Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) is going through a major identify change, as the market for selling books at large company-owned stores continues to dwindle, which has much to do with the rise of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) . In the process, Barnes & Noble has unsuccessfully attempted to sell tablets, and now it sees the sale of college textbooks as a classic secular business that can drive long-term value for shareholders. Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) net profit margin is -3.60% and weekly performance is 0.85%. On last trading day company shares ended up $16.65. Analysts mean target price for the company is $19.00. Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -10.52%.
Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) announced Gnome, a new tablet-based platform that will provide sophisticated tools to local merchants to run their businesses more effectively and understand their customers better. The tablet will let merchants instantly recognize their Groupon customers as they enter their business, seamlessly redeem Groupons and save time and money with a simple point of-sale system and credit card payment processing service. Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) shares advanced 0.67% in last trading session and ended the day on $6.05. GRPN gross Margin is 55.30% and its return on assets is -6.30%.Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) quarterly performance is -41.03%.
Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) Japan Corp. (4689) surged in Tokyo trading after canceling plans to acquire eAccess Ltd. from SoftBank Corp. (9984) to focus on developing services as part of a strategy to expand into mobile. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) shares moved up 1.44% in last trading session and was closed at $33.89, while trading in range of $33.28 – $33.99. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) year to date (YTD) performance is -16.20%.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) SVP Andrew Jassy sold 3,395 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $295.89, for a total transaction of $1,004,546.55. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 45,398 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,432,814. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) ended the last trading day at $296.76. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 2.32% and price to cash ratio as 15.76.Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) showed a negative weekly performance of -2.02%.
Japan’s NEC Corporation (OTCMKTS:NIPNF) has completed the acquisition of A123 Energy Solutions, a utility-scale energy storage systems and battery provider from China’s Wanxiang Group. On last trading day company shares ended up $2.65.
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