Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is trading up only about 1% now that its formal buyout has surfaced. Now that Michael Dell is using private equity as an investor and using finance from the outside…
ThinkstockThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released its budget and economic outlook through 2023, saying that the federal deficit for fiscal year 2013 (ending in September) will shrink to $845 billion, the smallest deficit…
Mark Hirschey / Wikimedia Commons2013 is yet another year getting off to a great start for stocks, and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is actually outperforming the broad stock market so far in 2013.…
ThinkstockSatcon Technology Corp., maker of a critical solar panel component called an inverter, filed for bankruptcy protection last October, but the company couldn’t find a buyer and has announced today that it will liquidate…
ThinkstockThe price of platinum is expected to average about $1,770 an ounce in 2013, its highest price since 2011. The price spike is due almost entirely to the closure of several mines in South…
24/7 Wall St. is still a big fan of dividends. What is even better than a high dividend yield is when companies with solid dividends raise their dividend payouts. Dividend hikes have been noticeably…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe stock market is up Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.79%, the Nasdaq up 0.92% and the S&P 500 up 0.87%. Today’s winners are a media company…
ThinkstockWhen you are an industry leader and one of the largest companies in the country of Sweden, employing more than 100,000 workers, it seems almost impossible that a turnaround would ever be necessary. However,…
ThinkstockShares of Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) have lost more than 9% this morning, following the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report. The coal mining firm reported an adjusted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.42,…
ThinkstockIn a filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Boise Cascade LLC has amended the terms of its initial public offering (IPO), which is scheduled to go off tomorrow. The company will offer…
ThinkstockThe January ISM Report on Business for the nonmanufacturing sector came in at 55.2%, down from 55.7% in December. The result was also just above the Dow Jones consensus of 55.0% and even closer…
http://www.amazon.com/amazon-coinsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is revisiting a blast from the past that never really took off due to the Internet and e-commerce still being in the infancy stage. The company has announced “another new…
ThinkstockHome prices rose 8.3% in December, compared with the same month a year ago, according to research firm CoreLogic Inc. (NYSE: CLGX). That was the largest monthly increase since May 2006. The firm had…
ThinkstockDespite an explosion in smartphone and tablet sales in 2012, overall semiconductor sales were down for the year. The three-month average for global chip sales was $24.74 billion in December, down 3% from a…
ThinkstockIn the month of January, U.S. economic confidence matched its five-year high set back in November of last year, according to the latest data from Gallup. The Gallup economic confidence index rose to a…