When Apple reported earnings after markets closed Monday night, investors paid more attention to the company's sales of iPhones than tablets. But the company said it sold 26 million iPads during its first fiscal…
thinkstockJanuary 27, 2014: Markets opened slightly higher on Monday and equities spent the day bouncing around the breakeven line. Tech stocks trailed behind, never quite rising above breakeven after the opening bell. New home…
A worker at a Los Angeles McDonald's outlet will attend President Obama's State of the Union Tuesday evening as the guest of California Representative Linda Sanchez. The White House has indicated that income inequality…
The U.S. Census Bureau Monday morning released data on new single-family home sales for December, as well as the median sales price for new homes and the average sales price.
More colder weather is expected in the next couple of weeks and that will keep the price of natural gas volatile. The trend over the next couple of months, though, is likely to be…
Caterpillar reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Monday. It also reaffirmed its previous guidance for 2014 revenues.
American Electric Power reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Monday and affirmed its earlier earnings guidance for 2014.
courtesy of 3D Systems Inc.As growth plays, it was hard to top 3D printer companies in 2013. For the three companies that were publicly traded for the whole year, shares were up from nearly…
thinkstockJanuary 24, 2014: Markets opened lower on Friday and the tide of red ink flowed freely all day, with every sector trading lower. The DJIA closed down 1.96%, the S&P 500 closed down 2.09%,…
Whatever the cause of last Tuesday's disruption of Internet access in China, the effects continue to be felt early Friday morning as stock prices in the country's largest Internet stocks continue to slip. The…
Honeywell International reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2013 results before markets opened Friday. The company also affirmed the fiscal 2014 guidance it offered in December.
Procter & Gamble reported second-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened Friday, and its outlook for the rest of 2014 looks a bit shaky. Anyone with new ideas for how P&G might prosper and…
MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported second-quarter fiscal 2014 results after markets closed Thursday. The software behemoth reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.78 on revenues of $24.52 billion. In the same period last year…
The U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council has begun looking at Berkshire Hathaway to determine whether the financial powerhouse is important enough to the global financial system to require supervision from the Federal Reserve. Berkshire…
McDonald's reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning. Earnings looked stagnant and the company seems to be out of fresh ideas.
Nokia reported fourth-quarter and interim full-year fiscal 2013 results from continuing operations before markets opened Thursday. Results exclude the company's Devices & Services (handset) division, which the firm has agreed to sell to Microsoft.
thinkstockJanuary 7, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday led by healthcare and tech stocks. The S&P 500 closed with a gain for the first time this year. The DJIA closed up 0.64%, the S&P…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.When the Black Friday weekend shopping craze ended, J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) did not waste any time announcing that same-store sales for the month of November had jumped…
courtesy of TwitterShares of Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) tumbled 4% Monday following a downgrade to Underweight by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). The stock continues its slide today, dropping another 6.5% with no other news…
ThinkstockThe Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opened today in Las Vegas and it is nothing if not big. It’s also a place for big announcements, and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) CEO Gary Shapiro did…