ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday morning that construction spending in August increased by 0.6% to an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of $915.1 billion from an upwardly revised estimate of $909.4 billion in…
ThinkstockWeyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY) soon will be a paper and forestry company that is merely a paper and forestry company, if reports that have resurfaced turn out to be fact. Reports hit yet again…
ThinkstockUnited Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) reported third-quarter results before markets opened Tuesday morning, and the results were just okay. Profit up 1.2%, earnings per share (EPS) better than the consensus estimate, while revenue missed…
courtesy, Apple Inc. October 22 | 2:30 – Conference Over, First Impressions via Twitter October 22 | 2:25 – New iPad mini Announced, Stock Sells Off The new iPad mini will be available late…
ThinkstockThe steel industry tends to go with the pulse of U.S. and international economic growth. Mired in slow growth for years, the top steel stocks became relegated to the Wall Street doghouse. They were…
ThinkstockFreeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The mining company posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.79 on revenues of $6.17 billion. In the…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsYou have been warned not to use or to trust the Labor Department’s Employment Situation report for September. This was supposed to come out on October 4, but the excuse…
courtesy of Delta Air LinesDelta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The airline posted adjusted diluted quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $1.41 on revenues of…
Jon OggWe are in the thick of corporate earnings season and stocks are challenging all-time highs. This is a climate in which investors want and need to know which stocks to buy and which…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Display Search, which is a worldwide leader in global market research and consulting, says that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has cut back iPhone 5c orders by 35%. Many on Wall Street…
ThinkstockRadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The electronics retailer posted an adjusted net earnings per share (EPS) loss of $1.11 on $805 million in revenue. In the…
courtesy of NokiaAt Nokia World in Abu Dhabi, the Finnish company has unveiled a Windows RT tablet that has a 4G data chip, as well as its first phablets — extra-large phones — and…
ThinkstockTwo very defensive stocks for investors over the past generation or two have been the Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP). Coca-Cola has sales of soft drinks and other beverages. Pepsi…
ThinkstockYou would think that the auction of an oil field with as much as 15 billion barrels of oil in place would attract a lot of attention. Well it did attract some demonstrations against…
ThinkstockGasoline prices have started to head back toward $3, mostly because of falling oil prices and the anticipation that fracking will make the global inventory of petroleum grow. The drop many not help Americans as much as could…