Apple’s Weak Board
courtesy of Apple Inc.For a company of its size and prominence in the global business and tech world, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) does not have much of a board of directors, in terms of their…
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courtesy of AOL, IncGermany’s low exports cause its gross domestic product to drop in the fourth quarter. (Reuters) United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL) will not fly the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliner until…
What’s Important in the Financial World (2/22/2013)
ThinkstockEurozone Economic Forecast The European Commission suggests — in a late forecast compared to those of many other economists — that the eurozone economy will shrink in 2013, and the EU economy will tick up…
Apple/Einhorn Twist: Einhorn Investor Repeats Call to Shut the Hell Up!
If you are growing about as sick of David Einhorn and Greenlight Capital in his fight against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) as we are, there is an interesting twist that took place on Thursday.…
Europe Denies Obesity Drug Approval
ThinkstockIf you are obese in Europe, you are not about to get a little pill to take to help you change. You will just have to lose that weight the old-fashioned way through diet, exercise,…
HP Gains May Boost Dell Buyout to $15 or More
ThinkstockThe results of the Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) earnings report come with a very double-edged sword. If you took away all of the pressure from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the PC business and…
Nordstrom Guides a Little Light, Shares Dive After Hours
ThinkstockNordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN) reported fourth quarter and full-year 2012 results after markets closed today. For the quarter, the high-end retailer diluted posted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.40 and $3.7 billion in revenues.…
Americans Paying European Prices for Oil?
ThinkstockBy Claude Salhani of Oilprice.com Oh, how I miss the days of Bill Clinton’s presidency when the price of gas at the pump was around 99 cents per gallon. Yes, you heard me right:…
HP Earnings and Guidance Still Sells Investors on the Value Case
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is out with its anticipated earnings report. The PC-maker and IT-services provider was up going into the close on hopes of a breakup or a buyout in the…
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 21, 2013: Markets Turn South Early (GOOG, NKE, BHP, GRPN, UNH,CROX, ETP, PAAS, TSLA, WLT, AUY, CG, CHK, CDE, ESV, SWY, WMT, AGU, AIG, FTR, HPQ, MRVL, NEM, JWN, ANF, EGO, PAY, PRKR, QCOM, RPRX)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and continued a slow downward slide throughout the day. In Europe, flash PMI data from the eurozone came in below expectations on both manufacturing and non-manufacturing (more…
BofA/Merrill Lynch Highlights Weekly Stock Market Inflows
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is out with a report via the Merrill Lynch research team showing more data on the endless inflows of capital rotating back into the stock market. The firm…
Wynn Fight Continues, But Kazuo Okada Resigns From The Board
ThinkstockWynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) is perhaps one of the craziest infighting scenarios that investors have seen in modern times. The fight for control and influence has been very odd and has actually been…
FOMC Minutes Yesterday, Fed Speeches Today: Communications FUBAR
The minutes of the January 29 to 30 FOMC meeting released on Wednesday were the blame of the market sell-off. The communication so far is that this signals more and more growing trends of…
ParkerVision Soaring on Favorable Patent Ruling
ThinkstockShares of radio frequency (RF) technology company ParkerVision Inc. (NASDAQ: PRKR) are soaring today following the company’s announcement of a favorable “Markman Order” in a patent infringement suit that ParkerVision filed in 2011 against…
Kimberly-Clark Boosts High Dividend Yield Even Higher
We keep talking about big great American companies which are hiking their dividends. Now we have Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) out with news that the consumer products giant’s board of directors has approved a…