Job Recovery? Quantity, Not Quality
ThinkstockThe economy has started to add jobs again, at a rate of 150,00 or better each month. Government data and that from private sector experts have shown that many of the jobs added are…
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Newest first · Page 392YouTube and the Challenge of Video Ads
RT’s one minute, 24 second footage of the Siberian meteor blast has gotten almost 30 million pageviews in six days, an extraordinary number according to the Russian TV channel. Total views of all videos…
Media Digest (2/21/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT
courtesy of YouTubeSome Fed governors favor a slowing of bond buying to block possible inflation. (Reuters) Several pieces of data show housing activity has slowed. (Reuters) A study conducted by the Chesapeake Energy Corp.…
What’s Important (2/21/2013)
ThinkstockPlayStation 4 Launch 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.…
Unusual After-Hours Hot Stocks on the Move
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsWe have many movers in the after-hours session this Wednesday afternoon. Most are on earnings, and some are way up with others way down. As always, you can find the…
Tesla Results Mixed on Lower Shipments
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsTesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) reported fourth quarter and full year 2012 earnings after markets closed today. For the quarter, the electric car maker posted an adjusted diluted earnings per share…
Ambit Biosciences Files for IPO
ThinkstockAmbit Biosciences Corp. has filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to come public via an initial public offering. No financial terms have been given other than that its initial filing is…
Chelsea Therapeutics Back on the Map in a Serious Way
ThinkstockWhen Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHTP) announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration was going to allow the company to submit its market approval application for Northera using the existing study data,…
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 20, 2013: Markets Open Low, Slide Further on Fed Minutes (WIN, LOW, BIDU, BCS, GMCR, ADI, CF, DELL, HLF, AVA, CLH, DISH, LEAP, MGM, SODA, TOL, CROX, ETP, PAAS, TSLA, WLT, AUY, CG, CHK, CDE, ESV, SWY, WMT, OMX, ODP, NTSP, TSS, HNR)
U.S. equity markets opened flat to lower this morning as it waited for data on U.S. housing starts and producer price inflation. In Europe, markets got some downward signals from a higher-than-expected reading on…
FOMC Minutes Show Some Changing Views On Asset Purchases
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has released its minutes of the January 29 to 30 FOMC meeting. The general conditions were positive and the caution was mostly around the weather at the time. While we generally…
Another Banner Year for Online Travel
Total U.S. online travel-related spending came to about $103 billion in 2012 according to the latest data from comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR). Air travel alone accounted for about two-thirds of all travel spending. Both…
Gold Chart Death Cross: Recent Lessons From Apple
ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have been the greatest stock to participate in from 2003 to 20012. Rising from the equivalent of under $10 to $700. The shiny yellow metal of gold may not…
PIIGS Watch: $2 Billion Bond Offering From Spain Brings New U.S. Funding Sources
ThinkstockIt looks as though things are becoming less and less dire by the week in Europe. Pressure continues to abate against the nation of the PIIGS. Even if austerity protests are taking place in…
Devon Energy to Take Another Look at MLP Spinoff
ThinkstockAmong the companies hit hard by the sudden impact of hydraulic fracturing technology and the subsequent boom in U.S. natural gas production, one of the hardest hit was Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN), which…
Major Companies Hitting All-Time Highs! (AWK, AWR, BRK-B, UNP, HON, MMM, CELG, GOOG, CL, KMB, PG, CLX, URI, DIS)
courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.You know it is a bull market when you see major household names hitting 52-week highs. Right now we have many major stocks hitting fresh all-time highs! Should you…