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Tableau Software Celebrates Public Debut as “DATA” on the New York Stock Exchange Tableau Software, Inc., a provider of business analytics software, opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “DATA” after its initial public offering. The company’s stock opened on the NYSE at $47, up 52% from […]

This week’s hurdle proved more resilient, the FTSE100 index struggling to gain traction above 6,700, but we have made much progress. The move up from 6,600 was faster than expected, however, limited gains above 6710/15 for much of the week, all the while with support just 45pts below, suggests we may have had the sideways […]

The loonie has had a very bullish day, driven by weak economic data in Canada that were released during the day. The loonie rose to 1.0300 psychological level, finding strong resistance there, after having formed a lower high pattern below 1.0200 level. Now, the USDCAD has an important challenge is to try to break the […]

Michael Dell’s message on the Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) website begins with these words:  “Successful, innovative companies tend to aspire to a greater purpose that goes beyond the bottom line.”  If there were ever a time to test how much he really believes that, it is now. The boardroom discussions must be increasingly more intense at Dell […]

High in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, in the quiet community of Lenoir, North Carolina sits a sprawling facility shrouded in mystery.  Lenoir used to be home to the most well-known scions of furniture manufacturing in the United States, but those factories and jobs have all been moved to China.  The most notable […]

E-commerce sales grew more than 30 percent compared to 2012. Wal-Mart Stores has reported financial results for the first quarter ended April 30, 2013, with Q1 net sales of $113.4 billion, an increase of 1.0 percent over last year. Net sales last year benefited by 1.0 percent from the extra day due to leap year. […]

“There’s nothing more important to us at Bloomberg than communicating openly and honestly about our company.” ~ Dan Doctoroff, President and CEO of Bloomberg LP, 13 May 2013. Whether it started a month ago or  whether it has “taken place in the newsroom for decades,” it is now a matter of public record.   Not […]

Cyan Celebrates Initial Public Offering and First Day of Trading on the New York Stock Exchange Petaluma, Cailf.-based Cyan, a global supplier of software defined networking (SDN) solutions, opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CYNI” after its initial public offering. Barclays is the Designated Market Maker (DMM) […]

Began trading on May 9 Research Triangle Parkbased Quintiles, a leading global provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services, visited the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the company’s initial public offering. Quintiles began trading on the NYSE on Thursday, May 9, under the ticker symbol “Q”. Barclays is the Designated Market Maker (DMM) […]

Plans to sell 30om GM shares The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced the next step in its plan to sell its approximately 241.7 million remaining shares of General Motors (GM) common stock with the initiation of a second pre-defined written trading plan. “TARP’s emergency support to GM during the financial crisis was necessary […]