Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG) is effectively plugging its shareholders. The alternative and clean-energy player has announced that it intends to offer its common stock in an underwritten public offering through the sole book-runner…
Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) has now reported its earnings of $1.20 earnings per share and $5.8 billion in sales. The footwear and apparel giant had estimates from Thomson Reuters of $1.16 EPS on $5.8…
Micron Technology, Inc., (NASDAQ: MU) has announced its quarterly earnings report. The DRAM giant reported a wider net loss attributable to shareholders of $224 million, or -$0.23 in earnings per share. Net sales were…
A company called Durata Therapeutics, Inc. has filed to come public via an initial public offering. While no terms have been set, the paperwork filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission is for up to…
On a day that the broad market is in the red, you might not expect the world of initial public offerings to be too great. As it turns out, it is. All three of…
RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) is putting its hope that international growth will drive a long overdue and hoped-for turnaround. The company has announced a very large franchise growth pact under a master development agreement…
Monster Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: MWW) may be “back for sale” in the minds of investors and speculators. The company is currently under a strategic review to maximize shareholder value, but there has been a…
Did you know there is even a World Water Day? You should. The future of water is dire and most Americans do not know what a challenge it is in many regions of the…
American Electric Power Company (NYSE: AEP) is making its closure plans official. The power generator and utility has made its notifications to the PJM Interconnection and Southwest Power Pool to retire more than 4,600 megawatts…
Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) is adding insult to injury this morning. The company was never known for its great dividend, but the company is suspending its dividend in an order to conserve capital. …
Randgold Resources Limited (NASDAQ: GOLD) is paying a price for where it does business. The political situation in the African nation Mali is in a coup. The gold mining outfit has extensive exposure to…
The Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) is getting hit hard this morning. Today’s move is not due to new developments in the lands of the PIIGS, is not on a new development of creditor…
FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is taking it on the chin this morning on news that the company is raising capital. A secondary offering of 20 million shares may sound like a huge offering, but…
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX), NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) are all about to have yet one more public exchange competing against them for the attention of investors after…
Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is holding up rather well considering an analyst downgrade this morning. The research team at Stern Agee lowered the Annaly rating down to Underperform from an already-cautious rating…
The Conference Board’s index of leading indicators for the month of February has been released and the February figure shows a reading of +0.7%. Bloomberg had a consensus reading of +0.6%. This was one…
It is far from a secret that Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is in trouble. It is a classic value trap rather than a value stock. I recently had an interesting conversation with a trader…
RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) is doing badly enough in general that shares are almost at another 52-week low. To add insult to injury, that is happening at a time when the market has been…
The Dallas Federal Reserve is calling for what would effectively be a break-up of the big banks in an effort to end the Too Big To Fail banking risks. An annual report titled “Choosing…
Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) today announced plans to change its corporate name to Mondelez International, Inc. Does this name sound silly? It does here, but you can decide for yourself at the end…