Each month before the Labor Department issues its report on unemployment and in payrolls, we get a myriad of non-governmental forecasts that attempt to front-run the official government data. Sometimes these are accurate and…
The rich are getting richer in the mobile handset and mobile platform market. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) now claims 9.5% of the handset market with its iPhone, and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) holds 41.8%…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Maintained Underperform and cut estimates at Credit Suisse. Apollo…
It seems as though Ben Bernanke and friends inside the Federal Reserve are not really seeing eye to eye per the minutes of the August 9, 2011 FOMC meeting. There is arguably an identity…
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: is supposed to be one of the hotter media companies with its satellite radio dominance. It has a cult following, millions of subscribers, and it charges for much…
comScore has just released its smartphone market share and the data continues to support an exodus away from the Blackberry from Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). RIM phones as a percentage of OEM…
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) is 81 years old today and many are paying tribute. Earlier this year, we gave a breakdown of his greatest investments in history. The recent addition…
None of China’s three largest oil companies is having a particularly good year as far as refining profits go. China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (NYSE: SNP) — known as Sinopec — reported a loss…
The worst part about hurricane season is that one bad hurricane has no impact on whether or not another hurricane, or series of hurricanes, can be coming back down the pipe. If you track…
Russian oil giant Rosneft and US oil supermajor Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) are reported to have reached an agreement that will give Exxon access to oil deposits off the Arctic coast of Russia…
About 10 days ago, LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) lowered its guidance for the second quarter, and this morning the bad news became official. If anything, it’s even worse than expected. Revenue for…
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) is packing a punch after earnings this morning after beating earnings and raising guidance. The dollar store, or actually ‘under $10 and under $5 store’ said that net income…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) Reiterated Buy with $27 target at Argus.…
Europe posted anemic GDP growth in the second quarter of 2011, but the continent can still avoid a double-dip recession if European governments could solve a few problems. First is high unemployment which is…
It was only recently that Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) dropped the news that it was evaluating strategic alternatives for its PC group, called the Personal Systems Group. At the time the company noted that…
We have many earnings still dribbling out this week. While none may move the whole market, some may move their underlying sectors. We have tracked earnings estimates, added in price data, and also added…
Dynamic Offshore Resources Inc. is going to be an interesting IPO to watch. The company is a private oil and gas company that has received financial backing from Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings. The…
Many investors may not know what IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT) unless they have been around for years and years. The company has three units: Telecom Platform Services, Consumer Phone Services, and Genie Energy. Most…
A new heart drug aimed a reducing the risk of strokes has outperformed the current drug of choice, warfarin, in a study that shows it lowers risk from a type of arrhythmia by 21%…
The National Association of Realtors is out with yet one more dangerous piece of news for the housing sector, news which leaves many wondering if housing will ever return. Pending home sales declined in…