Making Search Results Pay
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Everyone knows that if a company or product shows up on the first page of results from a search engine query, the chances that the company or product will get noticed,…
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courtesy of Apple Inc.During the fourth quarter of 2012, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shipped an estimated 27.4 million units of its iPhone 5 to world markets. The company also shipped 17.4 million units of…
Chinese Overseas Oil Production Booming
ThinkstockIf a country spends $92 billion in three years to get its hands on energy resources outside its borders, then what is a good return on that investment? That is how much China’s massive…
Large Shareholder Group Calls to Split CEO and Chairman Role of Jamie Dimon at J.P. Morgan
Wikimedia CommonsJamie Dimon of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) used to be a Teflon CEO. Now we have a shareholder action looking to split the role of chairman and chief executive for…
Keystone XL: Why It Will Go Ahead
ThinkstockJen Alic of Oilprice.com Both the protest movement against Keystone XL and the industry attempt to prove that Americans want it, are irrelevant: Keystone is set in stone and nothing indicates this more clearly…
Caterpillar Retail Sales Slowing Substantially, Hitting Negative Growth
ThinkstockCaterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is showing that the slowdown is continuing rather than abating. The company reported disappointing quarterly sales figures in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing for the trailing three-months ending in…
Why Do the Media Hate Apple
courtesy of Apple Inc.Why do the media hate Apple? Is it because Apple is so incredibly successful — or, perhaps, the animosity stems from Apple’s perceived arrogance? Make no mistake, though, there is a…
It’s Official: Office Depot, OfficeMax Merger Announced
courtesy of Office DepotFollowing an inadvertent announcement earlier this morning of a merger between office supply retailers Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) and OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX), the two companies have now made it…
Chesapeake CYA Board Review Exonerates McClendon
thinkstockChesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has been the subject of many media and shareholder attacks after the news of well participation by co-founder Aubrey McClendon surfaced in 2012. Prior to that, things had been…
Housing Starts Decline on Sharp Drop in Multifamily Dwellings
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported this morning that new housing starts in January slipped to an annual seasonally adjusted rate of 890,000, a sharp decrease of…
Major Banks Lend the Least Amount of Deposits in Five Years (CS, JPM, C, BAC, STI, WFC, USB, PNC, RF)
ThinkstockInterest rates have been kept at historically low levels by the Federal Reserve since the Great Recession began in 2008. The intent behind this was to spur loan activity and borrowing to grow the…
Harvest Natural Implosion
ThinkstockUsually you only see biotechs and other companies have overnight share price drops of 40% or so. Usually does not apply to Harvest Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: HNR) this Wednesday. The independent oil and…
Celgene: When Biotechs Use Stock Buybacks to Juice Price and Earnings
ThinkstockWhen companies start buying back their common stock on the open market, it can have multiple outcomes. It can offset employee stock option dilution, and it can lower the public share float. It can…
UPDATE: Last-Chance Office Supply Merger Announcement Withdrawn (ODP, OMX, SPLS)
courtesy of Office DepotUPDATE: According to a report at The New York Times Dealbook blog, the announcement of a merger between Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) and OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX) was released prematurely…
Producer Prices Tick Up — the Largest Reading Since September 2012
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Labor Department has released the Producer Price Index (PPI), also known as wholesale inflation. The report is for the month of January, and it came in at +0.2%, as…