S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (18 FEB -24 FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 24Feb11 Close Price 18Feb11 Market Cap($Mil) Chesapeake Energy Corp CHK 12.9 34.35 30.43 22462.0 Cabot Oil & Gas…
After a second do-over, Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has once more bested Airbus maker EADS (OTC: EADSY) in the bidding war for a new US Air Force tanker. But the battle could go into…
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae moved to the top of the negative news search as both lost billions of dollars. Frontier Oil remained high on the list due to concerns about its M&A plans.…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW), Medassets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS), and Omnivision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Updated throughout the day News Corp (NYSE: NWS) has begun the process of selling MySpace (Reuters) China’s sovereign funds have begun to put money into large Japanese companies (WSJ) Retailer Delia’s has put itself…
The new MacBook Pro has a price tag between $1,199 and $2,499. It is more powerful than the mainframes IBM marketed in the 1960s. The computer has quad core processors, Thunderbolt technology, and an…
The Chief Economist of the USDA issued his “Prospects for the US Farm Economy in 2011” The document is barely 10 pages long, but it says a great deal. The US farmer will have…
Lost in the conversation about airline fuel prices and falling margins is the fate of airline employees. The most frequent reaction to an increase in the cost of jet fuel is similar to the…
EADS division Airbus lost out on an Air Force tanker to Boeing (NYSE: BA) (Reuters) Gold and oil moved higher on concerns about Libya (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) launched a new MacBook Pro (Reuters) A…
The International Energy Agency has issued a statement that it apparently hopes will quell some of the fears that have driven crude prices to levels not seen for a while. The IEA notes that…
Turmoil in Libya and elsewhere in North Africa and the Middle East is causing any number of prognosticators to come out of the woodwork and predict that gasoline prices could or will rise to…
Concurrent Computer NASDAQ: CCUR) shares are under-priced and Skellig Capital and Robert M. Neal, head of Skellig, want to remedy that. Together, the man and the fund hold 5.86% of Concurrent’s 9,247,000 shares outstanding. Skellig wants…
Frontier Oil is receiving the most bad press this morning after posting poor earnings. And, investors are still upset about its M&A deal with Holly. Holly posted good earnings but it investors are also…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Calumet Specialty Partners Products Limited (NASDAQ: CLMT), E TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC),…
Updated throughout the day. Obama will propose a solution to charge against banks over mortgage foreclosure issues. It will involve the modification of the loan balances of $20 billion worth of mortgages (WSJ) PerkinsElmer…
24/7 Wall St. reviewed how Americans spend money. One of the conclusions of this analysis is that consumer spending is relatively alive and well, despite the recession. This may mean that Americans continue to…
What’s Israel’s secret to success? Being at the right place at the right time. The Jewish state’s success is all the more remarkable considering its lack of natural resources such as oil and the…
One of the by-products of unrest and austerity in Ireland is that many of the well-educated and well-paid have left the country or are in the process of doing so. The Wall Street Journal…