6:26am ET
Economy
An Alarming Rise In Layoffs
The number of layoffs at large companies dipped as the recession ended in 2009, but the practice is back with a vengeance, renewing concerns the trend will cause another period of steep…
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6:22am ET
Media
Media Digest (7/20/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported better than expected earnings and its shares soared (Reuters) Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) revenue fell (Reuters) A settlement of the debate over the U.S. debt pushed crude higher…
8:49am ET
Investing
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (7/19/2011) Earnings For Bank Of America, Coke, And Goldman Sachs (GS, BAC, KO)
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for July 19, 2011. These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in…
3:45am ET
Investing
The American Cities With The Most Millionaires
Each year, Capgemini publishes the U.S. Metro Wealth Index, which ranks the number of high-net-worth individuals living within the ten largest metropolitan statistical areas. According to the report, high-net-worth Individuals “are defined…
6:17am ET
Media
Media Digest (7/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Treasury officials examine ways to prevent default if an August 2 deadline to increase the debt cap is not met by Congress (Reuters) LaGarde will give a Chinese official a top job…
7:15am ET
Commodities & Metals
Goldman Sachs Calls For Much Lower Food Prices (GS, ADM, BG, TSN, SFD, KFT, CAG, GIS, K)
Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) have reversed a forecast from just two weeks ago suggesting that corn, wheat and soybean prices would be higher due to reduced harvests this…
8:28am ET
Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/30/2011) Zynga IPO, New American Air Jets
Updated throughout the day Zynga may launch and IPO today (Reuters) Living Social will file for an IPO soon (Reuters) American Airline (NYSE: AMR) will get Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Airbus to…
2:39pm ET
Investing
When Great Share Buybacks Are Clouded By Awful Buybacks, Dividends Rule (XOM, IBM, PG, EMC, COP, HPQ, DTV, TRV, KO, MCD, MSFT, CSCO, WMT, LOW, HD, PFE, GS)
There are several ways in which companies can return money to shareholders, but the two most common methods of returning cash to shareholders are dividends and stock buybacks. Dividends are rarely controversial…
1:40pm ET
Investing
Commodity Watch: Stirring the Aluminum Pot (AA, CENX, AWC, KALU, NOR, ACH, KO, GS, RIO, JJU)
Aluminum prices climbed by more than 10% from January through April this year, to rise above $1.22/pound before losing all it had gained and returning to about $1.10/pound. At today’s price of…
8:04am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AKS, ARMH, CMG, C, GILD, GS, KFT, MPEL, PVA, RIMM, SMP, X)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Raised to Buy at Deutsche…
8:25am ET
Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/27/2011) New Goldman Sachs CEO? Hulu Sale
Updated throughout the day. David Solomon may be the next CEO of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) (Reuters) Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Siemens will restructure their joint venture after a failure to find…
6:19am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/27/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
China is worried that inflation will be above the government goal and result in higher interest rates as its economy slows. (Reuters) David Solomon may be the next CEO of Goldman Sachs.…
9:46am ET
Investing
Week’s Biggest Market Losers: Motorola, Boeing, And More
Continued success of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and the chance that a new version of the smartphone would launch in September pressures Motorola Mobility’s shares. A battle between Walgreen’s and joint…
1:02pm ET
Commodities & Metals
Commodities Watch: Copper Moves Up on Stategic Oil Release (JPM, GS, JJC, CU, COPX)
Yesterday’s announcement by the International Energy Agency that member nations, including the US, would release 60 million barrels of crude sliced 5% off the price of a barrel of WTI crude. Oil…
8:26am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (WIFI, COG, CSCO, CPWM, DMD, DRYS, GS, GMCR, JDSU, JNPW, WFR, MS, SPWRA, WBC, WEN, YUM, ZION)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Boingo Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIFI) Started as Outperform at William Blair.…