If you have itchy feet and want to find fun countries to research, the best travel destination for you would be one of our 15 most fun, exciting countries in the world! When you have been bitten by travel bug it is hard to keep still, isn’t it? So many countries to visit, and so little time! Admit it, travel is your thing, and you’re getting excited at the very thought of booking an airplane ticket. Or a bus ticket. Or a train ticket. Never mind, as long as you keep traveling! Why do people indulge traveling so much? There are several good reasons for…
Author: Lisa Bowe
When you start looking for best places to live when you are over 50 years old or best place to grow old, we are pretty positive what you actually have in mind is your health, so here are the cities with best healthcare for seniors and people over 50 years old. Now, it doesn’t sound as bad as it seems. You are just being cauitious because for a fact, you’re not geting any younger. That’s just the way life goes. No one likes growing old, except for maybe Ted Mosby in How I Met Your Mother. You’ve been running the rat…
Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) Growth trajectory goes without saying, has been impressive after increasing its production estimates from approximately 20,000 vehicles last year to this year’s 35,000.Last year, Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE:DB)’s analyst, Dan Galves, had a price target of $160 on Tesla, as he said during an interview on CNBC. The company has surpassed this target and is now trading at the mid $250 mark. The growth trajectory that Tesla has shown continues to be the most-attractive feature when compared to its rival General Motors Company (NYSE:GM). Galves had highlighted back in 2013 in an interview on CNBC that…
In an interview with CNBC’s Jon Fortt, John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), speaks about the recently announced partnership between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and the relative effects of the same on BlackBerry. Speaking on his recent comment, in which Chen termed the partnership to be similar to a situation when “two elephants start dancing,” the CEO said, “Well obviously, I meant the elephant is clumsy and big…and we certainly are not the grass (on which the elephants are dancing), so you know, we might be yet another animal of some sorts. I prefer…
In a discussion with Fox Business, Jonas Max Ferris, the co-founder of MAXfunds.com, Jim Lacamp, Senior V.P. of Macro Portfolio Wealth Management, and Ashley Pratte, from Young America’s Foundation, spoke about Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), its recent stock price climb and its star CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. According to Ferris, Zuckerberg deserves the attention he is getting, especially because the stock has been moving up, and the acquisitions that Zuckerberg spearheaded are also looking positive. But at the same time, Ferris pointed out that Zuckerberg is not as important a figure as Steve Jobs or Bill Gates for the technology world. “Its…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will be reporting their quarterly earnings today. Scott Kessler, Information Technology Group Director and Senior Equity Analyst at S&P Capital IQ, discussed Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) ahead of the group’s results on CNBC’s Earnings Central. Kessler forecasts that the group may post $1.18 in EPS and $38 billion in revenues this quarter and projected a 4% revenue growth, owing to iPad challenges. “While there is no question that folks are very interested in what Apple delivers for the June quarter, the reality is that people are buying and holding the stock at this point because they are excited about…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and GN Resound teamed up to launch the world’s first hearing aid that is specifically made for the iPhone. CEO of GN Resound Lars Viksmoen was on CNBC talking about this breakthrough development. According to Viksmoen, this partnership with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has led to the first hearing aid being designed this way, without the use of an intermediary body needed to stream information from one device to another. Streaming of this device is done wirelessly with Bluetooth and the sound quality is among the best. It is said that one in five persons around the world…
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) shares plunged more than 14% at Tuesday’s close and hit a record low following the expiration of the company’s post-IPO lockup period. It lost another 5% today. The company’s stock was hit after the end of the lock-up period for insiders and early investors to sell their stock. The regulatory documents reveal that the company’s more than 85% shares were in lockup at the time of its IPO. Talking to CNBC, Victor Anthony, managing director of Topeka Capital Markets, said the pullback in the Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) shares was anticipated, and there were many factors that led…
Pokertek Inc (NASDAQ:PTEK) shares were higher over 33% in recent trade after saying Multimedia Games Holding Company Inc (NASDAQ:MGAM) has agreed to buy the company for $1.35 per share compared to the $0.98 closing price of Tuesday. PTEK is trading in the upper half of the 52-week range between $0.88 and $1.50. MGAM was up nearly 13% at $30.19, in the lower half of the 52-week range between $23.00 and $40.15. Pokertek designs and makes electronic table games and related products for casinos, cruise liners and card clubs. Multimedia Games makes systems, content and electronic gaming units for Native American and commercial casinos.…
NQ Mobile Inc (ADR)(NYSE:NQ) shares climbed in Wednesday’s pre-market session, after the provider of mobile Internet services said a team of independent investigators formed in October has thus far found no evidence that the company engaged in fraudulent conduct including short selling that was alleged by the Muddy Waters research firm. The investigation, under way for six months, is nearly complete. “Based on the results thus far, the company continues to believe that the allegations by Muddy Waters lack merit, and the company therefore does not anticipate any changes to its previously reported financial results,” the company said Wednesday. NQ was…
Viad Corp(NYSE:VVI) shares were higher nearly 8% in recent trade after reporting Q1 earnings and sales, as well as Q2 EPS guidance, all of which exceeded the consensus. VVI is trading near the mid-point of the 52-week range between $21.89 and $28.97. The provider of exhibition, events, travel and recreation services said its Q1 earnings excluding items was $0.36 per share, down from $0.44 the year earlier but exceeding the $0.33 average estimate from analysts polled by Capital IQ. Sales were near flat at $285.6 million from 285.2 million a year ago and topped the $281 million consensus estimate. On a…
Barracuda Networks Barracuda Networks Inc(NYSE:CUDA) is higher in late trading after the company reported financial results for Q4, or the quarter ended 2014, that topped analysts’ expectations, and provided guidance for fiscal 2014. Shares are up in the after hours session. The security and storage solutions company reported Q4 earnings of $0.06 per share, compared with the prior-year period’s $0.07 per share. Revenue was $60.3 million, up 14.9% from $52.47 million in the same quarter last year. Analysts polled by Capital IQ were expecting EPS of $0.01 on revenues of $59.67 million. The company said that for the quarter, gross billings grew…