Raging fires and severe drought in Russia have led to the government imposing a temporary ban on wheat exports beginning August 15th. The country claims to have sufficient stocks, but cannot afford…
These are some of the top research calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen by Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. Dialysis…
There are three things investors traditionally want after making huge gains when they still want to hold stocks. They want stocks that have dividends and may want ‘value stocks.’ But the largest…
Earnings season is off to the races, even if Friday was a curve-ball for the markets and for reactions to earnings. Most of the big stocks are off on Wall Street scandal…
Reuters: The Obama health care bill passed the House and Senate. Reuters: The Senate will begin a fight on financial reform Reuters: Arrow agreed to a buyout from Shell (RDS.A) and PetroChina (PTR).…
No matter what legislation comes out of the frenzied health care debate, economists say that it will cost the American taxpayer a great deal. Estimates run the gamut from the Obama administration’s claim…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
Reuters: China took a hard position on the value of the yuan despite US pressure. Reuters: Google’s (GOOG) ad partners in China expressed concerns about its plans. Reuters: If banking laws change,…
Reuters: The Fed is likely to keep interest rates low for some time. Reuters: China said the yuan in not behind the US trade gap. Reuters: A record number of Chinese are…
PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) is the latest of the big companies to hike their dividend payouts this morning. We have not kept an exact tally, but this is getting close to 70…
Tiger Woods sponsorship income in 2009 was estimated by several media sources to be $110 million. Thirty million dollars of that came from Nike (NKE). There are no estimates for the revenue…
Not many company boards admit when their CEO had a bad year and needs a cut in pay. The Coca-Cola (KO) board decreased chief Mahtar Kent’s total compensation to $18.8 million from $22.4…
Reverse discrimination is alive and well among large corporations which offer access to women’s businesses that results in a high volume of commerce for female-controlled firms. The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council “Top Corporations” program honors companies…
Large consumer companies spend a great deal of marketing money on creating, preserving, and increasing the image of their brands. If a product has problems, the process does not always work. Toyota…
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of the disease. The American Cancer Associate says that the five-year survival rate for the condition is only 5%. New research by the Singapore Chinese…
