Colgate Earnings Fail to Inspire
Colgate-Palmolive reported first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Friday that were in line with expectations. Both revenues and gross profit margins were flat year-on-year.
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ThinkstockSina Corp. (NASDAQ: SINA), one of China’s largest Internet companies and the majority owner of Weibo Corp. (NASDAQ: WB), has had the two of its publication and distribution licenses revoked by the government in…
Montana, Alaska Lead List of Top Places to Live
ThinkstockWide open spaces, clean air and low population density appear to be attractive to many Americans. That, at least, may be among the conclusions of a new Gallup poll. The states at the top…
Tesla Chief Musk Makes $70,000
Tesla Motors' Elon Musk is not among the CEOs who are paid only $1 a year. However, in 2013, Musk made only $69,989, a small fraction of what other people on his senior management…
S&P Downgrades Russia Currency Near Junk
ThinkstockRussia paid for the instability it has helped create in Ukraine and the surrounding areas. S&P cut its foreign currency rating to BBB-/A-3 from BBB-/A-2. The outlook on the currency remains “negative.” In its…
Visa Earnings Do Not Impress Investors
ThinkstockVisa Inc. (NYSE: V) reported fiscal second quarter 2014 results after markets closed on Thursday. The credit card issuer posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.20 and revenues of $3.16 billion. In…
Starbucks Earnings: Growing Stores AND Operating Margin
courtesy of Starbucks Corp.Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is out with its second quarter earnings for its fiscal 2014. The coffee retailing giant reported earnings of $0.56 per share on revenues of $3.87 billion. Thomson…
Microsoft OEM Sales Saves the Quarter
courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported third fiscal quarter 2014 results after markets closed Thursday. The software behemoth reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.68 on revenues of $20.4 billion. In the…
Amazon Continues With Almost Zero Margin in Earnings
By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is out with its first quarter earnings report for 2015, and the company did not follow Apple in its effort to make shares more…
The 4 Stocks That Mixed the Markets
thinkstockApril 24 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday following solid earnings reports last night from Apple and Facebook. Sentiment turned quickly, however, following reports that Russian troops were planning military exercises along the Ukrainian…
America’s Most (and Least) Common Jobs
ThinkstockThe job market is an important indicator of the economy’s health. A look at the most and least common jobs reflects the industries that are critical to the economy, as well as those that…
Can America Fix 63,000 Bridges?
ThinkstockThere are more than 600,000 bridges in the U.S. and the average age of a bridge is 42 years. Drivers make approximately 210 million trips daily across deficient bridges in the nation’s largest 102…
Analysts Raise Targets for F5, as Confusion Reigns After Earnings
F5 Networks investors must be very confused if they go to quote pages for their news. The company beat earnings expectations and raised guidance, at least that it is how it is being reported…
Earnings on Deck: What to Expect From Ford
When Ford reports first-quarter results before markets open Friday, the company is expected to post earnings per share of $0.31 on revenues of $34.06 billion. Not exactly heart-stopping performance.
National Bank of Greece Capital Raise Maybe Not Enough — S&P
Standard & Poor's has affirmed its CCC rating on National Bank of Greece. The call sounds like it is one of stability on the surface, but S&P's outlook is Negative.