courtesy of American Apparel imageUPDATE: Hedge fund Standard General has reached a preliminary agreement to supply $25 million in financing to American Apparel as the company tries to stabilize its finances and reconstitutes its…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms for Wednesday July 9, 2014. They include Alcoa, BP, Broadcom, Garmin, Gigamon, KKR, Potash and Zillow.
The 787 Dreamliner is Boeing's most advanced airplane, and arguably the most challenging to get into production. It took nearly eight years to get off the drawing board and into service.
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting an increase of 1.9% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index. That followed a drop of 0.2% for the…
GoldinAuctions.com This story has been updated with more recent results – see below. It seems almost impossible to believe, but 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of Babe Ruth’s infamous career in major league baseball.…
ThinkstockIf analysts need any early signals that the drop in oil prices has begun to affect gasoline prices, it is the fall off in the cost of an average gallon of regular across the…
U.S. National Park ServiceThe last time the United States had a budget surplus was in 2001, according the White House. Unimaginably, it may have one again, and within a very few years. The Congressional…
BlackBerry Ltd.Each year, 24/7 Wall St. identifies 10 American brands that we predict will disappear before the end of the next year. This year’s list reflects the fact that mergers and acquisitions are at…
ThinkstockAlcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has unofficially kicked off earnings season for the second quarter – and kicked it off with a bang! Whether or not the company is a true economic barometer has been…
thinkstockJuly 8, 2014: Markets opened down on Tuesday following a down-day Monday. The Nasdaq was particularly hard hit as the tech and biotech sectors were absolutely hammered. Shortly before the closing bell the DJIA…
thinkstockThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has named its investigative teams to review whether or not the massive media mergers that have been announced are actually in the public interest — as the major players…
thinkstockFollowing an improbable World Cup run, America has caught “Football Fever.” But as the tournament draws to an end, the country prepares to turn its attention toward a different type of football. Just twenty-five…
The Boeing Co.The Tea Party wing of the Republican party has declared that it will not support the reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank when the bank’s charter comes up for renewal at…