Arvind Bhatia

Facebook IPO Halo Boosts Social Media Stocks

John Paczkowski in News on May 17 at 3:03 am PT

Facebook’s imminent IPO might mint a mess of millionaires in Silicon Valley come Friday — but in the meantime, it seems to be driving wealth in a few newly public Internet companies, as well.

After Strong Quarter, Groupon Starts Looking Like a Deal Again

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 15 at 1:29 pm PT

Even though Groupon continues to carry the warning that its financial processes are weak, a handful of analysts upgraded the company to a buy rating today, and investors sent the stock climbing.

$FB Is a Buy, Analysts Say

Mike Isaac in Social on May 7 at 6:01 pm PT

The guys who study Wall Street are bullish on the social giant.

Analyst Calls Zynga an Underperformer Days Before Its IPO

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 13, 2011 at 11:43 am PT

Sterne Agee has initiated coverage of Zynga with an underperform rating before the San Francisco social games company even has a chance to go public.

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GameStop: Bulls Loyal Despite Weak Video Game Sales

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on August 14, 2009 at 4:34 pm PT

GameStop shares are showing impressive resiliency in the face of the fifth straight month of declining sales of video game hardware and software. As I noted yesterday, July data from research firm NPD Group showed a 37 percent drop in video game hardware sales, and a 26 percent drop in console and handheld hardware sales. The report comes just days ahead of GameStop’s earnings report for its fiscal second quarter ended July, which is due before the open on Thursday, August 20.