Beyond 1,700 on the S&P 500: 2,000, Then Over 2,500
The bull market is alive and well, and the S&P 500 recently broke 1,700 for the first time ever. So, what happens now that stocks have rallied and rallied as fears of an end…
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Newest first · Page 162Moto X Trapped Between Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy
courtesy of SamsungThe new Motorola Moto X, made by the division of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), may be the best smartphone ever made — the best in the universe. But in the great sea of…
AT&T Wins J.D. Power Crown for Customer Care
Wikimedia CommonsSome consumers make purchase decisions based on independent research. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) needs to hope that is so. AT&T is the winner of the recently completed “J.D. Power 2013 U.S. Wireless Customer Care…
Toyota Posts Spectacular Results Following Ford and GM Earnings
courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp.General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) each posted earnings above Wall Street expectations last week. The numbers were another sign the car industry, so badly…
Martha Stewart Stock Should Collapse with Negative J.C. Penney Ruling
ThinkstockShares of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) have fallen 65% in five years, as the company has lost money each of those years. Most of that drop has been because the public…
AIG Strong Earnings Dwarfed by Dividend and Stock Buyback Surprise
ThinkstockAmerican International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) may have been considered “public enemy number one” during and after the financial crisis, but that was then and this is now. The company has removed the U.S.…
LinkedIn Joins In on the Social Media Earnings Mojo
Earnings expectations for LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) were high after a positive earnings and mobile trends report from Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) as its rival social network, but the Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) gains…
Closing Bell for Thursday on Wall Street: Markets Open Higher; New Highs Abound
August 1, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as PMI readings in Europe bounced generally higher and China’s PMI improved slightly to remain positive. In the U.K., the Bank of England made…
Exxon Mobil Stock Price Drop After Earnings Should Be Considered a Victory
ThinkstockExxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) posted nothing short of a seriously dismal earnings report. By now we all know that sending oil to $100, $120 or $140 does not translate automatically to higher earnings…
Nine Cities Running Out of Water
ThinkstockSevere drought continues to threaten the water supply of large parts of the Western U.S. According to a group that monitors drought conditions, Lubbock, Texas has averaged the worst level of drought since the…
Payroll to Population Employment Rate Flat in July: Gallup
ThinkstockIn a tracking survey that estimates the percentage of the U.S. population employed at least 30 hours a week, Gallup reports that the Payroll to Population (P2P) employment rate remained essentially flat, down just…
July Car Sales Rise Year-over-Year; Slide Compared with June Sales
ThinkstockAutomakers reported July sales throughout the day today, and while sales month-over-month declined, sales compared with July of 2012 came in significantly higher for most automakers. For the full year, the seasonally adjusted annual…
Android Dominates Global Smartphone Shipments
courtesy of Google Inc.The Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is cementing its spot at the top of the heap of smartphone operating systems. At the end of the second quarter, Android…
Billions in Uralkali Losses, Still Billions More at Risk
thinkstockIf you are in America and were quizzed about the word “Uralkali,” you might guess it was in Russia, if you saw the word. Chances are high, though, that if you heard the word…
June New Construction Spending Slightly Lower Following May Revision
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau reported this morning that construction spending in June dropped by 0.6% to an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of $883.9 billion from an upwardly revised estimate of $889.4 billion in…