Reuters: Japan says it is ready to move into the forex market to support the yen. Reuters: George Soros says that China was the big winner coming out of the recession. Reuters: …
(DD, MCD, BA, CAT, KFT, AA, HPQ, MSFT, BAC, CSCO, VZ, T, IBM, CVX, TRV, KO, PG, MRK) For the calendar year through August 30th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down…
What happens when Dow Jones Industrial Average components have dividend yields on the common stocks that are above the yield of the 10-year Treasury Note or even the 30-Year Treasury Long Bond? …
The governor of Texas and the state’s Land Commissioner have filed suit in federal court in Houston that would block the second attempt by the federal government to impose a six-month ban…
Members of Dell Inc.’s (NYSE: DELL)Board of Directors have many distractions preventing them from reviving the struggling computer maker which help their back accounts and hurt the computer’s long-suffering shareholders. Many have…
The continuing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is partly due to the lack of a coordinated response plan in the event of a well blow-out deep below the surface. The oil…
Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) has released its interim update for the 2010 second quarter ahead of its earnings release scheduled for July 30th. Chevron expects earnings to rise about first quarter earnings…
Maybe the markets felt directionless for most of Friday ahead of earnings season, but the trading action of this week might make some wonder if a Double-Dip Recession is less likely. The…
“Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!”–The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948 A former Shell Oil Co. President…
Petrobras, the huge oil firm controlled by the Brazilian government, plans to raise $25 billion in the capital markets–one of the largest share offerings in history. The money will go to support…
Reuters: Obama’s leadership will be tested this week by his reaction to BP plc (NYSE: BP) spill. Reuters: Jobs are critical to the housing recovery. Reuters: China’s AgBank will attempt a $23…
At President Obama’s news conference yesterday, he admitted that he and his administration’s response to the blow-out of the BP plc (NYSE:BP) Macondo well in the Gulf was wrong. At the same…
A new forecast from Bank of America Merrill Lynch is lowering the expected 2010 target oil demand growth from 2 million b/d to 1.5 million b/d. The bank also cut its crude…
Since 2002, Greenland has issued 13 licenses to explore its onshore and offshore areas for oil and gas. Among the licensees are Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), Encana…
On April 19th, Molycorp, Inc., a privately held company, filed with the US SEC for an IPO. The company did not say how many shares would be offered nor did it indicate…
