ThinkstockHalliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The oil & gas services company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.67 on revenues of $6.97 billion. In…
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.(NASDAQ: VRTX) is up 61.9% at $85.60. Desarrolladora Homex (NYSE: HMX) is up 40.2% at $8.16. Novadaq Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: NVDQ) is up…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as the DJIA was slammed by a number of weak earnings reports both last night and before markets opened this morning. The was no economic data out…
Wikimedia CommonsIn December 2008, 24/7 Wall St. named the CEO of McDonald’s Inc. (NYSE: MCD) its CEO of the year. James Skinner, who retired as the company’s CEO last summer, was credited with converting…
Wikimedia CommonsAs promised, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has posted at its website the pilot episodes for 14 new programs the company is considering producing for its Amazon Prime subscribers. The 14 programs include eight…
ThinkstockThe initial public offering (IPO) of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: SEAS) went off this morning at the high end of the $24 to $27 expected price range. The theme park operator sold 26 million…
Courtesy of Boeing Co.While the company continues to struggle with getting its 787 Dreamliners back in the air, Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) said this morning that it will reduce its production of it jumbo…
courtesy of McDonald'sMcDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the fast-food restaurant chain posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.26 on revenues of $6.61…
courtesy General Electric Co.General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The conglomerate posted adjusted diluted quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $0.39 on revenues of $35.01 billion.…
ThinkstockSchlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The oil field services firm posted adjusted diluted quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $1.01 on revenues of $10.67 billion. In…
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) is up 37% at $15.70. Adcare Health Systems Inc. (NYSEMKT: ADK) is up 36.7% at $5.88. Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. (NYSE: PTGI)…
courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported third fiscal quarter results after markets closed today. The software behemoth reported adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.65 on revenues of $20.49 billion. In the…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning following the report on U.S. jobless numbers (more coverage here). In Europe, the only data out today showed that U.K. retail sales fell 0.7%, slightly better…
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsThere are about five dozen hybrid or all-electric cars available in the U.S. Of those, the editors of Kelley Blue Book chose 10 that they think are the best of the…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.In decision we predicted yesterday, a New York State appellate court judge denied a request from Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) prohibiting J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) from selling goods…
ThinkstockThat didn’t take long. Co-founder of and former Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) CEO and chairman Aubrey McClendon is back in the oil & gas business. McClendon’s last day at Chesapeake was April 1st,…
ThinkstockShares of Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) rose as much as 3.2% this morning after the company posted first-quarter earnings that were considerably better than expected. Peabody’s earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.05…
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 31 billion cubic feet last week, slightly less than a build of between 33 and 37 billion cubic feet…
ThinkstockAuto retailer AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) reported first-quarter earnings before markets opened this morning. The company posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.68 on revenues of $4.1 billion. In the same period a…
Wikimedia Commons, Public DomainPepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the food and beverage company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.77 on…