ThinkstockThe current state of the global economy often is referred to now as the New Normal — a period of almost painfully slow if predictable economic progress. How long this will last remains at the…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsBDO USA has released its 2013 BDO IPO Halftime Report, signaling that the market for initial public offerings should remain strong. Some 64% of the 100 capital markets executives surveyed at…
ThinkstockSaying that coal company management has focused on the right levers — lengthening debt maturities, slashing discretionary capital spending, reducing marginal production, driving productivity and cost performance — Sterne Agee this morning said it…
ThinkstockShip Finance International Ltd. (NYSE: SFL) is seeing shares take it on the chin on Tuesday morning after news that the company is planning to sell some 8 million shares in a secondary offering.…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported this morning that new housing starts in May rose to an annual seasonally adjusted rate of 914,000, an increase of 6.8%…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department already released its reading for wholesale prices via the Producer Price Index for May, and now we have the retail inflation data coming via the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Headline…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. They include Intuitive Surgical, Palo Alto Networks and T-Mobile US.
ThinkstockLike many firms on Wall Street, technology is a major theme for the balance of the year. Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) launched its “tech enduring eight” basket of stocks to buy earlier this year,…
The research team at UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) has released what Wall Street calls a Q-GARP list, which is simply “quality growth at a reasonable price.” Most investors will know this by GARP, growth at…
ThinkstockIt seems that investors suddenly have grown to dislike dividend-paying stocks, if you have been watching many of the riskier, high-dividend and high-payout sectors while interest rates have been on the rise. The notion…
ThinkstockQuintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. (NYSE: Q) has seen its so-called analyst quiet period come to an end. The company’s IPO was close to $950 million, which had been an upsized offering at $40.00 per…
Courtesy Boeing Co.Early this morning, Airbus, the aircraft-making division of European Aeronautics Defence and Space Co. (EADS), signed a deal to supply European airlines easyJet with 135 of the company’s A320 and A320neo single-aisle…
courtesy Deere & Co.Few things are more tied to a company’s identity than its logo. Who isn’t familiar with Nike’s swoosh or McDonald’s golden arches? A good logo helps consumers recognize brands instantly and…
ThinkstockA statement from the G8 conference said that while the global economy may be in the midst of a recovery, there remain a number of trap doors that could open and swallow the progress.…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Optimal Inc. has released a new study about brand leadership numbers between Twitter and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). The data show the massive lead the world’s largest social network has in…