We have already noted on numerous occasions how the floodgates for re-sales or re-IPO’s of old private equity acquisitions have to come back on the market. And now we have the first of many…
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) is holding its own considering the past few years. The apparel retail giant reported a slight gain in quarterly earnings, although this is on the heels of a 7% decline…
NYSE Euronext has begun trading a new ETF this week that is meant to track the large companies throughout the Nordic region. This seeks to track the FTSE Nordic 30 Index, which is comprised…
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has come back from the sub-$10.00 category with a vengeance. In fact, if it rallies another $2.00 then it will have recovered a sharp 200% from lows. With shares are…
The video game sector was supposed to be one of the relative beneficiaries of the recession even if it was not to be entirely immune. The sector was part of the ‘in-living room entertainment’…
These are this Tuesday’s top day trader and active stock alerts. We have more detailed data on volume and price analysis with links through to VSInvestor.com on each stock: PetSmart Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) was…
Weekly jobless claims are heading the wrong direction again this morning, although some of this may still have some seasonality to it. The Labor Department showed a gain of 15,000 jobless claims to 576,000…
By John Tamny of RealClearMarkets Last month federal agents arrested a large number of New Jersey politicians on bribery and money laundering charges. As described in the Wall Street Journal, one $97,000 bribe was…
These are Thursday’s top ten analyst research summary upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street brokerage firms: AstraZeneca (AZN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Brandywine Realty (BDN) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch. China…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has scored a significant upgrade in both name and in quality. The king of search has been raised to Goldman Sachs’ Conviction Buy List. The target was raised to $560…
Wells Fargo (WFC) and a lot of other American banks got in trouble by being more liberal than they should have been in their loan practices. Financial firms made to many risky mortgage loans,…
The precious time of senior government officials must not be so precious. Federal agencies seem to be spending more and more time looking back on the financial crisis to see if it was handled…
GM’s aged product chief, Robert Lutz, says he can tell a successful car by looking at it. Marketing studies are useless. Car men can spot a good car a mile away. Lutz must have…
The government has made a colossal effort since the 1960s to clean the air and America’s lakes and rivers. Most citizens probably thought the the work was remarkably successful. Dead lakes now support fish…
The “cash for clunkers” program was close to being a perfect part of the $787 billion stimulus package. It helped people who may not have been able to afford a car to get one.…
Reuters: UBS (UBS) shares may fall when the Swiss government sells out. Reuters: The US deficit estimate was trimmed to $1.59 trillion. Reuters: A homeowner sued Wells Fargo (WFC) over a credit line. Reuters: …
Markets in Asia rose. The Nikkei was up 1.8% to 10,383. The Hang Seng was up 2.3% to 20,407. PetroChina (PTR) was up sharply. The Shanghai Composite rocketed up 4.5% to 2,912. At the…
PetSmart Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) is getting shelled in after-hours trading after the large pet products retail giant posted disappointing earnings and guidance. It turns out that spending on Fido and Fifi might not be …
NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) just gave its earnings for its first quarter of Fiscal-2010, and it is a mixed bag. The storage and data management company said that non-GAAP earnings were $0.22 EPS and…
News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS), via the MySpace unit, has announced that it is acquiring a social music discovery service called iLike. Financial terms were not disclosed, but iLike’s co-founders and twin brothers Ali and…