Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is set to report earnings after the closing bell. While the distant number-two search player is still in the midst of a turnaround, the report is unlikely to have many…
AT&T (NYSE:T) may have the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone, but Verizon Wireless (VOD)(VZ) has the customer service reputation, and service seems to trump product. ChangeWave polled about 4,000 people as part of its wireless Customer…
The 24/7 compensation of college presidents was based on three criteria. The first two were the president’s compensation divided by their respective student bodies and staff. The president of a college is ultimately responsible for these two bodies and managing…
The Congressional Budget Office has released new data for the 2010 budget, and the need for more spending freezes and spending controls is becoming more and more evident by the day (as if you…
Blogs and tech websites are beginning to buzz with news that Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) may begin to sell the Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Nexus One handset powered by the search company’s own Android operating systems. There is…
The retail industry’s biggest booster group, The National Retail Federation, expects sales in the industry to rise 2.5% next year. It bases its conclusion on an anticipated increase in consumer spending and a drop…
These are the top day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have more details and analysis via a link to each story over at VSInvestor.com: Apple Inc.(NASDAQ: AAPL) is one we are watching…
Updated throughout the day. Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) will begin to sell the Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Nexus One. (Android Community) GM is near to a sale of Saab. (Bloomberg) The US Sanate may be considering a $50…
These are this Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls: Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Raised to Market Perform from Underperform at BMO Capital. American Express (NYSE: AXP) Raised to Neutral…
S&P said it will consider a downgrade of Japan’s sovereign debt. The nation faces the same pressure that countries from Ireland to Greece face. Japan’s national debt obligations are growing while its economy is…
The Administration will propose a three-year freeze on domestic spending programs that make up 17% of the federal budget. The White House estimate of the benefits is $250 billion over the period through 2020.…
The FT has determined that the growth of China’s scientific research has been greater than that of any other nation in the world over the last three decades. And, China could pass the US…
The use of wind power in America rose 39% last year according to a report from American Wind Energy Association cited in The New York Times. “The amount of capacity added last year, 9,900…
Does financial success make a brand or does a brand drive strong financial results? The extraordinary quarterly results of Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) raise the question. Apple beat most analyst expectations with its latest…
The World Economic Forum at Davos has lost its cache of a few years. It was hurt badly by the recession. CEOs were reluctant to be seen flying their private jets to Switzerland to rub shoulders…
Reuters: Obama will seek a three years domestic spending freeze aimed at cutting $250 billion from the deficit by 2020. Reuters: China tightened bank credit rules. Reuters: Chinese media criticized the US for “polticizing” the Google…
Markets in Asia fell sharply. The Nikkei dropped 1.8% to 10,325. The Hang Seng fell 2.1% to 20,157. The Shanghai Composite dropped 2.4% to 3,019 as the Chinese government put in new bank reserve…
VMware Inc (NYSE: VMW) has been a difficult stock to evaluate for many because it is basically a virtualization tracking stock since EMC Corp.(NYSE: EMC) still owns about 80% of the company. But that is…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has just reported earnings after the closing bell. The iPhone and iPod maker posted $3.67 EPS on a GAAP basis and $15.69 billion in revenues versus the Thomson Reuters consensus…
The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (NYSE: AGM), a.k.a. Farmer Mac, today raised additional capital. The capital came via a sale in a private offering of shares of non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock of Farmer Mac…