Foodborne illnesses should not be a major medical problem in the developed world. The United States has one of the most sophisticated health care systems in the world and several federal agencies, including the…
The recorded music business, currently floating on a sea of red, does not appear to be a solid investment, but that’s not keeping some industry giants from trying either to buy or sell assets.…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Acorda Therapeutics and Vivus Technologies. Acorda Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ACOR) is 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…
Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) plans to change the security of hardware on the iPhone 4 (Reuters) Lenovo and NEC may merge PC operations (Reuters) Hughes Communications is up for sales (Reuters)…
GE (NYSE: GE) beat analyst estimates are its revenue last quarter rose 1% to $41.4 billion. Fourth-quarter 2010 earnings from continuing operations (attributable to GE) were $3.9 billion, or $0.36 per share, up 33%…
The new ‘‘Spending Reduction Act of 2011’” bill will be introduced to the House of Representatives shortly. It is a plan “To reduce Federal spending by $2.5 trillion through fiscal year 2021.” The results of…
Four members of the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) board will leave and be replaced by five new members. Those who will depart were at the center of the debate over the fate of Former CEO…
The press made a great deal of the change in command at the top of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). It is hardly a change at all. The new CEO of the giant search company is…
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) substantially changed its board. Four directors left and several, including former Ebay (NASDAQ: EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman, were added (Reuters) Paul Volcker will leave his post as an advisor to the…
Many investors find no better teacher than Warren Buffett. His place as one of the world’s wealthiest men speaks for itself thanks to the almost unimaginable gains seen by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A). 24/7…
The Obama administration has been accused by Republicans of being “soft” on illegal immigration. Nothing can be further from the truth and there lies the problem. As The Wall Street Journal noted today, U.S.…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CYTX), eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY), F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), Fifth Third…
Economists believe that the US recovery is well enough underway so that the private sector will begin to add jobs. It happened to a limited extent in the fourth quarter of last year. Some…
Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL) said that an increase in the cost it must pay for fuel could hurt its earnings for the balance of the year. The International Air Transport Association, which constantly revises…
Greece wants a better deal on the rate it pays for its sovereign debt. “A discussion has begun on the cost of the loans and that is very important for us, so that we…
China’s GDP grew 9.8% in the fourth quarter of last year. The country’s consumer price index dropped to 4.6% in December compared to the month before. Experts will say that tightening by the central…
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) results will be helped by holiday spending (Reuters) Ebay’s (NYSE: EBAY) turnaround helped increase earnings (Reuters) Nintendo said the negative reports about its 3D products were out of proportion (Reuters) Nokia…
Defense Secretary Robert Gates won kudos earlier this month when he announced plans to slash $78 billion over 5 years from the Pentagon’s budget and cut the size of the Army and Marine Corps. …
The visit of China’s president Hu Jintao has given several US companies an opportunity to announce deals with a variety of Chinese companies in everything from clean energy projects to airplane avionics. It’s good…