Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.In a press release this morning, the National Consumers League (NCL) called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to “investigate recent allegations that the multi-level marketing company Herbalife is, in actuality, a…
Thinkstock About a month ago, analysts at Credit Suisse AG (NYSE: CS) touted several master limited partnerships (MLPs) with Overweight ratings and raised price targets. The companies in that list included Targa Resources Corp.…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories increased by 2.6 million barrels last week, bringing the total U.S. commercial crude inventory to 384…
ThinkstockRussia’s largest search engine, Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: YNDX), announced a secondary offering of more than 24 million shares after markets closed last night, and the stock promptly fell 8%. But all is forgiven this…
ThinkstockU.S. sugar growers and processors have long been criticized for taking a disproportionate share of government support for sugar beet and sugar cane crops. And it appears that another substantial subsidy is on its…
ThinkstockIn the wake of yesterday’s OPEC oil market report, we have the latest monthly report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) today. While the two differ somewhat in specifics, the general story is the…
thinkstockExpress Inc. (NYSE: EXPR) reported fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the specialty retailer reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.75 on revenues of…
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting a decrease of 4.7% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index following a rise of 14.8% for the previous…
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Crossroads Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDS) is up 32.1% at $3.85. OCZ Technology Group Inc. (NASDAQ: OCZ) is up 21.2% at $1.60. CKX Lands Inc. (NYSEMKT:…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning but never managed to hold a position in positive territory. Despite a significant drop in U.K. industrial production in February, the country’s trade deficit was narrow than…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today released its March version of the Short-Term Energy Outlook. The agency has lowered its forecast for the price of crude and retained its earlier forecast on the…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe number of U.S. workers laid off or fired in January fell to a 12-year low of 1.51 million according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor.…
courtesy of MicrosoftThe estimated worldwide market for tablets this year has been pushed up by about 10%, from a previous estimate of 172.4 million units to 190 million units. By the end of 2017,…
ThinkstockBy 2017, more than 1 billion people around the world will be using mobile banking services. That’s the number that will be using their mobile phone handsets. Nearly 200 million users will be using…
ThinkstockShares of MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) jumped to a 52-week high of $14.51 the day last October when the company announced its proposed merger with T-Mobile USA, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom…
ThinkstockIf something is too good to last, it won’t. That could be the story among the publicly traded companies we are watching in the 3D printing business. Growth began to pick up smartly in…
ThinkstockThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) released its March Oil Market Report this morning. The cartel did not change its forecast for global demand growth of 800,000 barrels a day to a total…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 28 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp.…
thinkstockWe have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of February 28: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT), MEMC…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 28 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI); BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), Chevron…