Online auction giant eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has just reported is fourth quarter earnings ahead of expectations. The company’s earnings were $0.52 EPS and revenues rose 5% to $2.5 billion (10% excluding Skype). Thomson…
Earnings season is well under way now and we wanted to offer previews for the biggest impact stocks which have earnings on Thursday and Friday. The remaining most important earnings we are tracking will…
A report from Bloomberg this morning has got the online gaming world abuzz. Bloomberg cites “two people with knowledge of the plans” who say that an updated PlayStation Portable, or PSP, handheld device from…
The saga over government ownership of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is one which is likely to be with us for quite some time. It is hard to believe that CEO Robert Benmosche’s…
The world of mortgage insurers is not looking too hot after MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG) gave its earnings report this morning. The largest insurer for conventional mortgages reported a loss of -$0.93 EPS…
If the situation around rare earth elements and rare earth oxides has not created a bubble, it is hard to at least not call it overly frothy. China’s curb of ‘rare earth’ exports was…
Time to get ready for another chase scene in the fertilizer business. Privately held agricultural giant Cargill Inc. plans to sell its 64% stake in Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) for about $24.3 billion. The…
There was a slew of bank and broker earnings out this morning and we broke out the top four for investors. The results are broadly mixed and a quick snapshot leaves a scenario where…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Hold at Jefferies. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…
We examined nine companies whose plans to revive their fortunes have not succeeded and found several common themes. Managements often fail to appreciate the size of the challenges they face. Competition is fiercer than…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) held up better than many would have expected given the sad news that Steve Jobs is taking another medical leave of absence. The Cult of Mac reported earnings of $6.43…
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) reported earnings after the close. Big Blue reported earnings growth of 16% with $4.18 EPS and a 7% growth to a record $29.0 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is being viewed differently because of its Facebook investment that gave the social networking monster a valuation of about $50 billion. In order to not throw Facebook into…
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) is gambling on a rate hike to its 4G smartphone plans. Sprint will charge another $10.00 per month beginning on January 30, extending the surcharge for “Premium Data” for…
When Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) announces a delay for its long-awaited 787 Dreamliner, most of us check the date on the announcement to make sure we’re not reading a press release from a year…
Earnings season is upon us and this week will mark the beginning of the flood of earnings reports. The most important earnings we are tracking will be from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), International Business…
The S&P 500 Index rose about 17% in 2010, a good year by any measure. That rise apparently indicates that investors’ appetite for risk is growing. But is that actually the case? TD Ameritrade…
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) has announced its fourth quarter earnings and the headline data is both disappointing and somewhat not as representative as it seems on the surface. Earnings were positive for the fourth…
These are some of this Monday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Overweight at Piper Jaffray. Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI)…
There are many new characters in this week’s installment of “The Unusual Suspects for the Week Ahead.” We have tracked news and added color on each where applicable. The cast of characters in “The…