courtesy of SamsungCorning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) reported fiscal third quarter 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. For the quarter, the specialty glass products maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.33…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsStocks rise and fall for many reasons, many of which seem very counterintuitive. So what are investors supposed to take out of Wednesday’s stock market sell-off? Hopefully, not much, but…
ThinkstockAfter markets closed on Tuesday evening, payment services giant Western Union Co. (NYSE: WU) reported third-quarter results that met the consensus estimate for revenues and beat the estimate on earnings per share (EPS). But…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report Wednesday morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories increased by 4.1 million barrels last week, bringing a total U.S. commercial crude inventory to 383.9…
ThinkstockDigital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) is supposed to be the landlord of the cloud. That should imply not only endless growth but dividend growth as well. Unfortunately, the growth of the cloud is…
ThinkstockOn Tuesday we speculated that shares of Chinese mobile Internet services provider NQ Mobile Inc. (NYSE: NQ) may have reached a bottom. Shares finished the day up more than 25% and are on another…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. The country’s third largest wireless carrier posted revenues of $8.68 billion and an operating loss of $398 million.…
ThinkstockThere is good news if you receive Social Security. You are getting a 1.5% pay raise. There is bad news if you are a taxpayer earnings much more than $100,000. Your income adjustment for…
ThinkstockPhillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. The oil refiner posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.87 on revenues of $44.85 billion. In the same period…
Electronic Arts Inc.The excitement around the staggering dollars that hot new video releases bring in is soon to be joined by hot new video gaming platforms. Rumors have circulated around the devices, where the…
courtesy of General Motors Co.General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. The automaker posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.45 on revenues of $39.0 billion. In…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department may be late this month with the unemployment and nonfarm payrolls report, but the ADP payrolls data is giving a weaker-than-expected look at the jobs market. ADP has reported that…
ThinkstockPrivate equity firms have utilized the incredible market strength over the past couple of years to have initial public offerings on some of the deals that were put together before, and even during, the…
Jon OggInvestors are having to deal with seeing stocks hit new highs almost daily now. With a temporary deal in Washington, D.C., and with earnings coming on strong, investors are caught trying to decide…
ThinkstockComcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. The cable operator posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.65 on revenues of $16.15 billion. In the same period…