Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ), Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK), Research in Motion…
As if the coffin that is the American economy needed one more nail, a research firm says July lay-offs rose 60%. Challenger Gray reports A sudden and unexpected burst in private-sector downsizing pushed the…
The OECD reports that inflation among its members slowed a very small amount in June. The agency’s Consumer Price Index report showed that “Compared to the previous month, consumer prices in the OECD area…
Honda (NYSE: HMC) and Toyota (NYSE: TM) had horrible domestic sales in the U.S. in July, mostly because of parts shortages caused by the Japanese earthquake. GM (NYSE: GM) barely hit forecasts, and Ford…
The FCC has been concerned for some time that not all Americans have broadband, and that those who do have slower connections than they believe. The agency released a report, it claims, shows its…
The traditional network TV business was supposed to have begun a sharp decline years ago, killed by the Internet and online video. CBS (NYSE: CBS) proved that is hardly true. Its net income doubled…
Fitch and Moody’s kept the U.S. rating at Aaa (Reuters) Years of slow growth and aging populations in the West could hasten the rise of BRIC economies (Reuters) Google+ (NASDAQ: GOOG) and the Apple…
For three years, the real estate market has been going in one direction — primarily down. Some areas, however, have begun to recover. Recent S&P/Case-Shiller data show that among the top 20 housing markets…
Moody’s backed away from a decision that could have haunted the credit rating agency for years. It affirmed the Aaa credit rating of the United States, a move many believed would not happen. The…
With the exception of Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), chip makers’ stocks have gotten taken something of a beating since the beginning of the year. Over the past 12 months, though, there’s one chip maker…
Zerohedge: Moody’s Zandi downgrades 2H GDP Forecast for U.S. “at best 3%” — down from 3.5% MSNBC: After debt deal, economy in deeper peril http://on.msnbc.com/nYrOIt WSJ: Breaking: U.S. personal spending fell 0.2% in June,…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Alcatel-Lucent (NASDAQ: ALU), Nokia Corporation (NASDAQ: NOK), and Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI). Alcatel-Lucent…
nationsonline.orgThe economy in the EU region will not get better for years because it can’t. Eurostat reports that unemployment in June among people under 25 was 20.3% in the euro-area. The rate is an…
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android mobile OS has the largest share of the smartphone market worldwide, research company Canalys reports. Based on its survey of 56 countries, Android’s share was 48% in the second quarter. The…
Toyota (NYSE: TM) is supposed to be a company in trouble. BMW, on the other hand, is the car industry’s darling. But both raised their sales forecasts for the balance of the year. Either…
The House approved a debt-ceiling compromise (Reuters) Fake Ikea stores have been set up in China (Reuters) Central Falls, RI declared Chapter 9 (Reuters) Canalys says Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android has 50% of the…
The world’s population is likely to exceed 10 billion by the end of the century, up from 7 billion this year, according to research based on United Nations data. While population changes will remain…
The July 2011 Manufacturing ISM Report was devastating and sent stocks reeling downward. The report was issued today by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing Business Survey…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: LVLT), PAETEC Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: PAET), Sirius XM Radio Inc.…
NYT: Global Markets Are Up After U.S. Debt Deal http://nyti.ms/qTmc0C Bloomberg: U.S. Auto Sales Stall http://bloom.bg/qlvWbd $F $GM Zerohedge: Goodbye Japan V-Shaped Recovery: Record July Car Sales Plunge http://is.gd/qLHeNc Yahoo! Finance: Debt deal brings…