The National Venture Capital Association says that VC investments fell slightly more than 50% in the second quarter. The group reports that just 25 venture capital funds raised $1.7 billion in the second quarter…
The politicians who run California have come to a budget agreement that may take care of most of the state budget deficit, but it will drive California much deeper into recession. To close a…
Wall St. analysts expect Apple’s earnings to do better than estimates. This is not surprising. Apple (AAPL) has a history of setting low expectations about its figures and then beating them handily. It has…
Several research firms publish data on corporate reputations each year. It is not difficult to predict which companies are likely to be on the section of these lists where there has been a large…
Reuters: Microsoft (MSFT) is putting more R&D in India. Reuters: CIT (CIT) confirmed that it rasied $3 billion. Reuters: Bernanke said Fed can control inflation. Reuters: California lawmakers agreed to a state budget. Reuters: …
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 2.7% to 9,582. Sony (SNE) and Toyota (TM) both advanced. The Hang Seng fell .6% to 19,380. China Life (LFC) rose and China Mobile (CHL) fell.…
Communications chip giant Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) has just reported earnings after the close. The non-GAAP results were $0.20 EPS on a 27% decline in revenue to $2.46 billion This compares to Thomson…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is not a company you think of needing cash. Yet, after the close, the chip and processor giant announced its intention to sell a $1.5 billion principal amount of junior…
The lessons of trading in Harman International Industries Inc. (NYSE: HAR) today come from a different form of news, but there is just no way to not draw a parallel to the great old…
VMS, which monitors television content for its PR value, recently reported that Twitter had received $48 million in free media public relations in the last month. The dynamic of press mentions certainly can work to undermine…
This week will mark the first crest of earnings season as we have 11 of the 30 DJIA components reporting earnings this week alone. On Tuesday, we have earnings from Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT),…
PetMed Express Inc. (NASDAQ: PETS) might have been one of those companies you have seen advertising on television. It even had what might been a red flag in that commercial as they are one…
Leading Economic Indicators from the Conference Board is a bit of a misnomer, mainly because by the time the report comes out we generally have seen bits and pieces of more than half of…
These are this morning’s top day trading and active trader stocks on the move. We have also provided links through to more detailed price and volume analysis at VSInvestor.com: Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:…
John Tamny In his monetary policy classic Lombard Street, 19th century financial writer Walter Bagehot observed that due to the unwarranted prestige attached to central banks, posts within tend “to be desired by vain…
These are the top 10 analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street firms early this Monday morning: Allergan (AGN) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. BJ Services (BJS) Cut to Underperform at…
The Symbian Foundation, a leader in cell phone operating system research, says there will be ten million apps available a decade from now. “The full blossom will come in ten years and mobile apps…
New York State Attorny General Andrew Cuomo is suing Charles Schwab (SCHW) for fraud. The legal action alleges that the brokerage sold auction rate securities to clients with little effort to educate customers about…
The world will have 1.3 billion people over 65 by 2040, according to a new report from the US Census Bureau. According to Reuters, “An aging population will push up pension and health care…
24/7 Wall St. completed an analysis of newspapers websites for the years 2008 and 2009. We have added magazines to this analysis because print media clearly faces potential extinction if it cannot move most…