thinkstockRatings agency Moody’s Corp. (NYSE: MCO) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the fourth quarter Moody’s reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.70 on revenues of $754.2…
courtesy of AOL, IncWhen AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) released its earnings report this morning, the headline on the announcement boasted that for the first time in eight years the company posted yearly revenue growth.…
ThinkstockChina’s trade received a boost in January from the traditional lunar New Year holiday. Exports soared 25% from 14.1% in the previous month, while imports jumped to 28%, from the previous month’s 6%, the…
ThinkstockThe austerity philosophy of U.K. leaders is about to insinuate itself into the European Union budget, which already covers a region in which national austerity has become a habit, and perhaps not a good…
courtesy Dell Inc.In an exclusive report, Reuters revealed that the largest single independent shareholder of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), Southeastern Asset Management, has voiced objections to the price of the leveraged buyout. Because of the…
ThinkstockA Bump in China’s Trade China’s trade received a boost in January from the traditional New Year holiday. Exports soared 25% from 14.1% in the previous month, while imports jumped to 28%, from the…
ThinkstockFor the third year in a row, Washington, D.C., was rated the most literate city in the United States, with Seattle and Minneapolis close behind. That is according to a study conducted by Central…
ThinkstockFor every story about the impoverished, the unemployed and the starving around the world, there is one about the lives of the rich and famous. Billionaire lists offset those of African farms blighted by…
ThinkstockResearch firm comScore reported about 2012 that: For the full year, U.S. retail e-commerce sales reached $186.2 billion, an increase of 15 percent — the strongest annual growth rate since before the recession. Q4…
thinkstockSoutheastern Asset Management, Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) largest shareholder, is unhappy with the price of the LBO. (Reuters) The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 has been approved for test flights. (Reuters) BMW says it had…
ThinkstockOne of the hangovers of Hurricane Sandy was the effect on late October economic activity. Everything from employment data to retail sales dipped, and sometimes collapsed, depending on an area’s proximity to the storm. Along…
Jon OggOpenTable, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPEN) already had its major run higher, followed by a flame-out on its stock chart almost two years ago. The online reservation services is seeing some additional softness in its…
ThinkstockSunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results after the markets closed today. Quarterly adjusted earnings per share (EPS) were $0.18 on revenues of $678.5 million. In the second quarter of 2011,…
ThinkstockLinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) closed down ahead of earnings on Thursday. The professional social media network reported earnings of $0.35 in non-GAAP earnings per share ($40.2 million net income) and its sales grew by…
U.S. equity markets opened flat this morning, largely due to a slew of data from Europe that essentially cancelled any good news with an equal dollop of bad. U.S. unemployment data came out before…