Continuing jobless claims rose by 159,000 in the week ended Jan. 17 to a seasonally adjusted 4.78 million, the most since the government’s records began in 1967. The number of unemployed people…
It seems impossible that a handful of companies could put nearly 80,000 people out of work in a day. Caterpillar (CAT), Pfizer (PFE), Texas Instruments (TXN), Sprint (S), and Home Depot (HD)…
According to Reuters, American Express (AXP) earnings dropped 72% but still beat expectations. Reuters writes that Geithner was confirmed to be Treasury Secretary. Reuters reports that people lost confidence in business globally…
The Pfizer (PFE) deal to buy Wyeth (WYE) for $68 billion looks like a single M&A deal which will break the drought in investment banking activity, but only for a day. The…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, The National Association of Business Economics survey found that members believe that the economy has it its worst period in 27 years. Reuters reports that Pfizer (PFE) is close…
Companies, even really big ones with hundreds of thousands of employees, can only fire so many people. At some point the core functions like accounting and marketing need enough personnel to keep…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Samsung had its first ever quarterly loss. Reuters reports that Pfizer (PFE) is in takeover talks with Wyeth (WYE), a deal that would be worth $60 billion. Reuters reports…
Looking at the headlines at WSJ.com, the majority are about large companies that cut workers today. Circuit City is liquidating, which could put 30,000 people out of work. AMD (AMD) is cutting…
Thomas Alva Edison accumulated 1,093 US patents over his lifetime. Most R&D operations are not that efficient. Corporations hate research. It is expensive. The scientists know more about a company’s products than…
According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) has begun the process of breaking itself into pieces. Reuters reports that Chrysler is in deal talks about selling assets to Renault or Magna. Reuters reports the…
For the latest reported period, ending December 31, short sellers did not make any notable moves in or out of tech, financials, or industrial shares. What they did do was take impressively…
These are some of the top early bird upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning: Agilent (NYSE: A) Raised to Outperform at Baird. Gentex (NASDAQ: GNTX)…
There may be some speculation that drug giant Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) is looking at expansion through acquisitions. The FT reported that the world’s largest pharmaceutical company is willing to acquire a…
According to Reuters, Obama may seek take cuts of over $300 billion. Reuters reports that the SEC examined Madoff eight times over 16 years. Reuters reports that the Fed and European Central…
It looks like we have our most likely candidates for the "Dogs of the Dow" for 2009. This is often misunderstood as an investment vehicle. These are the 10 highest dividend-yielding stocks…
