Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) may have mislead the press and investors about repaying government loans when it claimed that: [I]t has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the Department of Energy in 2010. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, today’s wire of almost half a billion […] Read Full Story »
The U.S. Census Bureau this morning released data on new single-family home sales for April. Sales rose 2.3% month-over-month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000, from an upwardly ... Read Full Story »
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported this morning that U.S. home prices rose 1.9% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013. Compared to the first quarter of 2012, the ... Read Full Story »
Before markets opened this morning, specialty retailer rue21 Inc. (NASDAQ: RUE) and private equity firm Apax Partners announced that they had reached a definitive agreement under which funds controlled by ... Read Full Story »
Weekly jobless claims data have been released by the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics and may offer at least some support for a very weak equity market this ... Read Full Story »
Ralph Lauren Corp. (NYSE: RL) reported fourth-quarter and fiscal-year 2013 company earnings before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the apparel company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) ... Read Full Story »
Last year was a good year for oil and gas stocks, but unless a company had a refining and marketing operation, it was not a great year. Share prices rose ... Read Full Story »
Investors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms. What investors often do not get to see is when analyst downgrade stocks to sell ... Read Full Story »
The world of biotech investing is always a difficult one. Often a binary event, such as U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval or a life-saving capital raise, is the ... Read Full Story »
Investors and traders seem to be constantly looking for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each ... Read Full Story »
The consumer is the key to the economy improving. The consumer is also the key for revenue growth and success for the major U.S retail REITs. The International Council of ... Read Full Story »
Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The discount retailer posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.59 on revenues of $1.87 billion. ... Read Full Story »
The news about Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (NYSE: HPQ) earnings may have been better than expected, but they cannot compare nearly to PC maker rival Lenovo. For some reason it has managed ... Read Full Story »
Consumer Reports released its new ratings of the best and worst airlines. Virgin America was at the top of the list. Spirit Airlines Inc. (NASDAQ: SAVE) was at the bottom. ... Read Full Story »
The Samsung Galaxy S4, often considered the only real rival to the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5, may be posting sales that are even more impressive that the iPhone's. ... Read Full Story »
Lenovo Earnings The news about Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (NYSE: HPQ) earnings may have been better than expected, but they cannot compare nearly to PC maker rival Lenovo. For some reason it ... Read Full Story »