Charley Blaine

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Google is getting ready to split its shares, and you should know how things will change. While it looks like a two-for-one split, it isn't exactly because it's not a shareholder-friendly split.
Source: ThinkstockWhen economists, investors and business people want to decide what the next three to 12 months look like, they have to choose from myriad sources to decide what the overall climate...
Pity the shareholders of American Apparel. The business, known for making all its apparel in the United States and its edgy advertising, is struggling. Really struggling.
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman committed a boo-boo at last week's annual meeting. Answering a shareholder question, Whitman said that HP would be entering the 3D printing business in June.
Shares of Symantec tanked Friday after the company said it had ousted its chief executive officer. But its woes highlight the emergence of a new generation of security-protection companies, such as ...
Source: ThinkstockFor weeks, people who follow copper and the stocks of copper producers have been wringing their hands as prices have slipped ever lower, finally hitting a 44-month low Wednesday...
Source: courtesy of Facebook Inc.There is a debate among some analysts over whether Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is worth buying or may be turning into a sell. On Wednesday, J.P. Morgan analyst Douglas...
Goldman Sachs analyst Patrick Archambault takes a look at Tesla's potential as a truly disruptive force over the long run and concludes the shares could -- and we emphasize could -- rise a lot,...
Shares of Verisign were tanking Monday in the wake of the government's decision to give up its role overseeing the system of Web addresses and domain names that form the basic plumbing of the...
Source: ThinkstockThis year continues to be a miserable one for investors who want to believe in emerging markets like Brazil, the land that offers hopes and dreams but little in the way of market...
Two analyst upgrades on Friday, a new CEO and a 33% increase in its stock price since November may be confirmation that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is finally rebounding. Analysts think the stock...
Stocks had one of their worst days in weeks on Thursday, thanks to worries about tensions between Russia and Ukraine and the size of an economic slowdown in China. Not only did stocks tumble, with...
Source: ThinkstockVladimir Putin’s decision to try to seize Crimea from Ukraine may make nationalists happy, but investors — Russian or otherwise — are getting clobbered. Russian stocks have...
Shares of Zogenix fell as much as 26% on Wednesday after a rival pharmaceutical company said it will seek regulatory approval of a tamper-proof version of Zogenix's powerful new pain drug.
Shares of Capstone Turbine jumped on big volume Tuesday. There was no specific reason for the gains, but it is likely chasing fuel cell players and other alternative energy stocks.