Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Gulf Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: GFRE), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), Sino Clean Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
When the economy improves, so does the birth rate. That’s why investors should try to be family friendly. 24/7 Wall St. has compiled a list of companies that cater to the wants, needs and…
Someone leaked a memo from new Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Leo Apotheker where he discussed the firm’s dismal near-term prospects. HP shares fell. The large technology company will move up its earnings release for…
The Greek government is between Scylla and Charybdis. It can restructure its debt, which would ruin its ability to raise funds in the capital markets and a cause a collapse of its already unstable…
24/7 Wall St. has done an analysis of the largest companies in the United States based on the size of their portfolios of major consumer brands. Many of these brands are worth billions of…
BP plc’s (NYSE: BP) deal to drill in the Arctic dissolved as its venture with Rosneft faltered (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) will release results early after a note from its CEO was leaked (Reuters)…
Finally, there is some good news about state finances. Lawmakers in Delaware, for instance, are debating about how to spend a projected $320 million surplus. You read that right. Special interest groups are circling…
Updated throughout the day. Glencore raised the mid point of its IPO price (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) will recall 1,000 PlayBooks (Engadget) Chrysler’s deal to refinance its debt has hit roadblocks (WSJ)…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of CNinsure, Inc. (NASDAQ: CISG), Orthovita, Inc. (NASDAQ: VITA), and SIGA Technologies (NASDAQ: SIGA).…
Americans’ optimism about an economic recovery, which was already very fragile, has turned downward. A new Gallup poll says that “Three in four Americans name some type of economic issue as the `most important…
The arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the IMF, on sexual assault and other serious crimes, immediately raised the question of how the organization would carry on. His able deputy, John Lipsky, will take over…
The National Academies, which includes The National Academy of Science and the National Research Council among its members, has released its America’s Climate Choices study which is the final volume of a series. “The…
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should be the Administration’s standard bearer as it negotiates furiously to raise the debt ceiling. He sent another one of a series of letters to members of Congress in which…
The debate about closing the American deficit has gotten so contentious that the Treasury Department told Congress recently that the US could default on its obligations and throw the global capital markets into chaos…
IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged with sexual assault in NYC (Reuters) Glencore raised the mid-point of the price range of its IPO (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) recalled 1,000 Playbook netbooks (Reuters)…
No US politician ever lost an election by opposing a nuclear waste dump. That’s why the latest report on from a US Department of Energy commission will end up in the same garbage can…
Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) lost ground after it disclosed that its short-term CEO, Ray Elliott, would leave. Elliott joined the firm two years ago to engineer a turnaround which never happened. Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO)…
Sysco’s (NYSE: SYY) earnings, which were announced last Monday, drove the stock higher by nearly 13%. Goldman Sachs commented that Dean Foods (NYSE: DF) share price could double in two years. Macy’s NYSE: M)…
The Dow Jones industrial average, the best-known barometer of the U.S. stock market, has been on a tear recently, gaining more than 16% over the past year. Investors have not yet recovered the losses…
Today’s commodities news starts off with a drawdown on copper from bonded warehouses in Shanghai. There are also new doubts about the US corn crop, and we finish up with a brief take on…