ThinkstockAfter withdrawing a planned spin-off of a master limited partnership in November, SunCoke Energy Inc. (NYSE: SXC) this morning announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary SunCoke Energy Partners L.P. has launched an initial public offering…
thinkstockMonsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) reported first-quarter fiscal 2013 adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.62 on revenue of $2.94 billion. In the same period a year ago, the fertilizer and seed maker reported…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Tuesday. Ameriprise Financial Inc. (NYSE: AMP) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse. AutoZone Inc. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) reported that its Small Business Optimism Index rose a meager 0.5 points in December to 88, only slightly better than the November reading that was the second-lowest…
ThinkstockOil field services company Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) this morning reported that its count of foreign oil and gas drilling rigs fell from 1,267 in November to 1,253 in December. Adding in Canadian…
courtesy of SamsungSamsung Electronics’ most recent quarterly results offered yet more proof that the South Korean company is the only viable smartphone company other than Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), and also that it has continued…
ThinkstockThe jobs numbers coming out of the eurozone continue to be relentlessly worse by the month, and there is not one sign of a turnaround. Eurostat released data for the euro area, and by nation,…
ThinkstockSony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) has had almost no success in the handset and smartphone sector since it bought out joint venture partner Ericsson. Based on the products it showed at the Consumer Electronics Show,…
ThinkstockSamsung Profits from Apple Samsung’s most recent quarterly results offered proof that the South Korean company is the only viable smartphone company other than Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and that it has continued to advance…
ThinkstockFrom hurricanes to swine flu and even bioterrorism, the United States has repeatedly faced public health threats in recent years. Adequately managing a crisis involves cooperation between many different organizations, both in the private…
ThinkstockThe beginning of the end of information censorship in China was supposed to come as micro-blogging gained popularity and as sites like Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and CNN could no longer be effectively blocked by sophisticated methods used by the central…
ThinkstockThe man who created Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) in 2005, largely through the combination of Sears and Kmart, and then ruined the new public company, will take over as CEO of the firm…
thinkstockThe Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) put out a nifty little analysis of when the United States should reach its debt ceiling. Sometime between February 15 and March 1, America will have no reasonable way to…
courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) filed an 8-K with the SEC that drove down its share price. Problems with the Chinese government have hurt its sales: Due to adverse publicity associated with…
ThinkstockAfter all the Web 2.0 (or 3.0) flops of 2012, it turns out that 2013 may be a very interesting year for the Internet sector. We saw some key developments take place, all of…