ThinkstockTekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NASDAQ: TKMR) has made a name for itself pioneering new experimental treatments in the wake of the most recent Ebola scare. Ebola is considered one of the deadliest viruses on the planet…
courtesy of Cisco SystemsCisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report quarterly earnings and year-end results after the close of trading on Wednesday. Cisco’s turnaround chances remain the focus. UPDATED FOR EARNINGS: Cisco…
ThinkstockIt seems as though there is still an appetite for the recently hot initial public offerings, even if current prices look highly inflated versus the formal IPO prices. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed four post-IPOs…
ThinkstockMannKind Corp. (NASDAQ: MNKD) was supposed to be in the news for its earnings report. Instead, we got news of its strategy on how to get its Afrezza inhalable insulin to the market. The…
Jon OggStocks were firm on Monday morning, looking to add to the recovery bounce from Friday. Investors have now been given an opportunity to look for stocks that have pulled back that perhaps they…
ThinkstockWe are now entering into mid-August and earnings season has seen its peak. While we are getting into the stragglers who report later than peers, there are also many key companies reporting earnings that have off-calendar…
ThinkstockAs we enter mid-August, the economic calendar still has some important reports on deck for the week ahead. 24/7 Wall St. has created a brief preview for the top economic events on deck this…
ThinkstockStocks seem to be migrating from a tired bull market phase into a phase of volatility. It is also a phase where broad-based upside might not be an automatic assumption going forward. Many companies…
The recent Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households from the Federal Reserve Board showed some startling facts about America. The worst was that one-third of American households were still worse off than they…
ThinkstockBarrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX) was added to the prized Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs on Friday. While the rating was already a “Buy” with a $21 price target, the price target was…
The last economic report for Friday was the Wholesale Inventories reading for June. It turns out that inventories rose by only 0.3% for the month. Bloomberg and Dow Jones both had the consensus estimate…
ThinkstockEconomists and market watchers want to know if labor costs are truly rising or not. After all, there has been very mixed data. Now a report on second quarter non-farm productivity and unit labor costs…
Jon OggStocks turned green on Friday morning on hopes out of Russia, but the markets have remained at risk. Now that investors have an opportunity to look for stocks that have pulled back, 24/7…
Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is lost. The company just doesn’t seem to have the muster to get back on track, and lower revenues for the second quarter and lower guidance for the rest of…
ThinkstockExtended Stay America, Inc. (NYSE: STAY) held up rather well on Thursday considering that it priced a 21 million share secondary offering. This added millions more of shares on the market, but it also…
ThinkstockIt is of no surprise that the Great Recession had an impact on the retirement plans of many Americans. What is a shock though is just by how much. A component in the Federal…
Zynga reports its earnings Thursday after the market close. Zynga has been on the decline since the end of the previous quarter in March.
Thoratec was the king of the stock drops in Wednesday's after-hours trading session. We have seen multiple analyst downgrades as well.
Annaly Capital Management reported a net loss, but its core earnings per common share were higher than the consensus estimate. It likely can maintain its very high dividend payouts
ThinkstockThe European Central Bank (ECB) may not have liked to see that Italy has swung back down into recession territory, and it sure as hell doesn’t like to see Europe weakness tied to Russia-Ukraine…
