ThinkstockWhile the U.S. and Asian markets have had strong starts to the 2013 trading year, global equities as a whole have faced some headwinds over the past month. Many of the struggles in the…
Chipmaker Qualcomm Corp. (NASDAQ: QCOM) said today that it is raising its quarterly dividend from $0.25 to $0.35 beginning with payments made after March 27. The company also initiated a new $5 billion share…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last night rejected an application from Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and Germany’s Bayer A.G. to extend the use of the two companies’ blood thinning drug Xarelto…
ThinkstockLondon-traded Glencore International has been making news for more than a year now for its takeover of Xstrata, a mining company of which Glencore already owns about 40%. The company is awaiting approval from…
ThinkstockThough things are looking grim in the eurozone, the United Kingdom showed signs of dodging a recession, although one month of data hardly makes a trend. Markit reports: Business activity in the UK service…
ThinkstockThe manufacturing sector of the eurozone could not be saved by the region’s largest nation by gross domestic product — Germany. Research firm Markit reports that the balance of the region has moved into…
ThinkstockChina has set the goal for its economic growth very low compared to what it has been in the past decade — only 7.5% improvement in gross domestic product. The central government of the…
Investors are always looking for new ideas. Now that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is trying to hit new highs and investors are pouring record inflows of capital into stocks, investors should remember that…
ThinkstockEuropean Recession Deepens The manufacturing sector of the eurozone could not be saved by the region’s largest nation by gross domestic product — Germany. Research firm Markit reports that the balance of the region…
ThinkstockOver one in four American households do not to have enough to survive three months if they lost their regular income. According to the latest data released by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED),…
courtesy of Apple Inc.There are not many companies that could have a 35% stock drop in six months where the CEO would not be under tremendous pressure. That includes Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.CNBC reported a rumor that a block of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JPC) stock was for sale, with the transaction represented by Deutsche Bank. The Wall Street Journal claims the…
courtesy Boeing Co.The problems with electrical systems on the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner are so severe that the plane may not fly for months. Production has backed up, and airlines almost certainly will…
ThinkstockChina will lean on consumer spending to expand its economy. (Reuters) Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) faces more lawsuits over its initial public offering. (Reuters) The White House says it believes people should be able…
ThinkstockNext week Iran and Pakistan will begin work on a $7.5 billion gas pipeline that the US has been fighting tooth and nail to stop in all manner of proxy methods. On 11 March,…