Investors have just been given one more trading instrument meant to track a less-followed investment class. State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) has announced that its State Street Global Advisors has launched a new ETF…
Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: SOLF), a photovoltaic cell and PV module maker in China, is trading higher after the company gave guidance. The outlook for the third quarter of 2009 is for…
24/7 Wall St. sat down with Alan Mulally, who has been Ford’s (F) CEO for three years, on September 15. The interview covered Ford’s major plans, the global car markets, and the effects of the…
These are this Thursday morning’s top pre-market day trader alert and active trader alert stocks moving on unusual trading volume. We have a link through to more color and analysis on price and volume…
The Labor Department has come out with its weekly jobless claims, and we are still seeing nothing much more than a jobless recovery. The number came in down 12,000 on a revised basis down…
These are this Thursday morning’s top analyst upgrades and positive research calls seen from Wall Street: Foster Wheeler (FWLT) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. Genworth (GNW) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. Itron…
These are this Thursday morning’s top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious research calls from Wall Street firms: ABB (ABB) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank. ArcelorMittal (MT) Cut to Hold at Societe Generale, Black…
Twitter has just raised capital at price that values the company at about $1 billion. A collection of private investors have agreed to buy two-thirds of Skype from eBay (EBAY), a process complicated by…
Many economists and energy forecast firms argue that oil supply will be abundant in 2010 and demand will be modest. That does not seem to matter to oil traders. The falling value of the…
The recent report on global unemployment from the OECD predicted that developed country joblessness will reach post WW-II highs soon and will not improve much over the next two years. Now, Noble Prize winner…
Reuters: The competition to dominate the green car market is increasing. Reuters: Obama will pressure the G20 on Wall St. reform. Reuters: Oracle (ORCL) earnings missed targets. Reuters: Opel’s sales shows power is shifting…
Markets in Asia were sharply higher. The Nikkei rose 1.7% to 10,444. The Hang Seng was up 2.4% to 21,918. The Shanghai Composite rose 2% to 3,060. At the open in Europe, The FTSE…
eBay (EBAY) shares are trading down about 2% at $23.96 on news that a company owned by Skype’s founders has filed a filed a copyright suit against the VoIP company, according to The Wall…
KKR must not carry the clout it once did. Eastman Kodak (EK) announced that it expects to raise up to $700 million through a series of financing transactions, including a commitment from KKR to…
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) was having a rough day ahead of its earnings and things don’t look much better after the report. The CRM leader posted a 5% rise in income of $1.1 billion,…
The spin-off IPO for Shanda Games Limited (NASDAQ: GAME) is coming next week and the company has set the expected price band for its 63+ million American Depositary Shares in range of $10.50 and…
Omniture Inc. (NASDAQ: OMTR) seems like another niche ad-tech play that has gone on over the recent years, but it could possibly be much more. Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) gave a $21.50 per…
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) is on deck for earnings after the close of trading today. The consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters are $0.30 EPS and $5.25 billion in revenues. The $0.30 EPS figure is…
There are a number of lists of the largest US public companies and the largest companies from overseas. These are published by several business magazines both in their print editions and online. These lists…