Verizon’s Earnings Just Make the Grade
Verizon Communications reported first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday morning, but it did not offer any revenue or earnings guidance. Shares were up in the premarket.
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In a new research report, RBC adds and deletes names from its Guided Portfolio: Dividend Growth offering. We screened them by sector, looking for the highest yield for income-oriented investors.
Altria Posts Solid Earnings on Diversification, Share Buybacks
Altria reported solid first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday, citing the strength of its core tobacco businesses and its leading premium brands.
Sirius XM Delivers More Records With Earnings
Sirius XM has reported its first-quarter earnings results. The big buyback news is that on Friday the company is scheduled to repurchase 93 million shares from Liberty Media.
After the Apple Split, Five More Bull Market Stock Splits Needed
Could stock splits be coming back in vogue? Apple finally announced a major stock split. What is amazing is that the split was so large, on a seven-for-one basis.
Expired Patents Take a Bite out of Eli Lilly Results
Eli Lilly reported disappointing first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday, due in part to the impact of U.S. patent expirations for Cymbalta and Evista. Shares were up in premarket trading.
Price of a Carton of Milk Hits $4
ThinkstockThe price of a half-gallon of 2% milk has reached $4, which was unimaginable a year ago. The price of organic milk is 60 cents higher. If dairy prices continue to soar at current…
Waiting for the iPhone 7
The iPhone 5, in its various forms, was the star of Apple's earnings release. Apple sold 43.7 million of them, which made up over half of the company's $45.6 million in revenue.
Apple Earnings Dominated by Major Stock Split and Dividend Hike
Apple is out with its second-quarter earnings for 2014. The pressure has been on and off for Tim Cook to do something more aggressive, and this earnings report will put at least some of…
Qualcomm Revenues Stall
ThinkstockQualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) reported second fiscal quarter 2014 results after markets closed on Wednesday. The chipmaker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.31 and revenues of $6.37 billion. In the second…
Facebook CFO Punches Out, as Earnings Blow Out Estimates
Courtesy Facebook Inc.Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has reported its first-quarter earnings for 2014. The social media behemoth posted adjusted earnings of $0.34 per share and revenues of $2.502 billion. We had previously shown why…
The 4 Stocks That Couldn’t Pull Markets Up
thinkstockApril 23 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday following the worst report on new home sales since last July. Profit-taking seemed to be the order of the day in the tech sector ahead of…
Why Investors Are Not Chasing Gilead Endlessly Higher
ThinkstockBy any stretch of normal measurement in earnings season, Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) should have been a rocketing stock on Wednesday. Gilead blew away earnings and revenue estimates. Its Sovaldi Hepatitis C drug…
U.S. EPA Lists Nation’s Top Renewables Users
ThinkstockThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released on Wednesday its list of the top 100 organizations in the county that “are choosing to use electricity from clean, renewable sources like wind and solar power.”…
Are Parents of Adopted Kids More Educated Than Biological Parents?
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau releases some interesting studies throughout the course of the year. Considering that it has the Census report, it does after all have access to solid data about the population. Wednesday’s…