Reuters: Airline on-board entertainment systems face competition from handheld devices like the Apple (AAPL) iPod. Reuters: Bernanke will be on PBS to take his message about Fed plans to a broader audience. Reuters: Some…
Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei rose 1.5% to 10,089. The Hang Seng was up 1.4% to 20,254. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.9% to 3,435. At the open in Europe, the FTSE…
Short sellers are will to bet, at least for now, that the worst of the banking earning crisis is over. Short interest in a number of large financial companies fell sharply for the period…
According to The Wall Street Journal, the head of the Citigroup (C) energy trading unit has a contract that could bring him as much as $100 million in compensation this year. The government’s new…
Many investors feel that their brokers led them astray when the market collapsed. Brokers may not have suggested moving money to safe havens, or they may have suggested that clients double down as the…
Here comes another weekend, and here comes another round of questions about the fate of CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT). While there were reports that Warren Buffett via Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and…
Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) has released its newest data on rig counts for the last week, and it seems that oil and gas producers might finally be increasing their rigs with higher prices…
The federal minimum wage gets a boost to $7.25 an hour today, a move that may hurt the low-wage earners the Obama administration is trying to help. The result may help send us back…
In the world of metals and commodity ETF products, the iShares Silver Trust (NYS: SLV) has been the go-to ETF for traders wanting exposure to the price of silver as it has an objective…
Biotehc firm Rigel’s (RIGL) rheumatoid arthritis drug candidate R788 did not meet its primary endpoint in Phase IIb clinical trial, probably putting in question the company’s goal of securing a R788 partner by the…
There are ETF and ETN products for just about everything. Equities, commodities, and more. This is even one for “Eu Carbon Allowances,” but not for long. XShares Advisors LLC has determined to liquidate its…
The following are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and volume analysis at VSInvestor.com:…
These are the top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Friday morning with about two hours until the market opens for trading: Charles Schwab (SCHW) Cut to Hold…
The local stimulus package may be causing a bubble in the Chinese stock market. Investors may simply have unprecedented access to capital. The market may also be reacting well to the fact the GDP moved…
AT&T (T) appropriately makes the point that its earnings now are driven by its cellular business and its new fiber broadband. The company now has 79.6 million wireless subscribers. The Apple (AAPL) iPhone is…
Microsoft’s (MSFT) revenue dropped 17% in the second quarter, and worse, sales dropped in all five of the firm’s operating units. The recession and the decline in PC sales are to blame for the…
The media made a big deal of the fact that the DJIA rose above 9,000 for the first time in nearly eight months. The index was under 6,550 in early March, do the advance…
Reuters: Microsoft’s (MSFT) results and forecast were weak. Reuters: CIT (CIT) may sell its aviation finance business. Reuters: Fatigue at the Fed is leading to questions about its expanded role. Reuters: Twitter will pitch…
Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei rose 1.6% to 9,945. The Hang Seng was up .5% to 19,913. PetroChina (PTR) moved up with th eprice of oil. The Shanghai Composite was up…
Jim Cramer came on CNBC’s MAD MONEY with a call that many will agree with and many will be upset about because he has been positive on the mobile internet sector. Cramer said Apple Inc.…