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EA Making Star Wars Games for Years to Come!

starwars.comElectronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) has a better friend from an old friend in the world of video games and brands. News has broken that the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and EA have entered…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

First Solar Results No Shocker

ThinkstockFirst Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) reported first-quarter 2013 results after the markets closed today. The solar panel maker posted quarterly adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.69 on revenues of $755 million. In…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Companies That Owe Employees a Raise

courtesy of KFCWhile CEOs of companies with the strongest financial results are usually paid hundreds of millions of dollars, rank and file employees at these corporations are often less fortunate. Only a small number…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Apple Tops Exxon in Market Cap

courtesy of Apple Inc.For most of the past two years, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) held the top spot as the most valuable company in the world as measured by market cap, having wrestled the…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Google European Patent Claim Against Apple in Jeopardy

courtesy of Google Inc.The European Commission’s (EC) competition committee today issued a statement setting for its view that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) engages in anti-competitive behavior by seeking an injunction against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Oil Price Gains from Last Week Continue

ThinkstockIn the month of May so far, crude oil prices have risen nearly 2% after falling by 4% in April. In the past 30 days, the average price for a gallon of gasoline in…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Corn Brings the Death of Food Inflation

ThinkstockIf you have been paying attention to consumer prices and producer prices of late, the drop in the price of oil and other energy related items has been keeping a very tight lid on…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

Merger Changes Middle Ranks of Pipeline MLPs

ThinkstockCrestwood Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: CMLP), Inergy L.P. (NYSE: NRGY) and Inergy Midstream L.P. (NYSE: NRGM) today announced that the companies have agreed to merge in a deal that will create a pipeline master…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

As Barclays Raises Apple Price Target, Should You Care?

By Matthew YoheMatt Yohe at en.wikipedia CC-BY-3.0, from Wikimedia CommonsWall Street may have done yet another damage to its image over the coverage universe in the shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). In what…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

American Water Works Dividend Hike: Best Water Stock Again

ThinkstockAmerican Water Works Co. Inc. (NYSE: AWK) just delivered on yet another big dividend hike under its corporate governance plan for shareholders. The top water utility in America has raised the dividend paid to…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

More Good News About Jobs and Unemployment for 2013

ThinkstockLast Friday’s unemployment report managed to come in much better than anticipated. Some even may have questioned whether the computers at the Labor Department were making proper calculations and tabulations again. A new report…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

Mortgage Delinquencies, Foreclosures Fell in March

ThinkstockThe latest data from Lender Processing Services Inc. (NYSE: LPS) shows that the total U.S. mortgage loan delinquency rate has fallen from 6.8% in February to 6.59% in March, and that mortgages in foreclosure…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago