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 fell from 44.5% in April to 43.9%…
thinkstockStreaming video service Hulu is owned by a consortium that includes Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) and Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA). This is not the first time that the co-owners…
ThinkstockAre there any jobs in Greece? If so, there are plenty of applicants, or at least bodies, that can apply. A report on Thursday showed that the March unemployment rate rose yet again to…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department is out with its weekly jobless claims report, the last real employment data ahead of Friday’s key unemployment and payrolls report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics…
These are the top analyst downgrades, cautious research notes and stocks to sell from Wall Street for Thursday, June 6, 2013. They include Barnes & Noble, Vera Bradley and Coldwater Creek.
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ThinkstockThe technology analyst team at UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) firmly believes that the U.S. technology stocks are cheap and should be bought. They point out that these stocks to buy are trading at an unjustified…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Shares of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) are getting a boost in premarket trading this morning following initiation of coverage by Sterne Agee with a Buy recommendation and a…
ThinkstockThe European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BOE) have both voted to leave their key short-term rates flat at 0.50%. Despite the notion that Europe is still teetering on or in…
ThinkstockAs the pharmaceuticals industry looks toward restructuring and separation of undervalued assets, Jefferies analysts have prepared a highly proprietary sum of the parts analysis for their coverage universe to find the best opportunities. They…
ThinkstockThe J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) reported fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The food processor reported quarterly adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.29 on $1.34 billion…
ThinkstockThe wild success of SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA) has apparently had a predictable effect: the Israel-based company is reported to be targeted for a buyout by PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP). If the report…
ThinkstockIn another violation of the privacy of U.S. citizens, the NSA has asked Verizon Wireless to provide it with millions of records of the phone activity of its customers. How this will help combat…
ThinkstockWill rising mortgage rates be the factor that kills the increase in real estate prices and sales. Both have risen at an astonishing trajectory, to the point of concern about a new real estate…
ThinkstockProcter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) has set a management system to identify its next chief executive officer. Former chief executive A. G. Lafley came back recently to replace embattled Robert McDonald. The company…