courtesy Boeing Co.Last week, Air India said it would receive compensation from the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) due to the grounding of the company’s 787 Dreamliner related to a battery problem in the plane’s…
Friday’s nonfarm payroll report is hopefully the beginning of some consistent hiring by American companies. Typically, small cap stocks derive some of the biggest benefit from an improving domestic economy, as their businesses are…
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courtesy of KFCFood safety authorities in Shanghai are investigating a meat wholesaler that supplies a Chinese restaurant chain with lamb. The Little Sheep restaurant chain is owned by Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM), and…
ThinkstockFriday’s nonfarm payroll number was a pleasant surprise. However, for real growth to return we need to consistently add 250,000 jobs per month. Our economy is sluggish at best, and corporate profit margins are…
ThinkstockWestlake Chemical Corp. (NYSE: WLK) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The maker of a variety of petrochemicals, polymers and building products posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.84 on…
courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.It looks as though Walt Disney Co.’s (NYSE: DIS) “Iron Man 3” could save the summer box office yield all by itself. Like several popular serial movie franchises, each…
Wikimedia CommonsMen, or their significant others, will be able to buy Pfizer Inc.’s (NYSE: PFE) erectile dysfunction drug Viagra online soon. Maybe the big pharmaceutical company figures it is easier to use a computer than…
ThinkstockUnemployment in Spain has been above 24% for several months, and there is nothing about the nation’s economy that will reverse that. The central government has complained that austerity is the cause, as have…
ThinkstockEarly last month, the financial worries of Americans fell to their lowest levels since 2007, a sign that higher taxes and federal government spending cuts have not dampened the belief in an overall recovery.…
S&PHas a drop in China’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) been hurt by the European Union’s recession, or has the EU recession been hurt by a drop in exports to China? No one knows, but…
Wikimedia CommonsWarren Buffett will stay away from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) bonds for the same reason many investors have shunned them. These fixed income instruments barely yield anything at all. The Apple debt issue…
ThinkstockIron Man’s Record Weekend Walt Disney Co.’s (NYSE: DIS) “Iron Man 3” could save the summer box office yield all by itself. Like several serial movie franchises, each installment tops the next. Theater owners,…
courtesy of NetflixThe HSBC services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) drops to 51.1 in April, a sign that China’s manufacturing economy is barely expanding. (Reuters) Bain and Golden Gate are close to a $6.4 billion…
courtesy of KFCEvery shareholder of Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) should have gotten a seat at the Kentucky Derby, or at least a spot next to the event’s red carpet. Yum! Brands paid the…