Month: March 2013

Yelp is like having local taxi drivers show you around the city and point out all the places you should avoid at all costs. When you first start the app, a familiar metro tile screen greets you with nine options ranging from "Nearby" to "Feed." Yelp's utility comes not in its strong app design, but…

Yelp is like having local taxi drivers show you around the city and point out all the places you should avoid at all costs. When you first start the app, a familiar metro tile screen greets you with nine options ranging from "Nearby" to "Feed." Yelp's utility comes not in its strong app design, but…

Yelp, Inc. ( YELP ) operates a social networking website that allows users to rate and review different places. The company's journey so far has been inconsistent. Even though Yelp has managed a steady rise in its revenue, the costs of its operations have also risen significantly, and this has weakened its overall financial performance.…

RBC Capital analysts initiated coverage on Yelp (NYSE:YELP) shares in a research report that was issued to clients and investors on Friday. The firm have given the stock a “sector perform” rating, and various other analysts also recently weighed in on YELP. JMP Securities initiated coverage on the company’s shares of Yelp in a research note…

Much like chocolate and peanut butter, Mork and Mindy, Jack and Coke, certain things just belong together. Which is why it's about time that the following forces unite to illuminate mankind and existence: "Yelp reviews" and "life." That's right! Why should Yelp reviews be limited to helping us praise or degrade restaurants and laundromats? Why…

CHICAGO, March 22, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include SuperMedia Inc. (Nasdaq:SPMD), Dex One Corporation (NYSE:DEXO), Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG), Yelp, Inc.…

advertisement Mark Massirio runs his auto body shop like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather before him.  The business owner makes a living painting and repairing vehicles in Middletown. "We have a good reputation here," Massirio said. But if you see the review of Connecticut Collision Center on Yelp.com, you may not be getting the full…

Gavin Newsom's message resonates with Republicans. California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom explains how technology can make government better. Fortune: You call Citizenville, your new book, an attempt to "radically rethink the relationship between citizens and government." Newsom: My sense of government today is that we're treated as subjects, not citizens -- that things are done…