Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Labor Department has two key reports out this Thursday. We have seen a rise in the weekly jobless claims. Consumer prices also ticked higher. Weekly jobless claims rose by…
ThinkstockThe stock market sold off on Wednesday on the mere mention that the governors at the Federal Reserve are starting to discuss the ending or at least tapering off of the long running quantitative…
ThinkstockLinn Energy LLC (NASDAQ: LINE) and its subsidiary LinnCo LLC (NASDAQ: LNCO) announced this morning that the two companies have signed a definitive merger agreement with Berry Petroleum Co. (NYSE: BRY) under which the…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) raised to Outperform at Bernstein. BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) cut…
ThinkstockRepros Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: RPRX) is surging on clinical update news this Thursday. The company’s Androxal Phase 3 program has been given a receipt of written guidance from the Food & Drug Administration. This…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has been actively watched in the news of late. After its participation in the $28 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ), this does change…
ThinkstockShare prices appreciated by at least 80% for most major crude oil refiners in 2012, a far better performance than turned in by the integrated oil companies, the oil services firms and, saints preserve…
ThinkstockChesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 earnings before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the oil and gas exploration and production company posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is out with earnings. The world’s largest retailer spooked the markets recently with an internal memo about sales starting out very soft, but here is…
Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNRC) already has pulled back from its post-storm highs. After the company won more business for its generators, the company’s largest shareholder group has decided to take some money off the…
ThinkstockOne more major city daily has gone on the market, as publishers across the nation try to salvage the prospects of the biggest newspapers. The Boston Globe will be dumped by The New York…
courtesy Boeing Co.Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) thinks it can fix the battery problems on the 787 Dreamliner. The trouble has kept the plane out of service for a month, and delayed deliveries of those…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Is the release of the Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 (PS4) enough to turnaround the aging consumer electronics firm? No. The console is the first major overhaul in seven years.…
ThinkstockAmericans are often concerned about how Chinese economic growth and the rise of major Chinese businesses could impact U.S. interests. With the People’s Republic expected to pass the United States in gross domestic product…
ThinkstockIf ever there was a time for Europe to reconsider its move toward austerity as a means to balance national budgets and improve the perceived value of sovereign debt, it is now. Markit data…