Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) invests in next-generation chip company ASML (NASDAQ: ASML). (Reuters) The Federal Reserve Bank of New York may have known in 2007 that the way Libor was set was incorrect. (Reuters)…
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) has just issued an earnings confession. The chip and processor company has warned that its revenues for the second quarter will now be down by roughly…
Forget about your Fourth of July time off! Earnings season is starting this week and it is the tough summer trends that investors have to worry about. While many businesses have held…
Nothing kills a business quite so fast as when its most critical products become commodities. And the list of industries with this problem is growing. Even the price of homes has fallen victim…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Cut to Equal-weight at Barclays. Alliant Energy Corp. (NYSE: LNT)…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) pays $60 million to settle a trademark dispute in China. (Reuters) Factory orders in both Japan and China fall in June. (Reuters) Barclays (NYSE: BCS) Chairman Marcus Agius quits…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as markets ignored a steep rise in short-term Spanish debt and focused instead on some encouraging news on new housing construction permits…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Cut to Neutral at UBS. Celestica…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning as markets reacted to a rise in the yield of Spanish 10-year debt to more than 7% (our coverage here). The weekend…
A rate cut in China prompts some economists to worry that May economic data will be weak. (Reuters) In the wake of its ratings downgrade by Fitch, Angela Merkel says that the…
courtesy Facebook Inc.Anyone hoping for a paper stock certificate to show off as a souvenir of ownership in Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is going to be disappointed. The company has indicated through…
Paul Ausick Yesterday’s announcement from Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) that the company would its own content delivery network (CDN) based on the Open Connect standard. White-box provider Intequus will build the servers which will…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday. Ariba Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA) Cut to Sell at Argus. The Chefs’ Warehouse…
The appointment of former politicians to large public companies’ boards is regularly called into question. Just recently, following the scandal at Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) when CEO Aubrey McClendon made investments in…
The recent sell-off has been brutal to semiconductors and chip stocks of late. To make matters worse, investing in technology and semiconductors can be brutal during the summer months. Still, many investors…
