This week's report from Department of Labor was disappointing. Sure, the official unemployment rate dipped to 6.6%. That was in-line with expectations, but it truly feels like skewed data when you look at the…
ThinkstockIf one retail and apparel player needs a comeback, it is none other than Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU). One analyst on Wall Street drew the line in the sand this last week and…
thinkstockFebruary 7, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday even following a weak report on non-farm payrolls. As with car sales and retail sales, bad weather got a big portion of the blame for the…
Wikimedia CommonsEven though there is a virtually unlimited supply of Internet searches available and only a limited (if very large) amount of oil and gas available, it would seem that oil and gas would…
We have already seen that Standard & Poor’s had downgraded Puerto Rico to junk bond status from investment grade. Now we have the same call coming from one of the other top ratings agencies.…
ThinkstockChinese Internet service provider NQ Mobile Inc. (NYSE: NQ) was attacked by short selling firm Muddy Waters LLC in late October and the company’s share price tumbled from a 52-week high of $25.90 to…
Shares of SodaStream International were higher Friday on continued speculation that PepsiCo might be interested in buying the Israeli company. This is the second time in a year SodaStream has been linked to PepsiCo.
Activision Blizzard shares soared Friday morning, following a better-than expected earnings report late Thursday due to strong game sales over the holidays, particularly of its Call of Duty series.
courtesy of USPSIf the U.S. Postal Service was a stock, it might have the highest short interest of any on Wall Street. The good old USPS just keeps turning in losses, keeps having inverted…
ThinkstockAccording to a recent report, children’s reading performances have improved in the past decade. While 70% of fourth graders had weak reading skills in 2003, that rate dropped to 66% in 2013. However, there…
This year promises to be at least a very interesting one in the mobile wireless business. It is probably safe to say that by the end of this year, the mobile carrier business in…
Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Apple has repurchased more than $40 billion worth of its own shares in the past 12 months, a total he claimed is a record for any company. Who…
The verdict is in. Friday's release from the Department of Labor showed that nonfarm payrolls grew by 113,000. Bloomberg was calling for 181,000 and Dow Jones was calling for 189,000.
The equity strategists at Credit Suisse have used the sell-off to make some massive changes in their Top Picks list. Stocks are added in six sectors allowing a wide range of top new names…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on is Friday, February 7, 2014. They include AOL, Echelon, Fairway, LinkedIn and Lululemon.