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User trends, limited catalysts and valuation concerns triggered a downgrade of Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) by Macquarie on Wednesday.  The Analyst Macquarie analyst Benjamin Schachter downgraded Twitter from Outperform to Neutral with a price target lifted from $36 to $42. The...

One of cryptocurrency’s biggest selling points up to this point has been its anonymous nature, but that anonymity has given cryptos a bit of a nefarious reputation. While the cryptocurrency market has been subject to a wave of new regulations in 2018, a new report from CipherTrace indicates...

Herc Holdings Inc (NYSE: HRI) and United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) picked up a sell-side upgrade Friday on projections of higher equipment rental rates.  The Analyst Buckingham Research Group's Neil Frohnapple upgraded United Rentals and Herc Holdings from Neutral to Buy....

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is now the most popular source of TV content in the U.S., according to a Cowen study. Of those surveyed, 27.2 percent said they prefer Netflix over any other platform. It’s even more popular among those 18-34, with nearly 40 percent in the age bracket picking the...

"Fortnite" might be a free-play game, but that does not stop it from being an absolute cash cow. The viral game could be in the middle of a seminal moment in gaming, where more developers embrace a free play model to acquire a large gamer base and then eventually monetize through...

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) said Tuesday afternoon in a third-quarter preannouncment that it needs to "move faster to address the more rapidly changing preferences and needs of our customers." The coffee chain lowered its new store growth forecast. The discouraging announcement...

When ad revenue shifted away from traditional media, online media was the main beneficiary of much of the diverted revenue stream. But with insufficient returns from digital display ads, online media had to look elsewhere.  A Shift In News Consumption  Online news media now targets...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch identified seven takeaways from May Steam PC gaming data for the gaming GPU market. Analyst Vivek Arya expects the next-generation NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Volta/Turing game cards are still on track to be released by the end of 2018. Consensus analyst...

Investors should continue holding a "selective bias" on carbon and steel stocks despite an increase in 2018 and 2019 hot rolled coil steel, or HRC, estimates, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets.  The Analyst KeyBanc's Philip Gibbs downgraded Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: STLD...

Firsthand checks and carrier surveys suggest Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is seeing "stable" sales of iPhone 8 and iPhone X devices, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets.  The Analyst KeyBanc analysts John Vinh and Michael Lin commented on Apple's iPhone sales in a Monday note....

A Pew Research Center survey found that Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)'s popularity among teenagers is declining. What Happened Only 51 percent of U.S. teens aged 13-17 use Facebook, which marks a notable deterioration from 71 percent in a similar 2014-2015 survey, according to Pew...

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) shares should at the very least trade at $450 within three years — and could trade as high as $750, according to RBC Capital Markets.  The Analyst RBC Capital Markets' Mark Mahaney maintains an Outperform rating on Netflix with an unchanged $360...

Despite "tepid" iPhone demand and other concerning read-outs, there are still plenty of reasons to like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s stock, according to UBS. The Analyst UBS' Steven Milunovich maintains a Buy rating on Apple's stock with a price target lifted from $...

One of the primary concerns for Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) investors in recent years has been saturation of the global iPhone market, but one analyst said Wednesday that Apple still has plenty of emerging market opportunity.  The Analyst Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Wamsi Mohan...

Foursquare CEO Jeff Glueck has 105 million reasons why the app is much more than a social networking platform. The figure represents the number of businesses Foursquare recognizes in 170 countries, Glueck told New York Post reporter Carleton English at the 2018 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards on...