77% to $26.44...
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Top 4 NASDAQ Stocks In The Marketing Services Industry With The Highest Revenue
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 3:29am | 120Below are the top marketing services stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at National CineMedia Inc (NASDAQ: NCMI) is $443.70 million. NCMI had $82.70 million in total cash for the latest quarter. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at AirMedia Group Inc (...
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Papa John's, US Airways and Other Top Performers in May
Friday, June 1, 2012 - 7:12am | 974Here is a quick look at some of the top-performing service sector stocks in May. These companies all have a market cap of more than $500 million and their share prices are all more than 15% higher than 30 days ago. AFC Enterprises (NASDAQ: AFCE) shares are trading more than 45% higher year to date...
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LookSmart Announces Authorization of $1M Share Repurchase Program
Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 8:03am | 117LookSmart, Ltd. (Nasdaq: LOOK) today announced that the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $1 million of the Company's common shares. Under the program, the Company may purchase its common shares from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated...
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UPDATE: Oppenheimer Initiates Coverage on LivePerson
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 8:33am | 93According to a research report published this morning, Oppenheimer has initiated LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN) with an Outperform rating and $21 PT. Oppenheimer commented in the report, "We believe LivePerson will continue to deliver strong organic growth as companies increasingly realize they need a...
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Top 10 Small Cap ETFs
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 2:48pm | 3616There are currently over 50 U.S. Small-Cap issues whether categorized as, growth, value or blend. This is overwhelming for most investors. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, we try to help select those ETFs that matter even if where they might be repetitive. The result is a more...
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Concentric Cloud Solutions Forms Strategic Partnership With Limelight Networks
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 7:04am | 84Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW) today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Concentric Cloud Solutions, who has added Limelight's integrated content delivery services and cloud-based applications to its product offering targeted at the enterprise marketplace. Limelight's...
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Churchill Downs, Luxottica and Others Analysts Are Bullish On
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 6:55am | 968Here is a quick look some dividend payers in the services sector that have a consensus recommendation of analysts of Strong Buy. Cedar Fair (NYSE: FUN) is more than 39% higher in the past six months but has pulled back about 9% from recent a multiyear high. The amusement park operator,...
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Marchex Announces 1M Share Increase to Share Repurchase Program
Monday, May 14, 2012 - 8:33am | 84Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 1 million share increase to the company's ongoing share repurchase program. This increase is in addition to the approximately 1 million share authorization that was remaining under the program as of May 11, 2012...
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Honda, Movado and Others Analysts Are Bullish On
Monday, May 14, 2012 - 6:41am | 1003Here is a quick look some dividend payers in the consumer goods sector that have a consensus recommendation of analysts of Strong Buy. The world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD), has seen its share price rise almost 31% in the past half year, despite pulling back a bit in the...
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A Peek Into The Market Before The Trading Starts
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 7:31am | 375Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower this morning. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 86 points to 12,781.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 11.50 points to 1,347.00. Nasdaq 100 futures declined 22.50 points to 2,600.25. A Peek Into Global Markets European markets...
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Liquidity Services to Acquire GoIndustry DoveBid for $31M
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 6:56am | 101Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: LQDT) which provides leading corporations, public sector agencies and buying customers the world's most transparent, innovative and effective online marketplaces and integrated services for surplus assets, today announced it has agreed to acquire GoIndustry DoveBid...