Fresh support among Republican senators for a massive expansion of nuclear projects is unlikely as proposed, but it’s an indication of the concessions needed for Democrats to pass their energy reform bill. That could…
This is the real week for earnings season where the floodgates open. That is particularly the case for some of the top banks, investment banks, and brokers. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) is…
Computer research firm NPD expects netbook sales to rise to 20% of total laptop sales this year. That would put unit sales just shy of 33 million, a increase of 100% over 2008. The regions…
Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOKU – News) has been looking for additional finding for its wholly-owned unit Hoku Materials, Inc. This was established to manufacture and sell polysilicon for the solar market. The company said…
Here are some of today’s top stories affecting key drug and biotech stocks, accompanied with links through to more detailed information and analysis at BioHealthInvestor.com: New short-interest data suggest traders are now increasing their…
Tuesday’s report on the Producer Price Index used as the gauge against wholesale inflation may mark one of the more important trader events outside of earnings. But there is a serious question on whether…
General Motors is still much of the talk since it exited bankruptcy protection early Friday. This was a quick bankruptcy process and was well ahead of historic bankruptcy timelines, avoiding what many skeptics thought…
These 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: Banking…
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is seeing some buying interest based upon an influential analyst call. Meredith Whitney Advisory has raised the rating on this investment bank and brokerage firm, a.k.a. bank…
John Tamny of RealClearMarkets When seasoned investors contemplate the airline industry, it’s often said that more money has been lost on investments than has ever been made. It could realistically be said that airlines…
These are the top pre-market upgrades and downgrades seen early this Monday morning ahead of the earnings season rush: Best Buy (BBY) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. Capella Education (CPLA) Cut to Neutral at…
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. MySpace, which has lost the crown as the world’s largest social network to Facebook and fired about a third of its staff will reposition itself…
It was only a matter of time before major American magazines, flagships of the national media business, began to close or be put on the auction block. BusinessWeek is for sale according to several…
The world of Google (GOOG) is a world where PC software applications run on the Internet with the heavy work being done by Google’s servers. The latest Google software, Chrome, is a simple operating…
A number of businesses and government enterprises elected not to upgrade to Vista, the current Microsoft (MSFT) computer operating system. It was considered a flawed product and the cost of licenses was too high,…
The San Francisco Chronicle recently wrote that only $9.4 billion of the $50 billion earmarked for the state has made it to the treasury. California has to wait for the rest during a period…
Having money is not what it used to be. According to several media reports, the billionaire mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, lost millions of dollars in the market downturn. He has apparently…
It is possible that several employees from global mining company Rio Tinto (RTP) were spying on the Chinese to gain an advantage through access to secret iron ore price information which could be used…
Reuters: Social media such as Twitter may not be worth as much as many people believe because of challenges they face in bringing in revenue. Reuters: The arrests of Rio Tinto (RTP) employees in…
Markets across Asia dropped sharply The Nikkei was off 2.6% to 9,050. The Hang Seng was down 2.6% to 17,241. China Unicom (CHU) fell because a handset deal with Apple (AAPL) has not been…