The Traderszone Network

During a treacherous first-quarter earnings season, positive reactions stand out. Shares of Activision Blizzard (ATVI) shot to a new all-time high Thursday and held gains as investors cheered its Q1 report. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based game publisher reported earnings per share of 16 cents, topping views for 7 cents. Activision Blizzard’s non-GAAP revenue came in at $703 million, breezing past views for $655.4 million.

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Four directors on the board’s governance committee received unusually low support for re-election at the bank’s annual meeting.

General Electric and Microsoft may have to work much harder to make themselves hip to younger investors these days.

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While there are those who, oblivious of the fastest collapse in US economic data on record, have pointed out that government tax receipts are rising with the implication being that the US consumer is doing quite fine thank you (and they are absolutely correct if by “consumer” they mean about 1% of the US population), what is rarely if ever discussed is that government expenditures are rising just as fast.

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EnerNOC, Inc misses expectations, but doesn’t expect to lose as much money this year.

Avago Technologies (AVGO) shot up nearly 5% Thursday as investors weighed in on the Singapore-based chipmaker’s completion of the $606 million acquisition of Emulex, announced Tuesday. Chipmakers had a good day in general. SunEdison (SUNE), a provider of semiconductor raw materials, surged more than 12% and Atmel (ATML) gained 6%. Avago led both the Nasdaq 100 as well as the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, which rose 1.1% for the day.

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Here’s a look at five foods that have come under fire for their good-for-you labeling.
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