Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department issued its Employment Situation Report for the month of May on Friday morning. Frankly, it is making the ADP report look a bit silly. Still, the…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Friday, June 6, 2014. They include Apache, CONSOL Energy, Humana, Joy Global Netflix and Peabody Energy.
Sales of Jack Daniel's whiskey boosted Brown-Forman's fourth-quarter earnings. Premium whiskey continues to power growth, showing the spirit has far more staying power than other adult beverages, including tequila, vodka, and even wine.
Armed with new data from their Global Technology conference, the server and enterprise software analysts from Merrill Lynch came away feeling very good about five stocks they feel still have room to run.
Wikimedia CommonsThe solid firms on Wall Street that we cover on a daily basis always have one consistent habit. They roll with the markets up or down, and adjust their top picks based on…
Hertz Global Holdings said Friday morning that it will delay filing its quarterly report on Form 10-Q because the company needs to restate its financial results for 2011 and make corrections to its statements…
Despite an uptick in sales in May, sales of the most popular hybrid sold in America, the Toyota Prius, have continued a sharp decline. More and more car brands are adding hybrid models.
Barnes & Noble's Nook could begin a resurrection after years of poundings by Amazon.com's Kindle and the Apple iPad. The deeply trouble book retailer will produce co-branded Nook models with Samsung.
ThinkStockThe standard of living in the United States reached its highest level since 2008, just before the recession caught hold, and the year that Gallup began to collect and report on the data. According…
ThinkstockChina has ramped up a war machine second only to that of the United States. The military spending level of the People’s Republic sits well above its official estimates, according to a U.S. Defense…
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanySuccessful companies frequently depend on just one product for a large share of their sales. That’s true for some of the most iconic brands, including Coca-Cola, Marlboro, Jack Daniels, and…
thinkstockJune 5, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday, took a short-lived trip south, and then tacked a nice gain on all three major indexes. New claims for jobless benefits posted their lowest four-week rolling…
Apple may start using Lightning headphones on its iPhones and iPads, though consumers may be upset to find that their current headphones no longer work.
ThinkstockIf you want to create a stir with any environmental group around energy, ask them how they feel about hydraulic fracturing – fracking. It probably won’t go over too well. Now imagine fracking in…
Both 30-year fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) and 15-year FRMs got more expensive over the past week, with 30-year FRMs rising two basis points to return to the 4.14% level of two weeks ago, and 15-year…