GM Discusses China Growth
Courtesy General Motors Co.General Motors Coo. (NYSE: GM) discussed its present situation in China and pointed to its future plans. GM has been the leading car company in China for eight years, based on…
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By International Monetary Fund , via Wikimedia CommonsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that the world’s nations must invest more money in their economies or risk a tip back in the direction of a…
The 10 Best Green Cars
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsEarth Day, observed on April 22, is a global annual celebration of the environmental movement. The day and its activities date back to 1970. The environmental push over the past four…
Market Close: Big Winners & Losers for April 19, 2013
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.(NASDAQ: VRTX) is up 61.9% at $85.60. Desarrolladora Homex (NYSE: HMX) is up 40.2% at $8.16. Novadaq Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: NVDQ) is up…
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — April 19, 2013: After a Mixed Open, Markets Climb Slowly
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as the DJIA was slammed by a number of weak earnings reports both last night and before markets opened this morning. The was no economic data out…
The Real Cost of Terrorism for Nations, Billions and Trillions
This last week was a reminder that terrorism is far from gone. The dual bombs at the Boston Marathon were followed by ricin poison letters in the Senate and the White House mail rooms…
McDonald’s: 24/7 Wall St. Company of the Week
Wikimedia CommonsIn December 2008, 24/7 Wall St. named the CEO of McDonald’s Inc. (NYSE: MCD) its CEO of the year. James Skinner, who retired as the company’s CEO last summer, was credited with converting…
Are MLP Payouts at Risk of Losing Tax Advantages?
The world of Master Limited Partnerships (or MLPs) has to go through adjustments from time to time as investors sometimes wonder about their tax consequences at a time when the government is looking for…
Fitch Downgrades U.K., Another Lost AAA Rating
ThinkstockWe have argued for years that being Triple-A rated is not what is used to be. Still, when countries lose their highly prized “AAA” rating it is worth a real look. On Friday we…
DJIA Earnings Season: Bad News Is Good News
Jon OggThe bull market had no economic announcements to propel stocks on Friday. Most earnings reports in the past 48 hours from Dow Jones Industrial Average companies have been lackluster, but investors may be…
Amazon Previews New Online TV Shows
Wikimedia CommonsAs promised, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has posted at its website the pilot episodes for 14 new programs the company is considering producing for its Amazon Prime subscribers. The 14 programs include eight…
America’s Least Free States
The gun control legislation that failed to make it through Congress earlier this week once again highlighted the ongoing debate in this country about the balance between individual freedoms and concerns over gun violence.…
SeaWorld IPO Goes Swimmingly
ThinkstockThe initial public offering (IPO) of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: SEAS) went off this morning at the high end of the $24 to $27 expected price range. The theme park operator sold 26 million…
Is Overstock.com Becoming a New Economic Indicator?
ThinkstockOverstock.com Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) had much of the same growth opportunities ahead of it as the now much larger Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). The companies even both had very colorful chief executives running them.…
Boeing to Cut Production of 747 Jumbo Jets
Courtesy of Boeing Co.While the company continues to struggle with getting its 787 Dreamliners back in the air, Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) said this morning that it will reduce its production of it jumbo…