November 13, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower again Wednesday morning but investors apparently decided to buy the dip today, raising indexes to the upside later in the day. The Treasury reported that the…
Healthcare.govThe Affordable Care Act is becoming more and more of a misnomer each day, and its broad appeal is running far less than the White House hoped for. Monumental sign-up delays and website glitches…
Kcdtsg via Wikimedia CommonsCrocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is surging on Wednesday on what feels a lot like some over-reporting or some serious hope for a company that has violated the trust of investors routinely.…
ThinkstockShortly after 10:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) began to climb to an intra-day high of more than $48, up from around $46.50. The company’s CFO sold more than 900,000…
The deficit is shrinking! Politicians will likely try to spin this as good news, because it sounds better than calling it less-bad. It is not good news when you see just how much money we are talking…
ThinkstockTwo recent well-respected and long-running oil industry publications have proclaimed that booming production in North America, particularly in the U.S. shale fields, will hit a plateau as early as 2016 and that production declines…
ThinkstockThe fate of T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSEE: TMUS) is uncertain. It is not an uncertainty of earnings, but one of who will own it going forward. We have written about the possibilities of a…
LivingSocial.comSometimes having a website go down is a great thing for competitors. The daily deals site LivingSocial went down on Tuesday, and at noon Wednesday it was still down. News like this is music to…
ThinkstockCisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings on Wednesday after the closing bell. This matters because it is the leader in networking and communications equipment, and it also matters because it…
ThinkstockQualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) could be headed to new all-time highs if analyst research predictions come true. In the past two days we have seen two very positive analyst research reports on the heels…
ThinkstockChegg Inc. (NYSE: CHGG), an online textbook rental firm that also offers an online marketplace for textbooks, homework help and an array of other services for students, held its initial public offering (IPO) Wednesday…
ThinkstockExtended Stay America Inc. (NYSE: STAY) held its initial public offering (IPO) Wednesday morning, selling 28.25 million shares at $20 each. The estimated range for the IPO had been $18 to $21. The offering…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.Despite limited sales and recent car fires, leave it to Tesla Motors Inc. (NYSE: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk to keep looking forward. He said Tuesday that he wants his company offer…
twitter.com/jimmykimmelThis week will mark two key events for the post-IPO trading of Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR). The first issue is that traders and investors will begin to be able to legally short sell the…
squirrel83, via Wikimedia CommonsAfter a ruling by the Height Committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat on Tuesday, New York City’s One World Trade Center is recognized as the tallest building…