ThinkstockChicago Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is showing a much stronger read than anticipated for the month of May. After weak readings in income and spending, this at least leans a bit more toward a…
ThinkstockThe Department of Defense awarded 17 defense contracts with a total value of $554.6 million in its Thursday evening announcement of contract awards. Textron (NYSE: TXT) took home contracts representing nearly half the funds…
Apple may have traded higher after its dividend and buyback plans were announced, but now the stock is surging to 52-week highs ahead of the iPhone 6 and with other product launches coming.
ThinkstockWhen ad technology start-up RadiumOne kicked off its hunt for an initial public offering late last year, the company’s investors and board probably didn’t expect this particular diversion. The board fired RadiumOne’s founder and…
ThinkstockThe United States is not alone as our population ages. We join Japan and several other developed nations with a larger percentage of the population growing older. Better diet, exercise and health care are…
ThinkstockPersonal income and spending data do not exactly give the brightest picture for the month of April. Friday’s report from the U.S. Department of Commerce showed that personal income rose by 0.3% and spending…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday, May 30, 2014. They include Alaska Air, Apple, Infoblox, PNC Financial, Renesola and Splunk.
ThinkstockWhen you get the players in any possible deal in one room or area, and you get them to start talking a bit, you sometimes may get a little closer to what could actually…
Big Lots reported better-than-expected first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Friday morning. The discount retailer also raised its full-year earnings guidance.
The tablet was to be the salvation of the PC industry. Apple undermined those hopes with the success of its iPad.
Ford Motor Co.How frightened are car companies of public opinion, personal liability suits, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Congress? Frightened enough to recall cars they might not have in the past, or ones…
courtesy of StarbucksRevenue per employee is one measure of a company’s productivity. Some companies generate significant revenue per employee that runs into the millions of dollars. Others generate only a fraction of that. While…
ThinkstockSpark Energy, Inc. has now filed for an initial public offering. The electric utility services retailer has shown that its common stock will list on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “SPKE.” The…
ThinkstockThe after-hours and pre-market trading sessions are often far more volatile and far less liquid when they are compared to normal market hours between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. each day of the week.…
ThinkstockA Census Bureau report released Thursday puts more precise numbers than ever before on the e-retail revolution. According to the Bureau’s newly published “County Business Patterns: 2012” report, it’s not just Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and…