The longer-end of the curve is is still rising. Earlier we had seen the highest yields since June, and now we are seeing the highest yields since May. The 10-Year Treasury yield…
This year’s recall of certain types of Tylenol and Motrin by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), which began in January, brought back memories of the 1982 Tylenol recall. It affected as many…
To make the cut onto the S&P Dividend Aristocrats Index, a company has to have paid a dividend every year for at least 25 consecutive years. The index includes at least 40…
Seventeen billionaires including Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz have agreed to pledge most of their money to charity. (www.thegivingpledge.org) (Reuters) WikiLeaks supporters shut down the MasterCard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE V)…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 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…
Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) CEO Jeff Kindler resigned because he was tired, he says. “The combination of meeting the requirements of our many stakeholders around the world and the 24/7 nature of my…
AOL (NYSE: AOL) may break itself into pieces in preparation for a potential merger with Yahoo! (NASDAQ YHOO). (Reuters) Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, told “60 Minutes” that the central…
Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) margins rushed past expectations and shares moved higher (Reuters) Bernanke said a strong US recovery is essential to global economic health (Reuters) Lawmakers attacked regulators and banks on the…
These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advance Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Neutral at Macquarie. Avago Technologies Limited…
Next week is the beginning of the end of earnings season as November gets started, but we still have many key earnings to watch and there are still many large companies reporting…
Updated throughout the day. Sinochem (NYSE: SNP) has given up on its bid for Potash (NYSE: POT) (Reuters) GM should have mid-November IPO (Reuters) Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has renewed it bid for…
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…
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…
Ireland’s economy is in a state of chaos thanks to a taxation system that is both inefficient and unfair. About the only group not complaining are the many American companies who consider…
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…
