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Paul Ausick

Why Target Earnings Are Crushing the Stock

Retail giant Target reported fiscal first-quarter earnings Wednesday morning that were well short of consensus estimates. Revenues beat estimates but Target's spending on pay hikes and investments in growth sent shareholders to the exits.

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

Does Drug Testing for Marijuana Tell Us Anything?

Testing for marijuana use resulted in an uptick in positive results in 2017, according to Quest Diagnostics, the largest diagnostics firm in the world. Is availability of legal recreational marijuana a major contributor?

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

How Kohl’s Earnings Blew Past Expectations

Kohl's posted more-than solid first fiscal-quarter results Tuesday morning and raised earnings per share guidance for the full year. Investors were quite pleased judging by the boost to Kohl's share price.

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

Boeing, Caterpillar Lift the Dow Monday

Boeing, Caterpillar, GE, and United Technologies were the best performing Dow stocks Monday following the easing of U.S. tensions with China over trade and tariffs.

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

Obamas, Netflix Sign Production Deal

Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have signed a multi-year production deal with Netflix that is sure to grind the current White House occupant's gears.

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

Gas Prices Rise, Summer Travel Plans Plunge

Rising gas prices are putting a crimp in Americans' plans for summer road trips. The number planning a road trip of is down by 24 percentage points compared to last year.

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

GE to Receive $11 Billion for Its Transportation Business

General Electric has struck a deal with Wabtec to merge the conglomerate's transportation division into a new subsidiary of Wabtec in exchange for $2.9 billion in cash in a deal valued at more than…

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

Electric Buses to Fuel EV Boom

A new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecasts electric vehicle sales to rise even faster than the analysts forecast last summer due to massive growth in sales of electric buses.

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago