It has been expected for some time that global PC sales would rise this year as the economy recovers and the demand for Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 7 causes people and business to replace existing machines…
During the last month, there has been a great deal of bad news about housing, foreclosures, and default rates. And, there has been almost no good news to offset it. Pending home sales added to…
The 52-week low search is a common tool used by value investors, momentum investors, growth investors, and traders in various price screens to help decide when to a buy or sell a stock. The…
The weekly jobless claims from the U.S. Labor Department showed a decline from the week before. The weekly claims fell by a 29,000 adjusted figure to 469,000 claims after last week’s figure was moved…
Updated throughout the day. Updated: 11.32 AM Eastern: Vonage (VG) may be bought, by AT&T (T)? Redhat (RHT) may be bought by IBM (IBM). Cree (CREE) may buy Nanometrics (NANO) (Barron’s) Prudential plc is…
These are the top ten analyst calls we have seen in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning: BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein. Boeing Co.…
Internet security, whether it is provided by software companies or the government, is not very good. Law enforcement groups have finally shut down the Mariposa botnet which is one of the world’s largest networks…
The market may have overestimated the effects that Toyota’s 8.5 million global vehicle recall would have on the company’s future sales. In the US, the Japanese car company only sold 10% fewer units in…
Greece has decided to raise three billion to five billion euros through a 10-year bond. The country has hired several banks including Barclays (BCS) and HSBC (HBC) to handle the transaction. The bonds have not been…
Toyota (TM) got a small taste of things to come. The company already faces a raft of class action and liability suits. Now, a suit which involves the crash of a Lexus ES 350…
Reuters: The Senate rejected a plan to send $250 to the elderly. Reuters: Obama is still pushing the Volcker rule. Reuters: The Facebook CEO is in no rush for an IPO. Reuters: Toyota (TM)…
Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was down 1.1% to 10,146. Toyota (TM) moved up over 3%. The Hang Seng was off 1.4% to 20,576. China Unicom (CHU) fell and HSBC (HBC) rose. The Shanghai Composite dropped…
Average: “an estimation of or approximation to an arithmetic mean”–Webster Burger King (BKC) is the perennial also-ran in the fast food market in which its runs well behind McDonald’s (MCD). Burger King’s shares have underperformed those…
Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) announced better than expected earnings today but also said it would need to cut its staff. Net revenue for the first fiscal quarter was $163.2 million, compared to…
Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) has been in trouble. About all that can be said after it recently hit 52-week lows is that it has at least bounced about 5% from its recent lows. Most…
The Federal Reserve has issued its most recent Beige Book, which does not really sound that much different from from many of the notes from the latest FOMC minutes. The Fed noted slight improvement…
2010 is shaping up to be the year of the dividend. Stock buybacks are now becoming to be “Oh so 2007” for investors. In fact, many argue whether or not stock buyback plans do…
All the US government has to do to pay for the current healthcare reform proposal is eliminate foodborne illnesses like botulism, salmonella, and e-coli. A new study from The Product Safety Project says that “acute foodborne illnesses…
If you have watched the earnings from solar power companies and other Cleantech companies in recent weeks, the obvious elephant in the room is the notion that there needs to be mergers in the…
Every time there is news from Greece about its debt woes, the first place to look for a reaction on how it will play out for U.S. investors and traders it seems to be…