All the thumb-sucking champions of internet ad growth were probably cheering when they saw that online marketing revenue jumped 25% last year to $21 billion. But, that was much less than the 35% growth…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) play a cut-throat game in almost every sector the software market it enters and investors at virtualisation software company VMWare (NYSE: VMW) know that. VMW shares have gone from over $125…
Senior officials of the US Treasury have been spanning the globe to meet with heads of sovereign funds, starting with Singapore and Abu Dhabi. They want the funds to sign a Boy Scout oath…
The new CEO of Siemens (NYSE: SI) is not a very nice fellow. Depending on which press account is accurate, he is gutting the telecom equipment part his company by cutting between 3,800 and…
According to Reuters, Siemens (SI) will cut over 6,000 jobs in its telecom equipment business. Reuters writes that MBIA (MBI) is moving to help bring stability to the credit markets. Reuters reports that Visa…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell .7% to 13,825. NTT (NTT) fell 1.1% to 470000. Nissan rose 1.9% to 982. The Hang Seng rose 19% to 25,715. China Netcom (CN) rose 5.8%…
On Tuesday we’ll get to see earnings out of The RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH). The estimates for the consumer electric retailer from First Call are $0.72 EPS on $1.33 billion in revenues. Next quarter…
On Tuesday morning we’ll get to see earnings out of Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT). The estimates for the food and merchandise discount store giant from First Call are $1.22 EPS on $20 billion in…
On Tuesday morning we’ll get to see earnings out of Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE: M). The estimates from First Call are $1.60 EPS on $8.62 billion in revenues. Next quarter estimates are $0.04 EPS and…
Jim Cramer came back from vacation and on CNBC’s MAD MONEY, he slammed Congress for taking more than a year now for holding up the Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio…
USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) is one of more widely followed stocks that is in the group of companies et to benefit from the coming nuclear power surge in the coming years. There is just…
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMEX) has taken over a shipwreck site and it will pay out a 15% post-expense royalty for future findings. It was named the sole plaintiff in the in the…
Tri-Artisan Acquisition Corp. has filed to come public via IPO. It lists some 25 million units, with each unit being one share of common stock at $10.00 and an equal number of warrants with…
Maybe a day makes all the difference world, at least with a hi-beta stock like LDK Solar Co. (NYSE: LDK) after a more than 50% haircut. LDK Solar posted earnings of $0.44 EPS on…
Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN) posted $0.92 EPS on revenues of $2.51 Billion. First Call had targets set at $0.88 EPS on $2.53 Billion revenues. For the first quarter of 2008, Nordstrom projected same-store sales…