M&A is back and investment bankers across the world are counting on large deals to make them highly profitable again. The mergers business was hurt by the economic downturn, M&A deals that…
What happens when large hedge funds shut down? They unload their holdings, at least assuming the clients say they would prefer to receive share distributions. Stanley Druckenmiller is shutting down his Duquesne…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Investors usually flock to defensive stock names during a bear market or when they are concerned that the market may not run much more. Whether this is becoming a bear market or…
Defensive stocks are supposed to hold up in down stock markets. That isn’t so today. In our list of 17 defensive stocks we routinely track, none were positive today. On average, the…
Free Wi-Fi has been a marketing tool at restaurant and beverage establishments including McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). Now Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has decided the service will help it attract…
Most of the analysis about super-brands focuses on companies and products that have been prominent in the last few decades – companies like Apple, Google, Toyota, or Starbucks. According to how many…
The top day trader and active trader alerts seen this Monday are not so much just on earnings as we have seen for the last month. There are still many stocks on…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…
McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) proved once again that it may be the only company based in America with growth as bulletproof as Apple’s. Same-store sales for July exploded upward by 7%, well ahead…
Douglas A. McIntyre The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Reuters: Former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd settled a sexual harassment case from reality TV star Jodie Fisher. Reuters: HP will signal its direction based on the background of its new…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
The recession that began in 2007, and by some accounts is only barely over now, shut down and largely reversed the growth of most American companies. Those that grew through the period…
Reuters: The Fed Beige Book says some regions see economic slowing. Reuters: The China People’s Daily ran an editorial which encourages the US to take account of China’s rising power. Reuters: Amazon.com…
