ThinkstockEarnings from Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) were so awful that Wall Street pushed its stock price down close to 10%. The question is whether the company can overcome the lack of attraction created…
Courtesy The Procter & Gamble Co.Old Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) chief executive A.G. Lafley will rejoin the company he used to run and replace CEO Bob McDonald. For Lafley to turn P&G around,…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has come up with a brilliant way to increase revenue in its wireless unit. Its explanation of the new fees is almost too complicated to understand.…
ThinkstockGermany Misses Recession Germany confirmed that its first-quarter gross domestic product rose only 0.1%. There was some excitement that the largest economy in Europe had dodged a recession, something its neighbors cannot claim. But…
MicrosoftProcter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) fires CEO Bob McDonald and brings back A. G. Lafley. (Reuters) Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may face antitrust investigations by the U.S. government. (Reuters) Carl Icahn may raise $7…
Sears might as well start working toward just give up on being a retailer. This is a decade-long turnaround that just cannot seem to turn around. Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) reported that its company earnings came…
ThinkstockPandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) reported first-quarter 2014 results after markets closed today. For the quarter, the Internet radio company posted an adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.10 on revenues of…
thinkstockGap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) is showing that its turnaround is keeping up momentum. The problem is that the owner of Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and Athleta is not getting aggressive on its 2013…
U.S. equity markets opened sharply lower this morning, taking a lead from Japan’s Nikkei, which fell more than 7% for the day. Japan’s government bond yields spiked until the Bank of Japan intervened. Japan-focused…
ThinkstockAffymax Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFY) has been in more than trouble. Its very future is at stake as far as investors (and speculators) are concerned. The company is restructuring, but this restructuring may be more…
NOAALast year it was Super-storm Sandy and this year we have recently had devastating weather that has hit Oklahoma in the form of one of the most devastating tornado reports on record. Now the…
Imagine not just loaning the government money for free, but at negative nominal rates. Another fresh Treasury auction of 10-year inflation-protection TIPS just went off yet again at negative interest rates. We recently saw that…
ThinkstockIn one of the longest running lobbying battles in Washington, sugar growers have once again prevailed over big food and beverage makers like Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) and The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) in…
It has been hard to ignore the rise in bond yields on the longer end of the Treasury curve in recent days. The market keeps looking for clues from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke…
ThinkstockSales of new cars in May are forecast to rise as much as 8% year-over-year in the U.S. and bounce back to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of more than 15 million new cars…