America’s core infrastructure is falling apart. Roads are sinking, bridges have collapsed, dams are old, power plants and the power grid are substandard, rail systems are ancient, the levees are ancient as are sewerage…
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be gone in a few days, or in a few months if he has his way. Economists warn that capital is fleeing the country, that trade may come to…
The storms in the US and Northern Europe and Australian flooding could combine to fuel an already rapid move up in global inflation. Tropical Cyclone Yasi has strengthened to a Category 5, which means…
BP plc (NYSE: BP) may face US charges that it manipulated gas prices. (Reuters) Roche said that regulations in the US could harms its results. (Reuters) Borders Group (NYSE: BGP) may file for bankruptcy…
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) has come out with its fourth quarter earnings. It has also hiked its dividend and accelerated its share buyback plan. The maker of communications chips reported earnings came to $266.2…
US domestic vehicle sales reached a a 27-year low in 2009 when only 10.4 million units were sold. The figure for 2005 was 16.94 million, a period of unusual prosperity. In other words, the…
Blame it in part on the weather. The major gain in same-store sales that has been seen in recent months may be coming to an end. There were several factors to blame, and Retail…
The land rush to acquire and develop shale gas deposits remains as competitive as ever. But the way that the gas is extracted threatens to put a crimp in development of shale gas resources,…
If mobile phones still did nothing but voice calls and text messaging, existing mobile networks would likely be sufficient for another 10 years or more. Smartphones that surf the web and allow users to…
NokiaStandard & Poor’s suspects that the new strategy from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), set to be announced February 11th, is not going to be enough to boost the company’s competitive position in the mobile…
FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is running higher this morning on news that Southern California Edison Company has ordered a 1.4 megawatt DFC1500 fuel cell power plant to install as a utility-owned fuel cell…
By John Tamny The food rioting over price spikes in the Middle East is the latest illusory Malthusian crack-up rooted in devaluationist dollar policy in the U.S. Though we pretend otherwise, every currency…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), China MediaExpress Holdings (NASDAQ: CCME), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ: KLIC), Orexigen…
Updated throughout the day Citigroup (NYSE: C) will pay more of its investment banker bonuses in stock (Bloomberg) Europe officials are close to a decision to allow the recently created rescue fund to buy…
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Buy at Stern Agee. Automatic Data…