Is The China Auto Boom Headed For A Bust?
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…
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More Consolidation in Health-care REITs (VTR, NHP, SRZ)
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…
Housing Double Dip Arrives In Force
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…
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Google G-Mail Trouble, Itron Earnings
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 Should Be Nervous About The Housing Market
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…
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (GLUU, JOBS, SNTS)
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:…
The Twitter/247 Wall St. Market Report (2/28/2011) Budget Fears, Personal Income
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?
Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/28/2010) Twitter $450 Million Investment, Glencore IPO
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, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, And The Price Of Crude
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…
Ireland, The New Battle Over Sovereign Debt, And Merkel’s Job
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. is Still Alive
Jones Soda Co.(NASDAQ:JSDA) shares closed Friday at $1.40. They hit 48 cents in the past 12 months, but they are not out of business. They have fallen 95% since 2007 when they were close…
Media Digest (2/28/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The National Association for Business Economics said the deficit was its No.1 concern. (Reuters) Congress appears less likely to shut down the government because of budget problems. (Reuters) The high price of gas could…
The Ten States That Pay Teachers The Most (And Why It Doesn’t Matter)
Lost in the debate about collective bargaining rights and the related issues of pay, pensions, and health care coverage is the dialogue about a core issue. There is no clear correlation that better paid…
Consumer Reports Sales Verizon iPhone Has Reception Problems
Consumer Reports issued a note about the reception problems of the AT&T (NYSE: T) iPhone 4 last July. Apple all but denied the trouble and offered free covers for the handsets that supposedly solved…
The Week’s Stock Market Winners: Chevron, Heinz, And Hershey
S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (18 FEB -24 FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 24Feb11 Close Price 18Feb11 Market Cap($Mil) Chesapeake Energy Corp CHK 12.9 34.35 30.43 22462.0 Cabot Oil & Gas…
Boeing Wins Tanker Bid a Second Time (BA, EADSY, LMT, NOC, GD, UTX)
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…
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Fannie And Freddie Losses
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.…
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report; GDP Stuck Down
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…
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (LLNW, MDAS, OVTI)
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:…
Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/25/2011) MySpace Sale, China In Japan
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…