First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) are rallying today, but on bits of news issued by either of these troubled companies. CNBC reported that David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital has…
Bad news on the debt front… China is selling U.S. Treasury bonds! The good news… not by that much. The report this morning showing foreign holdings of U.S. securities, with a two-month delay might…
India could finally be starting to turn itself around. Now that the nation is no longer so ultra-concerned about inflation tearing apart its population, the country is aiming for some stimulus measures. The FT…
Active Power, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPW) is getting a rather large boost this morning. News was issued that the company has renewed its global distribution pact with its OEM partner and customer Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is trading higher after the announced departure (a firing no doubt) of Jerry Yang in all functions of the company he co-founded. After the resignation news, Gabelli & Co. has…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares hit yet another all-time high today. The new high as of 10:00 AM EST is $428.08 ahead of next week’s earnings due on January 24. The prior 52-week trading…
The solar sector has been in the tank, and semiconductor outfits have been handing out earnings and revenue warnings galore. So, even after a big bounce in recent days, should it be any surprise at…
The reading for December’s Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization is out. Production rose by +0.4% for December, slightly under the Dow Jones target of +0.5% that was expected. Capacity came in up +0.3% at…
Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) has been the ongoing subject of takeover rumors and that has put in at least a near-term floor after the death spiral took away three-quarters of RIM’s market…
The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics has just released the December 2011 producer price index as a measurement of wholesale inflation in the United States. The December figure came to -0.1% on the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) Maintained Hold but cut estimates at Argus.…
The SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) are not falling on this news due to ‘risk-on trading’ this morning, but the two metals were part of a large metals…
GS.COMThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) is out with earnings this Wednesday. The investment banking giant, or the bank holding company with no real bank, managed to escape some of the worst fears…
Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE: BK) is in a different boat than State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) after earnings this morning. Bank of New York missed on the top and bottom line with…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is surging in the after-hours session on news which many investors have been hoping would come for years. Jerry Yang has finally resigned from Yahoo! The resignation says that Yang…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) may have decided that it will not jettison its PC business after all, but the company’s strategy appears under new CEO sure appears to be a strategy that is focused more on…
The LED sector is just not coming back like many turnaround investors would hope. Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) reported earnings after the close and the reaction is a negative one. Cree has tried to…
Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL) may be losing its “cool” after reporting quarterly earnings for its year-end report. The video game maker saw an 8% gain in net revenues to $25.1 million, but it…
Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE: KGC) is being punished unusually hard when you consider that gold is trading at $1650 per ounce. It has not suffered any sudden serious problems, but the outlook for production…
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) may have an ace up its sleeve for future guidance. The airline’s new interior plane design will boost the average number of seats on each plane. If you fly…