Wages worldwide have stagnated and consumer spending has been pressured by rising commodities prices. People may not be able to afford to buy cars and houses. It turns out, however, ... Read Full Story »
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will launch a cloud version of Office to compete with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). (Reuters) Oil fell on Greek debt concerns. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) said its protected ... Read Full Story »
We have several key companies reporting earnings this coming week. While most will not be DJIA-moving stocks, there can have a large sector impact or can be volatile around earnings. ... Read Full Story »
If the great magician Harry Houdini were alive today, the one thing he could never escape from would be inflation. It affects the rich and the poor -- though of ... Read Full Story »
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. AMERCO Inc. (NASDAQ: UHAL) Raised to Outperform as Bull of ... Read Full Story »
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ... Read Full Story »
Not many things test a brand's strength more than a price increase. Nike (NYSE: NKE) said it will increase what it charges for most products by 5.2% because of rising ... Read Full Story »
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) cut 5% of the employees in its trading operation (Reuters) Congress added another stop gap budget bill to take the federal government's funding through April ... Read Full Story »
Earnings season is over for the most part. Next week we will have a few key earnings from a few players. While none are likely market-moving events, these can still ... Read Full Story »
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on December 31, 2010 and the changes were extreme due to a unit ... Read Full Story »
Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA) is not seeing a Halo-effect from its latest athlete endorsement. CNBC has reported that Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton of Auburn has signed an endorsement ... Read Full Story »
On its second-quarter earnings report, Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) posted EPS of $0.94 on revenue of $4.84 billion. Both numbers exceeded expectations -- analysts were expecting EPS of $0.88 on ... Read Full Story »
We have many stocks moving this Wednesday morning despite an exodus of traders during the shortened holiday week. The top stocks to watch for active traders and day traders are ... Read Full Story »
These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Raised to Market Perform at FBR. Exelon ... Read Full Story »
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on September 30, 2010 and the changes continue be much more extreme than ... Read Full Story »