General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is demonstrating in its earnings report just exactly why it has been able to keep raising its dividend throughout the last year. The company reported first quarter earnings for…
Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT) is supposed to be an IPO to watch. The cloud-based security and compliance solutions provider has priced its initial public offering of 6,329,421 shares of common stock at $13.00 per…
Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) was touted as a hot IPO but became a sizzling hot IPO. The company priced 13.5 million shares at $17.00 per share, but this was a premium to the already-raised range…
Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) has managed to beat earnings and probably put some fears to rest in the oil services businesses. Many key companies in this sector have seen their shares battered and many…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) had recently hit on 52-week highs and multiyear highs ahead of earnings. Now we know why. The software and tech giant reported that its operating income was $6.37 billion for…
All of the great jobs gains may have peaked if the Labor Department’s report on weekly jobless claims is going to remain static. While the official figure of claims is down by 2,000 for…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.…
Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) was already going to be a hot initial public offering, but it has moved from hot to steaming. The company priced 13.5 million shares at a price of $17.00 per…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has reported its earnings and the headline numbers may look like a disappointment at $0.03 EPS from its $653 million in earnings. Revenue was $22.5 billion net of…
Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) is magically trading higher after earnings. The reaction is certainly not due to any great accomplishments. There is probably some short covering, but the real news is the promise for…
Do you remember the “Do over!” SEC filing from Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) a few weeks back? Everyone assumed it meant a deal was all but done, but now shares are trading higher on…
QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday, while SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) is set to report earnings after the close on Thursday. If it seems…
ThinkstockSeagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) is one of today’s top market winners and shares just hit a new 52-week high. While 24/7 Wall St. has been a big backer of this drive-maker and of…
Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW) was supposed to be sailing toward an initial public offering of up to 40% of its Australian mortgage insurance business. A new delay in the planned timeframe is just…
Conglomerates are soft so far on Wednesday but they have turned up ahead of the wave of earnings this week. A screen at Finviz showed that the conglomerate sector is leading the pack of sectors…
Biotech is a sector which is often mixed with a hodge-podge of winners and losers based on news flow from analysts and/or key drug developments which often have very little to do with the broad…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Outperform at William Blair. Bankrate, Inc.…
Sirius XMLiberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LMCA) sure appears to want to take control of SiriusXM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) without really taking full control. If you have not been keeping up with the situation, the…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will be in the news quite a bit now that the world’s most famous investor, chairman Warren Buffett, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. We already have…
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is no longer one of the top video game publishers that affects the entire video game sector, but due to stronger Saints Row sales of more than 4 million units…