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CoreLogic Home Price Index Continues Climbing

Home prices rose 10.5% in March, compared with the same month a year ago, the largest monthly increase since March 2006, according to research firm CoreLogic Inc. (NYSE: CLGX). The firm had previously forecast…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

DirecTV Takes Aim at New High After Earnings Report

thinkstockDirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The satellite TV provider posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.43 on revenues of $7.58 billion. In the same period…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Solar Panels and Hackers: The West Gangs Up on China

ThinkstockThe world has started to gang up on China. America’s Defense Department published a report as part of its Annual Report to Congress. In “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Softbank Founder to Visit Sprint Shareholders

ThinkstockSoftbank is worried enough about the counter bid made by Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) that its founder and chief will visit the United States. It is a trip he…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Global Stock Markets Hit Five-Year Highs

ThinkstockStock markets around the world reached five-year highs. In other words, they are back to where they were before the terrible recession. The difference between now and 2007 is that the world was in an economic…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Will Cialis and Levitra Sell Online?

ThinkstockNow that Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has started to sell Viagra online at Viagra.com, can Cialis.com and Levitra.com be far behind? These two other drugs face the same black market trouble Viagra does. Pfizer…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

The Japan Stock Market Rally Cannot Be Sustained

ThinkstockThe Nikkei moved above 14,000. That is still below its 2008 high but is nearly the kind of top set recently by the Dow and Nasdaq indexes. The two American measurements are much more likely to…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Thirteen Stocks Expected to Rise 40% to 100% — or More

Investors and traders alike always seem to be on the lookout for new speculative investment ideas that can generate massive long-term or short-term gains. While investors get to see many Buy ratings and some…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

Microsoft’s New Windows 8 Can Be Competing Mobile OS

courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to release a major upgrade of Windows 8 to help weak sales. At the same time, analysts say that telecom providers want to find one or more…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

What Is Important in the Financial World

Wikimedia CommonsWest Lashes Out at China The world has started to gang up on China. America’s Defense Department published a report as part of its Annual Report to Congress. In “Military and Security Developments…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

ThinkstockThe U.S. government accuses China of stealing military secrets. (Reuters) Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to upgrade Windows 8 to boost sales. (Reuters) New York state will file charges against Bank of America Corp.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago