ThinkstockWednesday’s ADP Private Sector Payrolls report showed a gain of 175,000 in January. Dow Jones was calling for 189,000 and Bloomberg was calling for 170,000. While there has to be some merit to the…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, February 5, 2014. They include Arch Coal, ADM, Citigroup, Myriad Genetics and Sirius.
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting an increase of 0.4% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite, index following a drop of 0.2% for the previous…
At the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the theme that surrounded the show was the "Internet of Things." Stifel analysts believe the Internet of Things has arrived and is presenting significant investment…
Before the markets opened Wednesday morning, drug giant Merck & Co. reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results that failed to dazzle. But shares traded higher in the premarket session.
Consumer Reports magazine has released its 2014 Car-Brand Perception Survey, which reflects how consumers look at car brands in seven categories. The top brand manufacturer overall was Toyota, which widened its lead over the…
A landmark settlement has been reached in the high-profile case between Google and EU antitrust regulators. Google has agreed to provide comparable prominence in online search results to services offered by its rivals.
ThinkstockA drought that has started to plague some portions of central California seems likely to grow, and it may be close to permanent. The sources of the state’s water have become scarce enough that…
One thing that is clear from the recent J.C. Penney announcement about holiday sales is that the sinking retailer has far too many stores. A restructuring is almost certainly in the offing for J.C.…
Wikimedia CommonsSEC filings often have all sorts of goodies hidden in them. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is known as one of the top places to go for top tech talent, and Chairman Eric Schmidt…
ThinkstockGilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) is the biggest biotech company in America, and it is one of the top performers for 2013. Despite having a market cap of well over $100 billion now, this…
thinkstockFebruary 4, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday following a crushing on Monday that saw all three major indexes put up at least a 2% loss on the day. Equities got some help from…
ThinkstockStandard & Poor’s Rating Services has just turned Puerto Rico into the equivalent of on of the PIIGS over credit ratings. Well, maybe Puerto Rico did it with poor finances and S&P is just…
January and February have put the stock market in question for 2014. After three series of major economic releases were handily under expectations in the United States, the issues overseas are mounting. Now all…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) says it is not true, but investors and traders aren’t buying the company’s denial that it is in talks either to sell its Vaio personal computer business…