White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has been actively watched in the news of late. After its participation in the $28 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ), this does change…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is out with earnings. The world’s largest retailer spooked the markets recently with an internal memo about sales starting out very soft, but here is…
Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNRC) already has pulled back from its post-storm highs. After the company won more business for its generators, the company’s largest shareholder group has decided to take some money off the…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsWe have many movers in the after-hours session this Wednesday afternoon. Most are on earnings, and some are way up with others way down. As always, you can find the…
ThinkstockAmbit Biosciences Corp. has filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to come public via an initial public offering. No financial terms have been given other than that its initial filing is…
ThinkstockWhen Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHTP) announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration was going to allow the company to submit its market approval application for Northera using the existing study data,…
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has released its minutes of the January 29 to 30 FOMC meeting. The general conditions were positive and the caution was mostly around the weather at the time. While we generally…
ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have been the greatest stock to participate in from 2003 to 20012. Rising from the equivalent of under $10 to $700. The shiny yellow metal of gold may not…
ThinkstockIt looks as though things are becoming less and less dire by the week in Europe. Pressure continues to abate against the nation of the PIIGS. Even if austerity protests are taking place in…
courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.You know it is a bull market when you see major household names hitting 52-week highs. Right now we have many major stocks hitting fresh all-time highs! Should you…
Wikimedia CommonsJamie Dimon of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) used to be a Teflon CEO. Now we have a shareholder action looking to split the role of chairman and chief executive for…
ThinkstockCaterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is showing that the slowdown is continuing rather than abating. The company reported disappointing quarterly sales figures in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing for the trailing three-months ending in…
thinkstockChesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has been the subject of many media and shareholder attacks after the news of well participation by co-founder Aubrey McClendon surfaced in 2012. Prior to that, things had been…
ThinkstockInterest rates have been kept at historically low levels by the Federal Reserve since the Great Recession began in 2008. The intent behind this was to spur loan activity and borrowing to grow the…
ThinkstockUsually you only see biotechs and other companies have overnight share price drops of 40% or so. Usually does not apply to Harvest Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: HNR) this Wednesday. The independent oil and…
ThinkstockWhen companies start buying back their common stock on the open market, it can have multiple outcomes. It can offset employee stock option dilution, and it can lower the public share float. It can…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Labor Department has released the Producer Price Index (PPI), also known as wholesale inflation. The report is for the month of January, and it came in at +0.2%, as…
ThinkstockMost investors are familiar with the acronym GARP, which stands for growth at a reasonable price. UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) has taken that category one step further and added a Q for quality. The…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Access Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: ACMP) reiterated Outperform but on Focus List at Credit Suisse.…
The news flow on the price of gasoline is rather concerning. 24/7 Wall St. just took a look at the states that have the highest gasoline prices in America. After personally paying about $99…