courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Major retailers have not let up on offering discounts — even a little. The trend could pull in shoppers who did not exhaust their budgets on the Thanksgiving to Black Friday…
ThinkstockThe spin-off of publishing company Time Inc. by its parent, the entertainment company Time Warner Inc. (NASDAQ: TWX), will most likely be delayed until the second half of the 2014, according to two sources…
ThinkstockThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies (OPEC) has lost its mojo. Actually, it’s been disappearing for years and most people are just beginning to notice. The cartel has not controlled crude oil prices for…
courtesy of FordThe Mustang. Ford’s (NYSE: F) storied sports car, now aged, got a makeover. The publicity the new auto got was extraordinary. But, it did not help the No.2 U.S. manufacturers shares. The…
ThinkstockShares of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) tumbled nearly 12% on Friday following the announcement that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was launching an investigation into the company’s accounting practices. The…
ThinkstockYesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate had dropped to 7% for the first time in five years, based on November numbers. American employers added 203, 000 jobs. But, by…
GS.COMIt is that time of year when investors start positioning their portfolios for the year ahead. 24/7 Wall St. reviews vast numbers of research reports looking for the best stocks to buy and stocks…
What do the demographics of American’s shoppers look like, and where do they shop based on their incomes? Gallup claims it knows, Americans with annual household incomes of $75,000 or more are significantly more…
thinkstockDecember 6, 2013: Markets opened higher Friday morning after a buoyant report on U.S. jobs and employment. All three major indexes held onto the early gains, as the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.73% at…
courtesy of BaiduBaidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is likely one of the key reasons that Bitcoin has been able to rise handily and gain more adoption. After all, when the largest search engine site in…
ThinkstockCanada-based fuel cell developer Ballard Power Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BLDP) is getting a jolt on Friday after yesterday’s announcement that it had signed a non-bind agreement to develop zero-emissions, fuel cell vehicles with Netherlands-based…
thinkstockIt seems hard to believe after years of decline, but bad news out of Greece has changed to “less-bad” and then to almost good news. We previously saw that the Greek budget may have…
ThinkstockOn Tuesday this week, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Michael Froman, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), urging Froman to resist any attempt to weaken or overturn the existing U.S. law banning…
ThinkstockThe solar PV industry has risen from the almost-dead in 2013, after two years of falling prices, overproduction and government subsidy cuts. The companies that recovered the fastest were those with project pipelines for…
ThinkstockAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is finding itself in a strange spot going into 2014. It is the highest of the yields in the Dow Jones Industrial Average by far, and that makes it the…