News tagged with stock information

Alleged Russian cybercriminal charged in New York court

The Justice Department announced indictments against two Russians Tuesday for allegedly hacking into computers of US financial institutions to steal credit card numbers and stock information before running up bills.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Panama REDD: Getting what you pay for

A new report by researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and Canada's McGill University identifies gaps in forest monitoring and ways to improve data collection. This will produce reliable estimates ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Put a cork in the Internet bubble talk -- for now

(AP) -- It's starting to feel like a 1999 flashback. Internet companies - some of them profitable, some not - sense a golden opportunity and are lining up to go public this year.

Technology / Business

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Two charged with huge insider trading in tech deals

A corporate attorney and a Wall Street trader used insider information to earn millions dealing in the stocks of some of the biggest tech-sector M&A deals in the past five years, the government said Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Verizon to buy Terremark for $1.4 billion

(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. said Thursday it is buying Terremark Worldwide Inc., a provider of information technology services, for $1.4 billion in cash.

Technology / Business

created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stock market model first to reproduce main properties of the real market

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early '90s, researchers have been developing simulations of financial markets with the goal to better understand market dynamics. While their models have improved since then to explain ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (22) | comments 56 | with audio podcast feature

Stock graphs can mislead: People prefer stocks with shorter runs

Can the way stock information is presented lead investors to make the wrong decisions? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that when investors use charts, they are likely to make a baseless decision about ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Herding leads to wrong decisions in the stock market

One reason for extreme fluctuations in the stock market is herding.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0