ThinkstockIn this morning’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades from 24/7 Wall St. (released each morning), one of the top upgrades was in Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). It was an upgrade from Citigroup that caught…
ThinkstockU.S. drivers are using less gasoline than they were five years ago, due primarily to improved mileage ratings on new cars and fewer miles driven. Contributing to the lower demand for gasoline is an…
ThinkstockActive traders and more active investors looking for news lists of stocks to buy or other investing ideas often look at stocks which are very active in trading volume. Some are up big, some…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today released its data on state and regional unemployment for January. Compared with December data, unemployment rates rose in 25 states and the…
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has made several changes on its strategy team, with new outlooks in currency and index levels. The big change is in the S&P 500, although it was behind the curve…
STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE: STM) is winning while Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is losing on news that the two companies have agreed to split up their unprofitable joint venture. Some assets will be taken by each company while other…
thinkstockChina’s one-time leader in the production of solar panels has officially been notified by its trustee that the company is in default on a $541 million bond payment and that payment has been accelerated.…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.In an exclusive interview with The Australian Financial Review, BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) CEO Thorsten Heins took a swipe at Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and the venerable iOS operating system. Heins…
ThinkstockLarge companies such as Yahoo! and Best Buy recently have made headlines with new policies that prohibit working from home. This runs counter to the growing trend of more Americans telecommuting. According to a U.S.…
ThinkstockThe National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index fell by two points in March to 44. The January reading of 47 was the highest for the index since April 2006. An…
courtesy Boeing Co.Just when it seemed that Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) had reached an agreement on how to fix the battery problems with its 787 Dreamliner and get off the front pages for a…
ThinkstockI already have gone on the record that the taxation of deposits in Cyprus is nothing short of theft. Regardless of a bloated banking system that was in shambles, taking depositors’ assets under this method…
wikicommons / SkimstaWhat we are seeing is in Cyprus an instance when taxation becomes theft. When depositors place money in banks, they assume that their deposits are safe as long as the banks do…
ThinkstockThe looming risk (or likely fact) that interest rates will rise has been on the mind of investors and Wall St. analysts and pundits for quite some time. Most will concede that the Treasury…
Jon OggInvestors and traders are always looking for good research-driven ideas for stocks to buy and stocks to sell. Some of these come from independent research and some come from sell-side firms on Wall…