courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in June 2013, Samsung Electronics closed the market share gap slightly between itself and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the U.S. market. Compared with market share…
ThinkstockWindstream Corp. (NASDAQ: WIN) has done it yet again. The advanced network communications provider has announced that its $0.25 quarterly dividend will be paid out on its common stock. Normally we would not care about…
courtesy of McDonald'sLast week, workers at McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) stores walked out, demanding that the company raise workers’ wages to $15 an hour. We suggested that the demand has little chance of being…
ThinkstockThe days of Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FMCC) could soon be history. President Obama is now on board with an orderly winding down of these institutions. What…
ThinkstockGlobal X Funds has just launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that brings exposure to master limited partnerships (MLPs) and to midstream energy infrastructure companies. The Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (NYSEMKT:…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories decreased by 1.3 million barrels last week, maintaining a total U.S. commercial crude inventory to 363.3…
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsAfter markets close today, two Elon Musk companies, Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY) are scheduled to report earnings. Both companies have seen impressive stock price appreciation…
ThinkstockThis should sound familiar to you: “We are tying shot-term interest rates to the unemployment rate.” This is a message you have heard from Ben Bernanke and the U.S. Federal Reserve for some time…
ThinkstockFor the second time in as many weeks, key commodities companies have been slapped with lawsuits alleging that the two banks boosted aluminum prices by manipulating warehouse stockpiles. Today’s lawsuit in Florida names Glencore…
ThinkstockYuMe Inc. (NYSE: YUME) is supposed to be in a hot space for digital video brand advertising solutions, but its initial public offering (IPO) is coming with some mixed fanfare. YuMe sold some 5,125,000…
Last month when Nokia agreed to acquire the other half of its joint venture, Nokia Siemens Networks, from Siemens for $2.2 billion, we wondered what in the world the Finnish mobile phone maker could…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia Commons24/7 Wall St. has identified many of the key stocks on the move for day traders and active traders. We have included a brief summary of the news causing the…
ThinkstockIn a secular bull market rally, sectors tend to go up and down on a favorable basis as they become either overbought or just lose momentum. The Institutional Portfolio team at Oppenheimer highlighted that…
These are the top analyst upgrades and stocks to buy for August 7, 2013, including Baxter, Finisar, Vodafone, Yum! Brands and more.
These are the top analyst downgrades, cautious research notes and stocks to sell from Wall Street for Wednesday, August 7, 2013. They include CVS Caremark, DaVita Healthcare, Zillow and Marathon Oil.