U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning following not-much in the way of new data and a wait-and-see attitude until tomorrow’s meeting announcement from the FOMC, which began a two-day meeting this afternoon.…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaNetflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is back! Are its finances? After things got so bad that investors were starting to call for the end of Reed Hastings’ tenure as CEO and after…
ThinkstockThe Euro meltdown seen in 2012 looked as though it was going to bounce Greek out of the monetary union. That was then. We have noted on several occasions how investment is sneaking back…
Thinkstock BP, Texas City refineryWhen oil refiner Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) reported a big earnings beat this morning, it was almost inevitable that the halo would also appear above the other major refining…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Justice has asked the Federal Communications Commission to defer a decision on the $20 billion Softbank plan to acquire control of Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S). Agencies of the DoJ,…
ThinkstockAre investors still buying Treasury notes with their low rates of return? It seems so, although interest rates have been ticking higher as investors are committing new funds to stocks paying dividends rather than…
ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is set to report earnings on Tuesday after the close. The online retail giant which now sells almost everything is expected to report earnings of $0.29 EPS on a sales…
Thinkstock By: Matt Egan / FOXBusiness Hovering at just below 14000, the Dow Industrials are less than 300 points away from setting all-time highs. But unlike prior milestones don’t expect any fireworks to commemorate…
courtesy of Hostess Brands Inc.A deal worth more than $400 million may be on the table as soon as tomorrow for Hostess Twinkies and other of the bankrupt Hostess Brands Inc.’s popular snack food…
ThinkstockThis week’s highly anticipated launch of Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating system could well prove to be the defining moment for the troubled company. With the stock price having…
courtesy of Research In Motion Ltd.Tomorrow is the big day for Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). The company will launch its latest smartphone handset and operating system, BlackBerry 10, into a world dominated…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia Commons24/7 Wall St. tracks the spreads that corporations have to pay above Treasury rates to fund their cost of borrowing. This is one key barometer for measuring the market’s risk…
ThinkstockBoston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) is trading higher today after earnings and after a restructuring direction has been set. Unfortunately for its investors, Boston Scientific remains a story of an endless turnaround that just…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe stock market is mixed Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.27%, the Nasdaq down 0.35% and the S&P 500 up 0.13%. Today’s winners are a biopharmaceutical company that…
ThinkstockFor the week ending January 27, the Gallup U.S. economic confidence index came in at -9, an improvement of four points the previous week’s reading of -13, beating the previous weekly high of -10…