As mass shootings continue to appear in the news, many Americans and state leaders are asking how to address the problem without restricting constitutional rights. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tracks…
Shares of Twitter were up more than 4% in the noon hour on Thursday while the three major indexes all traded lower. We don't usually consider Twitter a contrarian play, so what's up?
Verizon Communications reportedly will lose its contract with the German government due to fear of letting intelligence agencies from the United States listen in on sensitive communications.
Only just recently have analysts and credit ratings agencies warmed up to National Bank of Greece and other banks in Greece. Now S&P reclassifies Greece's banking industry.
ServiceMaster Global Holdings sold 35.9 million shares of common stock Thursday morning at an initial public offering price of $17, below the proposed range of $18 to $21.
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Thursday morning that U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 110 billion cubic feet for the week ending June 20, compared with an expected increase of around 93…
When the stock market is near all-time highs, Bed Bath & Beyond managed to hit a 52-week low after its earnings miss and announcement of new share buybacks.
Records storage and information management firm Iron Mountain has received authorization from the IRS to convert itself to a real estate investment trust for the tax year beginning January 1, 2014.
Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker was a continuous voice of dissent on quantitative easing for quite some time. So, it should be no surprise that he is calling for rate hikes from the Federal…
A new research report from Oppenheimer views the decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce to allow some export of oil condensate as a first step in the right direction.
Tobacco company Philip Morris cut its 2014 earnings guidance Thursday morning as a result of plant closures and currency exchange rate impacts.
ThinkstockWe have already seen a slightly lower reading on weekly jobless claims on Thursday, but the more important report is on personal income and spending. The U.S. Commerce Department reported that personal income rose…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department has issued its weekly jobless claims, and we saw another drop in claims. Unfortunately, that decline was only by 2,000, down to 312,000. The prior week was also revised from…
ConAgra Foods reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened Thursday morning. "We are disappointed with fiscal 2014 overall," said the chief executive officer.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms for Thursday, June 26, 2014. They include Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Twitter and Disney.