ThinkstockFor many years Germany led the world in adding solar energy to its electricity generation capacity. The country’s goal was to deliver competitively priced energy to residents and industrial firms while at the same…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) may have built up its cash pile by getting $1.3 billion line of credit and issuing a secondary stock offering for another $800 million…
ThinkstockFiled under “data to hard to obtain and analyze” are various estimates for what poverty or low wages cost the U.S. economy. Among the issues this kind of analysis creates are that increased wages can cut the margins of those…
Amazon.com Inc.The most popular downloaded free app from the App Store at Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in September was YouTube from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). The ever-popular Candy Crush Saga from King.com Ltd. ranked…
ThinkstockThanksgiving has been one of those holidays in America that has long been considered sacred as a day off of work for just about everyone short of skeleton hospital crews and traffic police. That…
ThinkstockUtility-scale solar installations in the United States at the end of the third quarter were 15% higher than a year ago. As of the end of September, total new installations in the country rose…
Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is showing its new shareholders buying into the rare earths trade late in the game that it still has a tendency to shaft the value of their investment in the…
ThinkstockSome people may be happy to see the federal government taking some time off, but the fallout is threatening to cripple many businesses and consumers alike. Now we have yet another private sector reading…
ThinkstockThe stock market and bond market are both blind to major government economic reports right now due to the federal government shutdown. That may be changing any day, but the reality is that the…
From the average individual to the largest American Fortune 500 company and to the U.S. government, network and cyber security has become one of the highest priorities.
Jon OggEarnings season is in full swing and we are supposed to be very close to a deal to reverse the federal government shutdown and to a deal on the debt ceiling. Investors have…
Wikimedia CommonsJohnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The health care giant posted quarterly adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.36 on revenue of $17.58 billion.…
Adrian Pingstone, via Wikimedia CommonsU.S. crude production has grown beyond expectations in 2013, accelerating in the second half of this year at most key plays around the country, particularly Bakken, Eagle Ford and Permian.…
ThinkstockCitigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) reported earnings for the third quarter that just missed expectations on the bottom line and missed handily on revenues on the surface. The money center bank posted $1.02 in earnings per…
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. For the quarter, the soft-drink maker posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.54 on revenues…