fotopediaThe declining number of marriages gets criticized as a lack of commitment between people, or a challenge to the moral belief that people should not simply live together. Economists argue that marriage also tends…
Courtesy Toyota Motor Corp.Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) said Monday that it sold 2.5 million vehicles in the most recent quarter. That was 2.8% more that in the same period of last year. It…
Jon OggEarnings season is in full swing and this coming week will bring many key earnings reports. This will also be the last week of major on-calendar earnings for the third quarter, even if…
October 25, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher Friday morning following good earnings reports Thursday night from some big names. The report on durable goods orders was disappointing and the consumer sentiment index also fell short…
courtesy of Time WarnerIn what can only be described as a move toward letting subscribers pick and choose which cable and broadcast networks they’re willing to pay for (often called a la carte programming),…
ThinkstockCarol Browner, who served as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator under President Clinton and as director of the White House Energy and Climate Change Policy under President Obama, told a Washington audience…
courtesy of Sirius XM RadioSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is selling off for a second day after earnings. 24/7 Wall St. has spent less effort covering Sirius of late because its valuations were…
Courtesy Zynga Inc.When social game maker Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) reported third quarter results Thursday evening, the stock bounced nearly 14%, largely due to the tiny net loss of just $68,000. In the same…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsThe botched initial public offering (IPO) of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) cost the Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) a lot of bad press. What it did not cost the…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) managed to post such strong earnings and was positive enough in its outlook that there is one thing to consider. No one wants to consider this…
ThinkstockEndurance International Group Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: EIGI) sold 21.1 million shares Friday morning at $12 a share in an initial public offering (IPO). The company offers cloud-based solutions for the small- and medium-sized business…
courtesy of MicrosoftAfter Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported a solid beat on fiscal first-quarter estimates after markets closed Thursday night, the company’s shares rose 7% and managed to keep the gains through the first…
ThinkstockPensions are becoming less and less common in America, and now it looks as though the employee pension systems for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be terminated. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)…
http://www.amazon.com/amazon-coinsAnalysts and pundits (ahem!) are spending a good part of Friday morning extolling the virtues of the earnings report from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) that was released after markets closed the previous night. The…
ThinkstockThe Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment for the end of October is a revised report, but this came in at 73.2. What is interesting is that the preliminary report was higher at 75.2, and…