ThinkstockNearly 39 million shares of Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) have traded hands as of 11:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, nearly triple the stock’s average daily volume of around 14 million shares traded. Shares of…
ThinkstockBarnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) reported second-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The bookstore chain reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.15 on revenues of $1.73 billion. In the same…
courtesy of General Motors Co.New car sales in 2013 are headed for the best year in more than five. An early forecast from Edmunds.com estimates that, based on November sales numbers, the seasonally adjusted annual…
ThinkstockIn early October, men’s clothing firm Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. (NASDAQ: JOSB) made an offer of $48 a share for Men’s Wearhouse Inc. (NYSE: MW), which the target company rejected and which was…
ThinkstockTwo of China’s established solar panel makers reported third-quarter earnings before markets opened Tuesday morning. Both have improved results compared with the year-ago quarter, but one continues to fight for its life while the…
courtesy Tiffany & Co.Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) reported third-quarter results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The luxury goods company reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.73 on revenues of $911.5 million. In…
courtesy Boeing Co.The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is preparing to issue a warning this week directing airlines not to fly airplanes made by Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) that use engines made by General…
November 25, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher Monday morning following the agreement reached over the weekend between Iran and a group of six nations including the U.S. that have negotiated to lift some…
By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsGerman workers are not happy with Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) — again. In May 500 warehouse workers affiliated with the Ver.di union walked off the job at two…
ThinkstockOne of the readily apparent aspects of the 3D printing sector is the nosebleed level of forward earnings levels. Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) and 3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD), for example, have forward P/E…
courtesy of Yahoo!In yet another dramatic move to beef up its place in the social media war for eyeballs, Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO) announced on Monday that former ABC correspondent Katie Couric will join…
ThinkstockBlack Friday is nearly here and with it comes an estimate of what retailers can expect in the way of traffic and sales. Consulting firm Deloitte LP has conducted an online survey of 1,000…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Perhaps the only thing that could have made the timing weirder than Monday’s announcement that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) will get a new CEO in February is if the…
courtesy of Office DepotThe merger of Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) and Office Max closed earlier in November and now the landscape for office supply stores includes just two major big-box players: Office Depot,…
ThinkstockThe drilling boom in the U.S. has become something of a mixed blessing for the country’s largest oilfield services companies. Demand for rigs and other services has swelled, but increased competition has weighed on…
Jim Henderson, via Wikimedia CommonsIn an exclusive report from the New York Post Monday morning, the newspaper cites unnamed sources who say that Eddie Lampert, the chairman and CEO of Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:…
ThinkstockOut of nine initial public offerings (IPOs) tentatively scheduled for the week ending November 22nd, five actually took place. Here’s a look at how they performed on the first day of trading. Liquefied natural…
Google Inc.If you live in Brazil and want to purchase the latest Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5S, you’ll pay the equivalent of $1,585 for the 16 GByte model that costs about $200 (with a…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Standard & Poor’s on Friday announced that J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is getting booted from the S&P 500 index effective after markets close on November 29th. It’s just…
Courtesy of Boeing Co.On Friday The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) notified customers for its 747-8 and 787 Dreamliner that planes equipped with the GEnx engine from General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) could have an…