Why Amazon Is Down 20% This Year
If you bought shares in Amazon.com a year ago, you would have made a gain of 18.5% through Friday's trading. If you waited until the first of January, you would have a loss of…
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Newest first · Page 267Ford’s Brand Value Jumps 54%
Among Ford's successes over the last half decade are that it did not fall into Chapter 11, it recruited one of the most widely regarded chief executives of the past 25 years and it…
The Ultimate Large Cap Portfolio to Buy and Hold Forever
A new report from the Portfolio Strategy team at Oppenheimer makes the case that large cap names are the only place to be now and going forward.
Boeing 777X to Get 20% of Parts From Japan
On Thursday, Boeing announced an agreement with its five key Japanese suppliers for parts for its new 777X aircraft. Boeing said that about 21% of the parts for the new plane will be made…
The MannKind Lifeline Lights Up
MannKind is just about a month away from the FDA decision on Afrezza as the first inhalable insulin treatment for diabetes. Afrezza almost certainly will become a blockbuster drug if approved.
American Air Up 60% on Merger Success
American Airlines Group Inc.When shares of U.S. Airways closed on their last trading day before the company’s December merger with American Airlines, the final share price was $22.95. When the shares opened on the…
Three Analyst Stocks Projected to Double, or More
These are the three analysts stock picks from Wall Street in recent days that were projected to have implied upside of 100% or more.
Why RadioShack Needs to File for Bankruptcy Protection Now
courtesy of RadioShackRadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) needs to immediately reflect upon its earnings report in June and admit that the situation is untenable. The company’s sales trends and earnings have steadily deteriorated, to the…
Can Apple Sell 200 Million iPhones This Year?
AppleIn its first quarter of fiscal 2014, Apple Inc. | AAPL Price Prediction (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported selling 51.03 million iPhones. The company’s second quarter, which ended in March, saw total sales fall to 43.72…
The 4 Stocks That Dominated the Market
thinkstockJune 13, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday and even a weak report on consumer sentiment couldn’t keep equities down for long this morning. All three major indexes were pointed at weekly decline ranging…
Ten States With the Slowest Growing Economies
The United States economy grew 1.9% in 2013, down from the 2.8% growth rate in 2012. GDP growth of all but two states was positive last year, although economic growth at the state level varied…
Friday Brings Two Sizzling IPOs and One Sleeper IPO
ThinkstockThree initial public offerings (IPOs) hit the tape Friday morning, and the results were decidedly mixed. Two priced above their expected ranges and one below its. But in general, the IPO market remains solid.…
Citi Gets Its Turn for Multi-Billion Dollar Mortgage Fines
Citigroup is finding out that it also gets a turn in the mortgage settlement barrel. Shares have dropped on Friday on news that the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking a $10 billion fine…
Why the OpenTable Buyout Makes Yelp a Buyout Candidate Too, Maybe
ThinkstockWhat happens when one merger takes place? It begets other related mergers, or at least traders and investors will flock to those secondary beneficiaries as a result. With the unexpected buyout of OpenTable Inc.…
GM Adds Another Half-Million Cars to 2014 Recall Total
General Motors announced Friday morning that it has issued four recall notices on four different cars, spanning a period of 11 model years. The largest of the recalls includes the Chevy Camaro.