It’s probably too early to declare that there’s a new sheriff in town, but it’s not too early to keep an eye on a new Chinese aircraft maker. Commercial Aircraft Corp. of…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2010. This list appears to have many more changes than…
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) abandoned its bid for Potah (NYSE: POT) and said it would begin a $4.2 billion buyback. (Reuters) SAIC has agreed to take a stake in the GM IPO.…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is furthering its ambitions to promote cleaner energy and its Ecomagination initiative, although this is actually a company-wide issue. GE has announced that it will purchase 25,000…
The US has tried to hold together discussions on currency and trade among unruly members of the G20 conference in Seoul. (Reuters) Cisco’s (NASDAQ: CSCO) grim outlook stunned investors. (Reuters) The US…
Picking stocks for a decade is no easy task. It might as well be for a lifetime because there probably will be two more bear markets and two more bull markets between…
President Obama’s visit to India was telling for many reasons, especially when he said Washington’s relationship with New Dehli would be a “defining relationship” of the 21st Century. He rejected the notion…
It is hard to argue against the thought that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the hottest growth stocks with great share performance and great brand loyalty. Its shares closed out…
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) is still doing M&A deals. The company has had its checkbook out lately and announcing ventures, and this morning came word from GE Healthcare that it was…
Jon C. Ogg Updated throughout the day. GE (NYSE: GE), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX), and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) are all considering a bid for BEA Systems aerospace business (Reuters) The NY State Attorney General may…
Alternative energy is big business — and getting bigger. The industry includes hundreds of companies that make a piece of the continuously expanding jigsaw puzzle that is the alt energy space. Rather…
One of the few bits of investing conventional wisdom that nearly everyone accepts is that people should always look out for number one. The problem with following that advice is investors may…
Construction and engineering firm Fluor Corp. (NYSE:FLR) has revealed that the company will take a charge of about $163 million, or -$0.90/share, against its third quarter results due to projected cost increases…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL), Ambac Financial Group, Inc.…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Douglas A. McIntyre 