The SEC will try to make market traders less reliant on ratings agencies. (Reuters) GM (NYSE: GM) will set up a profit-sharing plan for workers. (WSJ) S&P warned Japan on its credit rating. (Reuters)…
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is finding some love after The Mouse House managed to beat earnings handily. The entertainment and media giant, and DJIA component, reported earnings for its first quarter of…
The gains of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) have yet to abate and the shares just have refused to pull back to a point to let new investors in at a cheaper price. Generally…
Shares of Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) jumped more than $5/share just before closing yesterday on a report from Bloomberg that the company may sell itself to a buyout firm. If the report pans…
A new Gallup poll says people are more optimistic than they have been in three years. Forty-one percent of Americans in January said the economy is “getting better,” up from 35% in December and…
American investors looking for Asian growth opportunities are soon to get a chance to hear “Squeal like a pig!” from China. A company called Southern China Livestock, Inc. is now closer to coming public…
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has run into a snag on its giant secondary offering. The troubled insurance giant that nearly took down the financial system before being bailed out is reportedly going…
Spring is traditionally the best season for new home builders. In 12 of the past 14 years, sales of new homes peaked in March or April. If 2011 is going to live up to…
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is about to have a lot more shares on the market, with no real benefit to the company at all. The lock-up expiration was a known event for quite some…
With the US landscape just about full of fast-food outlets, the major players are looking elsewhere for revenue and profits. Not surprisingly, the sweet spot is China, with its 1.3 billion people and booming…
All in all, then, I expect noticeably stronger growth in overall activity this year than last. If I had to write down a forecast today, it would be pretty close to 4 percent. A…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is seeing yet one more analyst upgrade ahead of Thursday’s launch of the iPhone with Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). The move is eliminating the AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) exclusivity. …
By John Tamny Conventional economists still rhapsodize over the alleged exporting benefits of devaluation even though the latter logically points to increased shipping, input and labor costs that would steal any of devaluation’s illusory…
Updated throughout the day. Keith Olbermann is on the way to Current TV (various) Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) is for sale (Reuters) A cancelled NASA rocket could be turned into a space taxi (NYT)…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Breitburn Energy Partners, LLC. (NASDAQ: BBEP), Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNXT), and Pennant Park,…