Jon OggEarnings season is in the thick of things, and stocks finally showed that they could pull back after hitting new highs each day. Investors and traders alike have to be contemplating which stocks…
ThinkstockBarrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) reported third-quarter 2013 earnings before markets opened Thursday morning. The gold miner posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.58 on revenues of $2.99 billion. In the same period…
ThinkstockRetail sales in Germany were weaker than expected in September, according to data from the federal statistics office released Thursday. Retail sales fell 0.4% from August, to their lowest level since March. Economists had expected…
courtesy of Sony Corp.No matter how great its franchises or brands are, no matter who the company employees as CEO, Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) continues to fail again and again at the bottom line.…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Anyone who bought stock in Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) immediately after it released its earnings got a momentary 14% return. A few minutes later, that return evaporated, and the gain became…
courtesy of McDonald'sThe Dow Jones Industrial Average is up more than 19% so far this on the year. The DJIA, an index of 30 stocks from some of the country’s largest companies, is a…
Courtesy Facebook Inc.Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) released its third-quarter 2013 earnings report after markets closed on Wednesday. Sales rose by 60% year over year to $2.02 billion in the quarter. Adjusted earnings came in…
courtesy of StarbucksStarbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings. Expectations were high because the stock was within one percent of trading at an all-time high yet again. Howard Schultz and…
October 30, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher again Wednesday morning as investors waited to hear the FOMC announcement later in the day. The ADP employment report came in weak while the consumer price index…
ThinkstockBankers are still not very well thought of after the financial meltdown, even if they might not have ben that well thought of before the meltdown. Still, at some point the public needs to…
courtesy of NvidiaTake-Two Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) was trading up after earnings in the after-hours trading session. Shares have since petered out with a drop of almost 6% to $16.88 in late afternoon…
courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveSaying that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) it sees improvement in U.S. economic activity and in the U.S. labor market since beginning its $85 billion asset purchase program, the committee…
ThinkstockChinese solar PV maker Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) has been down for so long that anything must look like up. The company said Wednesday morning that it has received a letter…
ThinkstockBy many measures, the United States is the wealthiest economy in the world. However, according to a recent survey, women do not benefit nearly as much as men. The U.S. ranked 23rd in the…
ThinkstockParis-based Criteo SA (NASDAQ: CRTO) held its initial public offering (IPO) this morning, selling 8.08 million American Depositary Shares (ADS) at an IPO price of $31 per ADS. One ADS is equal to one…