News is out almost daily of China and other nations stealing sensitive data in hack attacks and via corporate espionage efforts. Most of the time it is over bank security, utility and…
courtesy Boeing Co.Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is known rather well for making sector-moving research calls that create ripples due to the vast amounts of money that can flow in and…
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courtesy of NetflixData show that economic activity in Germany slowed sharply in the first quarter while France fell into recession. (Reuters) Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) starts to deliver the 787 Dreamliner again.…
courtesy of AOL, IncApple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new dividend will allow management a period to recover earnings growth while offering investors a return. (Reuters) Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) may use its consumer…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning despite low flash PMI readings from the eurozone. Germany’s manufacturing PMI reading was especially notable, falling to 47.9 from 49, and the country’s services PMI…
Courtesy Lockheed Martin Corp.Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the defense firm posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.33 on…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, but struggled to stay in positive territory for most of the morning. There was little economic data released today. In Asia, Hong Kong’s consumer price…
ThinkstockAfter markets closed last night, Fortinet Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT) issued a warning on earnings and revenues for the company’s first quarter. The announcement dragged down share prices at several other vendors of…
ThinkstockEvery firm on Wall St. has a list of stocks that need to be bought for one reason or another. We keep our readers abreast of those lists, because many of the…
Wikimedia CommonsAfter years of flourishing, some of America’s largest public corporations have stopped growing. In several cases, this trend began years ago. The companies that cannot grow fall into two categories. The…
The rhetoric out of North Korea is acting as a drag to the broader markets, but don’t tell that to the defense sector. Of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks, only four…
ThinkstockChina has alienated U.S. companies and the federal government by what is clearly the hacking of American-based websites from inside the borders of the People’s Republic. The exact location of the hacking…
ThinkstockNorth Korean television this morning broadcast another thinly veiled threat against the United States. In a translation provided by the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper, North Korea said: The U.S. should not forget that…
Jon OggThe Forensic Accounting ETF (NYSEMKT: FLAG) is still new and trying to gain traction in an ETF marketplace that is very crowded. What makes this one unique is that it “flags”…
