There is one key thing that the U.S. Dollar weakness could bring about if the dollar stays where it is. If it continues its slide next year even though our interest rate futures are…
Reports are that the heated merger talks between United (UAUA) and US Air (LCC) have gone away. Both airlines are probably still talking to AMR (AMR), Continental (CAL), and any other puddle-jumper with a…
Microsoft (MSFT) has started to show-off a touch-screen function for its next version of Windows. That would allow a PC to function sort of like an Apple (AAPL) iPhone, as The Wall Street Journal…
GE (GE) plans to cut its water consumption across the company by 20% between now and 2012. According to Bloomberg "In addition to the first-ever water reduction pledge, Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE also said it…
Short sellers moved out of Microsoft (MSFT) based on data as of May 15 compared with numbers on April 20. Short interest in the software company fell by 25 million shares to 73.4 million.…
According to Reuters, merger talks between United (UAUA) and US Air (LCC) has slowed. Retuers writes that NetFlix (NFLX) and Blockbuster (BBI) held competing analysts meetings on the same day. Reuters reports that GE…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell 1.3% to 13,709. Nippon Oil was down 4.6% to 752. Toyota (TM) was off 1.6% to 5020. The Hang Seng fell .3% to 24,216. Cathay Pacific…
The cable company will not be the sole provider of TV set-top boxes any longer. According to MarketWatch, "Industry officials said that by eliminating the set-top box, cable companies can simplify installation and reduce…
Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) has announced a public offering of 3 million shares of common stock, and Prospect will grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 450,000 shares…
GM (GM) falls as sales appear to falter. Down to $16.87 from 52-week high of $43.20. The Colonial BancGroup (CNB) Worries about bank failures push shares down to $5.65 from 52-week high of $25.50.…
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) has slowly caught on fire over the last month. In fact, shares are now up close to 20% in the last month. We noted earlier in 2008 that John Thompson…
Sprint (S) put out promising news. Along with Clearwire (CLWR) and an investor group with big tech companies like Google (GOOG) and Intel (INTC), the wireless company will build a 4G network based on…
American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (NYSE: AEO) has been one of those great success stories for teens and twenty-somethings. Until last year and this year. For April, its same-store sales came in at +2%. This…
The case for housing and home building stocks may be this simple. When smart money comes into the industry, the bottom should be near. Unless smart money has an idiot fringe, an outpost of…
Wall St. could read the headlines one-by-one or taken together. Together, it was not a terribly good day. Consumer confidence plunged unexpectedly to its lowest in 16 years in May. According to Reuters "The…