Healthcare.govIt’s probably no surprise that millions of Americans visited HealthCare.gov — the website where Americans can sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. However, while it was among the most visited…
thinkstockApril 7, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday and were on a downhill slide all day long. Momentum stocks again had a terrible day. At the close of trading today the DJIA was down…
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has released its report on consumer credit for the month of February. In February, consumer credit increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.5%. Revolving credit, effectively credit cards and…
The Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG), the world’s top consumer products giant and a Dow Jones Industrial Average component, made important news on Monday by announcing that it was raising its dividend by…
ThinkstockAnother Web 2.0 or Web 3.0 initial public offering has been filed. This one is from Mobile Iron Inc., and the size for filing purposes is up to $100 million in common stock. Mobile…
Ford issued two recall notices Monday morning on some of its best-selling cars, including Escape compact SUVs. The total number of vehicles involved is more than 434,000.
Wedbush reiterated its Buy rating on Zynga, but what stands out is that the mobile and social game maker's stock was added to the Best Idea List of picks at the firm.
ThinkstockThe stock market hit a new high on Friday morning, just in time for two days of serious stock selling. It turns out that the high-beta momentum stocks that led the bull market higher…
Sears Holdings completed its spin-off of Lands' End on Monday morning, when shares of the mail-order clothing retailer began "regular-way" trading. Sears stock has tanked Monday morning.
World Wrestling Entertainment investors are getting a true smackdown. A Barron's bash over the weekend was felt despite the company releasing its growth figures on Monday.
The $5.6 billion acquisition of Questcor Pharmaceuticals by specialty drugmaker Mallinckrodt started the week off with a big bang. But just what did Mallinckrodt get?
ThinkstockMore good news is out on employment. The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI) rose in March. Monday’s report seems to somewhat shadow the gains seen in Friday’s unemployment and payrolls report. The index…
Courtesy Boeing Co.When an Australian ship first identified signals from deep in the Indian Ocean as being “consistent with” the sort of signals generated by an airplane’s flight data recorder — the “black box”…
While the FDA has been far from a friend to MannKind over the past few years, the latest FDA panel backing may have given diabetes patients and investors some hope. That hope was diminished…
Wikimedia CommonsAfter a very volatile first quarter of the this year that saw a 6% drop in late January only to be erased by a quick 8% gain, investors are looking to the second…