courtesy Dell Inc.Southeastern Asset Management intends to push harder against the buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) by founder Michael Dell and his partners. Southeastern, which owns a stake of about 8.44% in Dell,…
thinkstockThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) released its monthly Oil Market Report this morning and raised its forecast for demand growth in 2013 to 89.7 million barrels a day, a rise of 800,000…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of January 31: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR). G.T. Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT), MEMC…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 31 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp.…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 31 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK); Chevron…
ThinkstockS&P 500 dividend growth continues to outpace earnings growth, a trend that likely will continue for a few more years. Low yields on fixed income alternatives and historically low dividend payout ratios provide both…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Capstead Mortgage Corp. (NYSE: CMO) cut to Market Perform at JMP Securities. Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE:…
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the soft-drink maker posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.41…
ThinkstockThe McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. (NYSE: MHP) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 earnings before markets opened this morning. Quarterly adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) totaled $0.72 on $1.23 billion in revenues. In the same period…
thinkstockMichael Kors Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: KORS) reported third-quarter fiscal 2013 adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.64 and $636.78 million in revenues before markets opened this morning. In the same period a year…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 31 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Verizon…
ThinkstockThe Group of Seven nations have agreed to provisions to prevent currency wars. The prospect that countries might protect their trade via currency valuation manipulation has become greater recently. The drawback to the announcement…
courtesy of Volkswagen of AmericaVolkswagen, which many industry experts expect to pass General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) as the world’s largest car company within the next few years,…
ThinkstockThere is good reason to believe that stock markets in Asia will suffer over the next several days as North Korea detonated another nuclear device. Taken together with proof that it can launch long-range…
TheDapperDan via Wikimedia CommonsPreventing Currency Wars The Group of Seven nations have agreed to provisions to prevent currency wars. The prospect that countries might protect their trade via currency valuation manipulation has become greater…