Lastest Stories by Douglas A. McIntyre

Baker Hughes, Inc. (NYSE: BHI) has released its weekly rig counts, and the results are not as strong as you would expect considering $80 oil is here.  We have watched the Oil Services HOLDRs (NYSE:...
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is a true battleground stock.  It has a loyal customer base, a cult-like stock following, and trades with a very high short interest.  Shares are screaming today and...
Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE: DOLE) is making its re-return this morning and is joining in a long line of a very disappointing IPO market.  Dole may be the largest producer and seller of fresh...
Updated throughout the day.Updated 1.36 PM EST:  Nokia’s (NYSE:NOK) patent suit against Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) could cost iPhone maker $1 billion  (Reuters)The  Bank of England may have to increase...
These are this Friday morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks.  We have more detailed data on price, volume, and historical data with links through to each story at...
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted EPS for its fiscal first quarter of  $.40 compared with $.48 last year. The company has revenue $12.92 billion. Both numbers were well ahead of Wall St....
These are this Friday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street’s research calls: Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Outperform at FBR...
The Corporate Library’s latest annual review of corporate governance  at TSX 60 companies in Canada turned up eleven which present high or very high concerns with regard to CEO compensation:...
It has taken less than three months from oil to go from $65 to $81, a 25% increase. Gasoline prices have not moved up as fast but have risen to $2.50. That price could easily move to $3 by the end of...
First Portfolio, the business magazine launched just two years ago by publishing giant Conde Nast, folded. Then, the largest business magazine in America, BusinessWeek, was sold by its parent...
The American Booksellers Association wants to know the motivation of Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), Target (NYSE:TGT), and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) for selling popular books online for under $10. The industry...
The Federal Reserve proposes that it will “regulate” compensation packages at the top 28 financial institutions in the US. The agency said that its new program is designed to make sure that the...
The founders of the large web properties of Web 1.0 are all gone now save one. Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ:YHOO) chief Yahoo!s have very little to do with the company, although one of them, Jerry Yang, made a...
Reuters:   Japan Airlines faces $8.8 billion in excess debt if liquidated.Reuters:   Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) beat Wall St. estimates.Reuters:   GM’s CEO will get a pay raise.Reuters:   Nokia...
Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose .2% to 10,283. The Hang Seng was up 1.4% to 22,516. China Life (NYSE:LFC) and Sinpoc (NYSE:SNP) rose. The Shanghai Composite was up 1.9% to 3,108. At the...