China is likely going to face new tariffs now that the House of Representative has passed what the Senate passed. The move restores the government’s ability to levy tariffs reaching into the billions of…
With the exception of Bernie Madoff, the Ponzi scheme and fraud case against R. Allen Stanford might have been the biggest case of its kind. Another crook is going down. Allen Stanford has been found…
We now have more details about the proposed initial public offering of CafePress Inc. The company has applied to list its common stock on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “CPRS.” This remains…
Earnings season is over for the most part, but we still have many widely held companies which are due to report earnings this week. We have compiled earnings previews for the following shares: Pandora…
The growth engines of the world are called the BRIC nations for Brazil, Russia, China, and India. What happens when growth rates are just not as robust as they are supposed to be. Monday…
On a different day, there might be a different reaction… A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) announced earlier today that it had secured three production contracts for lithium ion engine start batteries. The pacts are production contracts…
If you can believe it, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and the S&P 500 Index (NYSE: SPY) have not yet had a single closing bell loss of 1% on a full trading…
Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) is yet another unit which has a shelf offering. A filing from Monday evening is for a prospectus as part of a resale registration statement that was filed with the…
Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) is now challenging the $20.00 mark. After pricing a premium IPO at $15 and trading as high as $26, Yelp is beginning to resemble yet one more example of a hot…
NutriSystem Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRI) just cannot get its model right. That is what the stock keeps telling you through time if you just paid attention to that. Apparently having a bunch of recently thinned out…
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: JAZZ) was indicated to open a bit weak on Tuesday ahead of the open on news that the company has announced an underwritten public offering of 7,883,366 of its ordinary shares. Unfortunately,…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut…
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is at it again…. Raising the dividend and announcing a new stock buyback. The wireless chipset maker has approved a 16 percent increase to the quarterly dividend for common stockholders. …
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) is joining the ranks of companies raising capital. The company has commenced on a 5 million unit secondary offering of representing limited partner interests. Barclays Capital, BofA Merrill…
Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) had a stellar initial public offering last week. Its Friday debut closed at $24.58 after hitting a high of $26.00 versus its pricing at $15.00. That price was also above…
Investors usually reward companies for announcing layoffs. Getting more from fewer workers adds to margins and hopefully to net income. The more serious question is what a new round of layoffs means at digital companies. If…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is having a ‘sell the news’ trading day ahead of its new iPad demonstration this week. We have also seen above-average share trading volume in the stock for the two…
American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) may be back on track. After the U.S. sold a stake in the last year, pressure remained from the larger share float and the fears of a share…
Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) is acting as though the companies woes are falling more to the wayside. The IT consultant signed a non-binding letter of intent with the National Health Service in The…
Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) got some good news on Monday by announcing that the company has signed a patent license agreement with MediaTek Inc. in Taiwan. What is interesting is that investors are not…