ZoesKitchen.comZoe’s Kitchen, Inc. (NYSE: ZOES) must think that another up day in the markets means that it is time to rally just like it was a normal IPO day elsewhere. Wednesday’s gain in the…
ThinkstockU.S. economic activity increased in most of the 12 Federal Reserve districts since the March report according to the April version of the Beige Book released Wednesday afternoon. Eight Fed districts characterized growth at…
courtesy of the Federal ReserveFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke at the Economic Club of New York on Wednesday, April 16, regarding monetary policy and the economic recovery. The initial reaction was that the…
ThinkstockSome initial public offerings (IPOs) are considered a huge success if the stock appreciates more than about 20% on its IPO date. To some, though, that’s an unsuccessful launch from the company’s point of…
Earnings season is upon us, and Thursday will bring earnings reports from oilfield services giants Schlumberger and Baker Hughes. 24/7 Wall St. has earnings previews for both stocks.
General Electric is expected to report earnings on Thursday morning before the open. GE's report likely will be dominated by more talk of the impending consumer finance unit spin-off.
IBM is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday. Big Blue sounds cheap on the earnings front because of its buybacks, but it has no real growth to speak of.
ThinkstockOf four initial public offerings (IPO) scheduled to begin trading on Wednesday, we have seen two and await the others. Both IPOs now trading priced below their expected range, and one offered fewer shares…
Volvo has tapped AT&T to provide wireless connectivity to its 2015 models in the United States and Canada. AT&T already has similar deals with General Motors, Audi and Tesla.
Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report Wednesday morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories increased by 10 million barrels last week, maintaining a total U.S. commercial crude inventory to…
Canaccord Genuity is one of the few firms that are willing to cover small-cap biotech and emerging pharma stocks. Sometimes the price target upside is off the charts as well. In case of Lpath…
3D Systems announced Wednesday that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Brazil-based Robtec, the leading distributor of printing and scanning products in Latin America,
Sterne Agee's Arvind Bhatia has decided that enough is enough when it comes to the drop in shares of Twitter. He has decided to raise his rating to Neutral, citing potential for user growth…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Wednesday morning that new housing starts in March rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000. That was an increase…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. They include Control4, Cree, NetApp, Twitter, Yahoo! and Yelp.