Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has finally listened to the call from Wall Street and Main Street to start using its cash for dividends. With a yield of about 1.8% a the launch, Apple…
Markets opened higher this morning after positive news on new unemployment benefits claims and manufacturing (more coverage here). Indexes have risen more or less steadily all day, with the S&P set to…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. Aixtron SE (NASDAQ:…
The holy grail of baseball card collecting (or investing) is still up for grabs. A graded T206 Honus Wagner, now over 100 years old, is up for sale by Memory Lane, Inc.…
Jon C. Ogg In recent weeks 24/7 Wall St. noted how January had a very strange coincidence taking place in the alternative investing world of high-end sports memorabilia… The most prized baseball card collectible of them…
Jon C. Ogg Whitney Houston’s death on Saturday is being followed by many former fans. What is interesting is that after a celebrity’s death it turns out that their albums, books, magazines with them on the…
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) has now released its Q4 2011 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates and the number is within one-percent of the $50 billion mark now. It was another record in…
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is launching a new Sports Collectibles Store and it is claiming to offer more than 2 million unique collectibles from major sports leagues and sporting events. While this…
Avon’s (NYSE: AVP) vice chairman, Charles Cramb, was fired as the federal government examines whether the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He may have known about bribes Avon made outside the…
Almost all investments rise and fall in price through time, and the same is true over the value of sports collectibles and baseball cards. The ‘investing’ rule in sports collectibles that has…
Stocks opened higher this morning and have mostly remained in positive territory throughout the day. Reports that China was considering lowering its banks’ capital reserve requirements boosted both Asian and European markets…
US index futures are higher this morning as European and Asian markets have all responded favorably to recent earnings announcements for US companies like Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Morgan Stanley…
Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) files for Chapter 11. (Reuters) Greece and its private lenders work toward a last-hour compromise on a debt exchange. (Reuters) BP (NYSE: BP) likely to set a $20…
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is out with earnings for its fourth quarter. The online auction giant (and PayPal winner) turned in earnings of $0.60 EPS on sales of growth of 35% to…
Jon C. Ogg eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is set to report earnings after the close today. Despite international acquisitions and despite management changes, eBay for the most part remains a domestic story for auctions as…
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