By Douglas A. McIntyre There is a new product on the home page of Amazon.com (NYSE:AMZN). PC users can now download a free version of Kindle software which allows Kindle ... Read Full Story »
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) may actually hit that $500 million first week target after all. The company has announced this morning that since the 12:00 launch on Tuesday that ... Read Full Story »
By John Tamny of Forbes "For one particular car produced by an American manufacturer, for example, 30 percent of the car's value is due to assembly in Korea, 17.5 percent ... Read Full Story »
These are this Thursday's top early analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls which may be moving shares of the underlying stocks: Brocade Communications (NASDAQ: BRCD) Cut ... Read Full Story »
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) beat Wall St. expectations for earnings and revenue. Perhaps more important, it indicated that the fourth quarter would be OK. The Christmas retail season just began to look ... Read Full Story »
Bill Gates is one of the richest men in the world and the founder of one of the most successful companies ever created. That means that the media hangs on ... Read Full Story »
The International Energy Agency not only raised its forecast for oil demand this year but also said that rising oil prices could cut off the global economic recovery. According to the ... Read Full Story »
Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) can be added to the long list of American companies that made a profit in the last quarter and then fired a significant part of their workforces. It is a ... Read Full Story »
Foreclosure rates may have leveled off, but it would be a mistake to count on that being a long-term trend. New data from RealtyTrac shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled foreclosure ... Read Full Story »
Toyota (NYSE:TM) did not keep its top spot as the world's largest car company for very long. It held the crown for about a year. Industry statistics show the new VW-Porsche ... Read Full Story »
Reuters: China is the key stop on Obama's tour of Asia. Reuters: South Korea's businesses may start to feel more pressure from China competitors.. Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) bought 3Com (NYSE:COM) ... Read Full Story »
Markets in Asia were moderately lower. The Nikkei fell .7% to 9,804. Honda (NYSE:HMC) rose. The Hang Seng fell 1% to 22,402. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) dropped. The Shanghai Composite fell .1% ... Read Full Story »