SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a provider of IT management software, announced the purchase of N-able Technologies after the close Tuesday, resulting in shares falling sharply today and a series of analyst downgrades. N-able runs a cloud based system that monitors a IT infrastructure, maximizes IT...

During the NHL playoffs, hundreds (if not thousands) of Canadians head to America to watch their favorite teams play hockey. After getting a taste of the American lifestyle, some of them might want to stick around a while. That's where KeatsConnelly comes in. "We started in 1990 and we serve...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) new status as a dividend stock is, no pun intended, bearing fruit. At least at the new ETF level. The WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ: DGRW), which debuted today, features the iPad maker as its largest holding with a weight of 4.71 percent. Aside from...

Tight inventories of homes for sale hindered sales of existing homes in April, the National Association of Realtors reported Wednesday, but that didn't stop sales from reaching a three-year high. In April, total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family...

The National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships (NAPTP) is holding its investor conference this week. And there is more to cheer about this year, now that master limited partnerships (MLPs) are up 22.6 percent so far this year. MLPs underperformed the broader markets last year. Among the...

If you have ever worked with someone who was lazy, ineffective or just plain wrong for your company, Fox's new reality show could be right up your alley. The News Corp.-owned (NASDAQ: NWS) network is launching a new series, Does Someone Have to Go?, this Thursday at 9:00 p.m. "The concept and the...

It has been said the S&P 500's ascent to what feels like a string of never ending new highs has been a rally short on risk-taking and long on low beta fare. At the sector level, and it is sectors that lead equity markets not vice versa, there are signs risk is coming back into style....

Midway through trading Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.70 percent to 15,494.86, while the NASDAQ rose 0.48 percent to 3,518.99. The S&P was also up, gaining 0.65 percent to 1,679.98. Top Headline Target (NYSE: TGT) reported a drop in its first-quarter profit. Target's quarterly profit declined...

Courtesy of data from the International Coffee Organization, the folks over at FinancesOnline.com have put up a slick infographic with a bounty of interesting facts and figures about the coffee industry. The infographic details everything from the role of "coffee coyotes" -- middlemen who force...

Peter May, Trian Fund Management President and founding partner, calls himself a constructivist. He appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box on Wednesday to discuss a variety of things, including what being a constructivist means to him. He said that constructionists focus on the operating side of the...