Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported first quarter 2013 results after markets closed today. The online retailer posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.18 and revenues of $16.07 billion. In the first quarter…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a report on U.S. unemployment that was better than analysts expected (more coverage here). There were literally hundreds of U.S. companies reporting earnings between last night’s…
courtesy of YouTubeVarious sites owned by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), including YouTube, drew nearly 154 million unique viewers in March. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) clocked in with nearly 64 million unique viewers in March,…
ThinkstockThe big difference between first-quarter earnings at Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) and Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) is investors’ reaction. Supervalu posted an adjusted loss of $0.14 a share yesterday on lower revenues and shares…
Wikimedia CommonsWe have now seen three Dow Jones Industrial Average components raise their dividend payouts to shareholders this week. The third is Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), which has just declared an increase in…
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 30 billion cubic feet last week, with the expected range for a build of between 27 and 31 billion…
ThinkstockThe highest paid person at Martha Stewart Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) is — surprise! — Martha Stewart. Her base salary for 2012 was $2 million, and her total compensation for the year was $5.46…
Wikimedia CommonsGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has lowered targets and bashing objectives on many things. Today it is Europe, which follows the firm’s somewhat worrisome downgrade of copper expectations, and comes after hammering…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of April 15: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT), MEMC…
ThinkstockWe recently began tracking short interest in the publicly traded companies that either make 3D printing systems or provide design and other services using the machines. As of April 15, short interest has risen…
Wikimedia CommonsOil and gas supermajor Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) reported first-quarter 2013 estimated results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, Exxon posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.12 on revenues…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department is out with its report on weekly jobless claims. Thursday’s reading amounted to a good change from the prior week, as the weekly claims fell by…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, April 25, 2013. They include Apple, Intuit, MetroPCS and Procter & Gamble.
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of April 15 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp.…
Short sellers have increased their bets against some of the defensive high-yield dividend stocks, while paring down in others. As you will see, the dividend and stock performance matter here. We evaluated the April 15…