ThinkstockBack in August, Samsung announced it had begun mass production of its first 3D NAND vertical flash memory chips, a huge leap forward as many consumer products continue to look for the ability to…
ThinkstockLike other sectors of the S&P 500, the capital market stocks had a tremendous year. Capital market stocks include brokerage firms, asset managers, financial advisory firms and more. Many of the stocks took an…
Wikimedia CommonsThe largest U.S. producer of natural gas forecasts that global demand for gas will rise by about 65% by 2040 as natural gas is on track to supply 25% of global energy requirements.…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share of the Chinese smartphone market rose to 12% in October, according to technology market research firm Counterpoint. That was a leap from its 3% share in…
ThinkstockIf foreclosure rates are among the hearts of the real estate industry, then housing has gotten much stronger. Foreclosure starts hit a 95-month low in November. Overall foreclosure filings dropped 15% from October, the largest month-over-month…
MicrosoftIt is as if the Xbox One mattered to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) — at least financially. The world’s largest software company boasted it sold two million devices in 18 days. And in a…
ThinkstockIn the matter of how large the holiday sales pie will be this year, the size apparently will be small. That means retailers, both store-based and Internet-based, will need to take business from one…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsFacebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is getting the wish that many index investors have been hoping would happen. In fact, many index traders were expecting that Facebook would be added to…
ThinkstockHilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. has now formally priced its initial public offering of 117,640,624 shares of common stock at $20.00 per share. This pricing is rather fair considering that the price range was last…
ThinkstockOne of the largest initial public offerings of the year has reportedly priced at $20 a share on Wednesday night and will begin trading Thursday morning. The expected pricing range had been $18 to…
thinkstockDecember 11, 2013: Markets opened lower again on Wednesday morning on another day of relatively light trading and yet more profit-taking. The DJIA closed down 0.81%, the S&P 500 closed down 1.13%, and the…
ThinkstockBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) is under Warren Buffett and one of its biggest bets ever was the “All In Bet on America” that Buffett made when we he acquired the Burlington Northern Santa…
ThinkstockShopper traffic fell 21.6% year-over-year in the week ending December 8th according to the latest survey data from ShopperTrak released Wednesday. Sales compared with the same period a year ago were , down 2.9%.…
Wikimedia CommonsThe craze around Bitcoin has been monumental. This will either become a great alternative currency, or it will become one of the most obvious bubbles (after the fact, of course) in modern times. After…
MicrosoftIn an announcement Wednesday morning touting its sale of more than 2 million of its new Xbox One game consoles, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) said, “Demand is exceeding supply in our 13 launch markets…