24/7 Wall St. has analyzed the prevalence of the major vices by state. These include gambling, drinking, use of tobacco, drugs, and the number of people who subscribe to pornographic websites. This is the…
There is a car price war about to take place in the US. It will be driven by the large number of new models which have begun to be released, the high price of…
The Office of the United States Trade Representative occasionally puts out a list of “Internet and physical markets that exemplify key challenges in the global struggle against piracy and counterfeiting.” China’s dominant search engine…
Ben Bernanke may indicate to Congress that the recovery is tentative and that the $600 billion QE2 program is still necessary. (Reuters) Future US auto sales may be undermined by high gas prices. (Reuters)…
China’s official purchasing managers’ index slipped to 52.2 in February from 52.9 in January, suggesting manufacturing activity on the mainland continued to soften, even as inflationary pressures mounted. The data, released by the China…
MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES: Treasury Dept (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD New 5/ Old 5/ Series Series Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun Jun May Apr…
When China overtook the U.S. in 2009 as the world’s leading car market, pundits considered it yet another sign of the growing might of the world’s most populous nation. The Washington Post even noted…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enacted last year will change almost every aspect of health care in the US. While changes to health insurance programs and to Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements make…
Almost all indicators in the housing market are starting to point downward. The National Association of Realtors reports that The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator, declined 2.8 percent to 88.9 based on…
Itron (NASDAQ: ITRI), the water and energy service provider, missed earnings last week and was hit with a wave of class action suits. This moved it to the top of the Flame Index of…
Americans think that housing prices in 2011 will remain stable though they increasingly consider real estate to be a bad investment. That’s the not-too-surprising findings of a study released today by Fannie Mae. On…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU), 51 Job, Inc. (NASDAQ: JOBS), and Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for February 28, 2011.These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in crowds?
Updated throughout the day. Blackstone (NYSE: BX) will buy the American assets of Centro (Reuters) JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) may invest $450 million in Twitter (WSJ) A US tax evasion probe not includes activities…
Saudi Aramco, the largest state-owned oil company in the world, has signaled that it is prepared to ship enough crude to cover any shortage because of unrest in Libya. That promise may have to…
There has been a threat that one of the nations in the EU which received a bailout would reject the terms of the lifeline. That may be about to happen in Ireland, and it…
Jones Soda Co.(NASDAQ:JSDA) shares closed Friday at $1.40. They hit 48 cents in the past 12 months, but they are not out of business. They have fallen 95% since 2007 when they were close…
The National Association for Business Economics said the deficit was its No.1 concern. (Reuters) Congress appears less likely to shut down the government because of budget problems. (Reuters) The high price of gas could…
Lost in the debate about collective bargaining rights and the related issues of pay, pensions, and health care coverage is the dialogue about a core issue. There is no clear correlation that better paid…
Consumer Reports issued a note about the reception problems of the AT&T (NYSE: T) iPhone 4 last July. Apple all but denied the trouble and offered free covers for the handsets that supposedly solved…