Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has formally responded to the call from Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn. This is strange to see from a company where Steve Jobs might have told Einhorn to go beat feet. That…
ThinkstockConsumer Credit is on the rise yet again according to the Federal Reserve, although with it being a December reading we might consider it somewhat expected. What investors need to know is that this…
thinkstockIf you have been a fan of the Internet since the mid-1990s or even the late-1990s, you have seen a massive change of how the Internet is used and how real-world companies have had to…
ThinkstockOil field services company Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) today reported that its count of foreign oil & gas drilling rigs rose slightly from 1,253 in December to 1,279 in January. Adding in Canadian…
ThinkstockAkamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) is down so much after earnings that investors are not going to just question its growth opportunities. The investment community has to be wondering just how valuable the company is…
Jen Alic of Oilprice.com Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), France’s Total SA and Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE) are all actually seeking the imposition of a tax on carbon dioxide emissions in Canada. It’s not…
ThinkstockThe results are in from the Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) 2013 Energy Summit, and investors who were interviewed and surveyed by the Swiss bank remain bullish on the energy sector for 2013. The…
Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.Hedge fund honcho William Ackman fired off another set of questions directed at Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) in yet another move to back up his contention that the nutrition and weight-loss company…
A maker of 3D printing machines, The ExOne Co. (NASDAQ: XONE), held its initial public offering (IPO) today. The shares were offered at $18 and climbed 45% before pulling back a bit in the…
ThinkstockYelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) may be petering out, or so it looks like after its earnings report. The news is ahead of the Graph Search that is coming from Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and…
ThinkstockAfter reporting pretty much awful results this morning, Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) let investors know that it would also cut its quarterly dividend by a whopping 41%, from $0.525 to $0.31. The merchant power…
Brian Katt / Wikimedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation LicenseBank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) was the top-performing Dow Jones Industrial Average stock in 2012. That performance was not with banking analyst Meredith Whitney cheering…
ThinkstockGreen Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) may be getting roasted after its earnings report, but at least one analyst is viewing the news with some favor. Scott Van Winkle of Canaccord Genuity has…
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks declined by 118 billion cubic feet last week, less than expected drop in the range of 125 billion to 158 billion…
courtesy of philip morris internationalPhilip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) is out with its fourth-quarter earnings, and the international tobacco giant is still growing. Earnings per share increased by almost 16% to $1.25, and…