ThinkstockWith the third-quarter earnings season nearing a close, the MLP analysts at Deutsche Bank have released a new research report tabulating the data. In the report they summarize some of the significant trends shown…
ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Tuesday morning reported that its small business optimism index for October dropped 2.3 points to come in at 91.6. As recently as last May the index reached…
ThinkstockD.R. Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI) reported fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2013 earnings before markets opened Tuesday morning. The home builder posted quarterly diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.40 on revenues of $1.82 billion. In…
MicrosoftThe Xbox One is scheduled to launch on Nov. 22, but apparently a few lucky buyers have received their preordered consoles early. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) blamed it on a shipping error by a…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Holiday shoppers are expected to spend about 3.9% more this year than they did last year, according to a National Retail Federation estimate. And in order to facilitate the shopping experience,…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.“Showrooming” is one of the most significant enemies of the bricks-and-mortar retail world. Customers examine items in stores, and then shop for them online to get better prices. Showrooming has…
ThinkstockOne of the keys to McDonald’s Corp.’s (NYSE: MCD) profits is its ability to pay its store workers are little as legally possible — sometimes not much better than the federal minimum wage of…
November 11, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower Monday morning on a day when bond markets were closed in observance of Veterans Day and trading activity was relatively light. No U.S. economic data was…
ThinkstockThe number of mobile subscriptions worldwide now tops 6.6 billion, not far from one subscription for every one of the estimated 7.15 billion people now living on earth. Because a single user may have…
courtesy of WynnResorts.comIt looks like Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) is going to keep its high-end domestic growth ambitions localized to Las Vegas, Nevada. Even if it wants to expand domestically, it will be…
ThinkstockThis is the week that we will get to see 13-D and 13-F filings from investment firms, and one notable one is always that of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). Investors love Warren Buffett…
ThinkstockSmall cap stocks have enjoyed a huge bull run along with the rest of the market. A new report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch calls for small cap investors to focus on quality…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsA curved phone may sound very ergonomic for those of us who carry phones in our pockets. There may be more than meets the eye here, no pun intended, on word…
ThinkstockNo matter what customers are in the market for on Thanksgiving Day, a store where they can buy that special or not-so-special something will be open at least part of the day. From toy store…
Wikimedia CommonsExxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) has not been much of a great stock market participant for such a strong bull market. Its gains coming into Monday have only been 10% so far in…