Over the past week, the 24/7 Wall St.–The Channel Checkers poll surveyed Ford dealerships to gauge business trends at the ten retailers. We asked the following questions: 1. What is the best selling vehicle currently? 2. Are there any…
Over the past week, the 24/7 Wall St.–The Channel Checkers poll surveyed various Red Lobster locations, part of Darden Restaurants (DRI), to gauge trends in the casual dining business. We asked the following questions: 1. Is this location…
Over the past week, the 24/7 Wall St.–The Channel Checkers poll surveyed Ann Taylor (ANN) locations to gauge business trends at the ten retailers. We asked the following questions: 1. On a scale of 1-5 with…
The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Fed to get information relating to the Bank of America (BAC) buyout of Merrill Lynch. Ken Lewis, the bank’s CEO, claims that former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson…
The government was successful when it warned that if the Supreme Court delayed the Chapter 11 process of Chrysler more than a few days, the No.3 US car company might be forced into liquidation.…
Reuters: The Supreme Court delays Chrysler deal. Reuters: The cleared ten banks to repay TARP include JPMorgan (JPM), Goldmand Sachs (GS), American Express (AXP), Cpaital One(COF), State Street (STT), BBT (BBT), Morgan Stanley (MS),…
Markets in Asia rallied sharply and oil stocks moved up as crude hit $71. The Nikkei rose 2.1% to 9,991. The Hang Seng was up 3.3% to 18,660. Petrochina (PTR) and CNOOC (CEO) rallied.…
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) is often known for its overwhelmingly popular Madden and sports game franchises. Yet the Sims is the series that just keeps on giving. Because you can play The Sims…
We recently have noticed how more and more solar companies are seeing big gains on news, particularly in those which have recently raised cash in a seondary offering. We are starting to see further…
Cisco (CSCO) expected a staggering increase in IP traffic between now and 2013. A new report from the router company says that global IP traffic will quintuple in the five years ending in 2013. The primary…
The first week of May, crude moved around just over $50. Today it traded just above $69, a 38% increase over that period. Airline stocks have reacted badly to the news. No wonder, the…
Nokia (NOK) is by far the largest handset company in the world with a market share of 38%. It is strange that since the beginning of the year its stock has underperformed RIM (RIMM),…
Steve Ballmer is The Man. His persistance in pursuing search engine market share may finally be paying off which could sink Yahoo!’s (YHOO) chances of being turned around under new CEO Carol Bartz. New…
The government’s game of managing General Motors took another odd turn today as Ed Whitacre, the former CEO of AT&T (T), a man who know about phone lines but not assembly lines was named…
NYSE Euronext has begun trading the IQ Hedge Macro Tracker ETF (NYSE: MCRO), sponsored by IndexIQ Advisors LLC. This marks the second product by IndexIQ Advisors to list on NYSE Arca after its IQ…
FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is screaming higher in early trading before the bell, and it is easy to see why. The company announced that POSCO Power ordered 30.8 megawatts of FuelCell Energy modules…
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) has announced a new pact that has shares rising this morning. The company entered into a strategic sales agreement at the PV America conference in Philadelphia,…
The Treasury is finally allowing some of the TARP recipient banks that posed the least systematic risk to begin repaying the Treasury’s preferred stock funds. This will get these institutions out from under as…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Tuesday morning with about two hours until the market opens: athenahealth (ATHN) Raised…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen early this Tuesday morning with about two hours until the open: Dun & Bradstreet (DNB) Started as Neutral…