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Articles by Denis Hurley, WealthLift Finance Columnist
“Don’t be evil” is Google’s informal corporate motto. Yet, massive and dominant corporations find it difficult to escape being labeled “evil” at some point or another. As Google moves swiftly into markets adjacent to its core search advertising business (here’s our report on Google Fiber), the tech giant risks...
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In its 2012 fiscal year ended February 2012, Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) became the first open-source software company to report over $1 billion in revenue. The milestone caps years of consistent revenue and income growth and is both a strong indication that an open-source software business model can be lucrative and that Linux products can...
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LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) is not Facebook (NASDAQ: FB); and investors should be thankful. LinkedIn, which has emerged as the foremost professional network in the United States, boasts a far more stable and diversified business model, combined with the promise of supercharging users’ professional networks. In similar fashion to...
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Few, if any, long-term Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) shareholders would express satisfaction with the company’s share price performance over the last twelve months. Shares of NFLX touched a new 52-week low of $60.70 on June 1, 2012, capping an ignominious 80% slide from just over $300 in July 2011. Yet shareholders and prospective...
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With a market capitalization of $9.5 billion, Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) is not the largest natural gas producer in the United States, though it might be the most aggressive. Long-term investors are excited about CHK’s unconventional exploration methods, whether its the company’s shale deposits, geopressurized gas,...
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