Paying out $108 million to settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges may sound expensive on the surface, but for a company like Hewlett-Packard it may be cheaper than it sounds if you consider its…
Hecla Mining has been a down and out gold and silver producer for quite some time. Despite the huge retreat in gold and silver prices from their peak, Hecla's turnaround is unique.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. They include Apache, Arch Coal, CBOE, Chevron, GM and Nasdaq OMX.
In a new report, the chip analysts at Deutsche Bank said the sector is fully pricing in all the good news, and if companies miss their numbers or present lackluster guidance they could get…
Alcoa may no longer be a Dow Jones Industrial Average component, but investors are still trying to use the company as a harbinger for earnings season. The aluminum giant beat earnings on soft revenues.
ThinkstockIntel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) is taking our version of Employee National Morale Day south of the United States, to Costa Rica to be precise. Shortly before the closing bell, Intel announced that it would…
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is no longer a Dow Jones Industrial Average component, but it is still the first of the large earnings reports. Prior to Tuesday, the aluminum giant’s shares were down about…
thinkstockRovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) saw its shares take a beating after an appeals court decision went in favor of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Tuesday’s news release shows that the United States Court of Appeals…
ThinkstockNarayana Kocherlakota, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, was speaking on Tuesday in a monetary policy report at the Rochester, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. The first topic is on the Fed falling…
courtesy of WhiteHouse.govNow that stocks have pulled back from their highs, some investors have moved on to more defensive stock positions. That move often lands some of the top dividend payers as well. 24/7…
ThinkstockU.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made the news recently in testimony that his office was now investigating high-frequency trading to see if it constituted insider trading. Now Holder is targeting Bitcoin and virtual currencies,…
By International Monetary Fund , via Wikimedia CommonsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its updated 2014 to 2015 economic outlook. The good news is that the group has increased its expectations moderately. The…
ThinkstockSince the March 2009 market lows, there have been 12 times the Nasdaq has fallen by 5% or more, including the current pullback of 6%. The average pullback has been 9% and the largest…
Alcoa may no longer be a Dow Jones Industrial Average component, but it is still the first of the large stocks that the stock market tries to use as an earnings season indicator or…
ThinkstockThe fuel cell sector is getting some rekindled interest on Tuesday. These names have pulled back handily from their highs and during the sell-off, but these stocks will remain controversial battleground stocks due to…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. They include ARM Holdings, Cisco Systems, FireEye, Nike, Twitter and Yelp.
ThinkstockThe more the market gets hit, the more people stare at their portfolios and wonder what would be the best additions. We frequently update the UBS Dividend Ruler stocks list, and now may be…
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has released its report on consumer credit for the month of February. In February, consumer credit increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.5%. Revolving credit, effectively credit cards and…
The Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG), the world’s top consumer products giant and a Dow Jones Industrial Average component, made important news on Monday by announcing that it was raising its dividend by…
ThinkstockAnother Web 2.0 or Web 3.0 initial public offering has been filed. This one is from Mobile Iron Inc., and the size for filing purposes is up to $100 million in common stock. Mobile…