What’s Important in the Financial World (12/20/2012)
ThinkstockGun and Ammo Sales Gun and ammo sales have surged, so say several surveys. This is happening at the same time as politicians start to offer gun control legislation and many Americans…
ThinkstockGun and Ammo Sales Gun and ammo sales have surged, so say several surveys. This is happening at the same time as politicians start to offer gun control legislation and many Americans…
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. is looking for the next great biotech stocks for 2013 after great gains have been seen in 2012. If you look at the consensus price targets from analysts for…
thinkstockThe Bank of Japan begins new stimulus, pressed by an administration just voted into office. (Reuters) IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) may buy NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYSE: NYX). (Reuters) Kodak sells $525 million…
ThinkstockLed by smartphone makers Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Samsung Electronics, and LG Electronics, 4G LTE phone shipments will rise from just under 91 million units in 2012 to 275 million units in…
courtesy of NetflixUBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) admits fraud in the Libor case and will pay $1.5 billion. (Reuters) Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) says a large number of recalls have not hurt sales.…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) won a $1.05 billion jury award against Samsung Electronics in August, but that didn’t stop the Cupertino giant from seeking to have the U.S. District…
courtesy of Research In Motion Ltd.Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to report its earnings after the close on Thursday this week. We expect a strange earnings report. Investors saw…
courtesy of SamsungSamsung has a miniature army of smartphones that have been built to take on the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. Some have posted impressive sales, particularly the Galaxy S III.…
courtesy of AOL, IncA federal judge rejects Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) request to stop the sales of Samsung phones in the United States. (Reuters) The prices of homes in the People’s Republic…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and got another boost following a meeting between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner to discuss a solution to the impending fiscal cliff. In…
ThinkstockAlmost exactly a year ago, Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) projected that sales of the company’s heavily promoted Ultrabook computers would account for 40% of all notebook shipments in 2012. Taiwan’s Digitimes, however,…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has fallen from grace as far as being the darling of Wall Street. If you took away the emotion and the hype and compare the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) cut to Neutral and target cut to $575…
courtesy of Apple Inc.It’s a long way from the report of the one lonely guy outside an Apple store in Shanghai to Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) press release this morning claiming that…
Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shareholders were thrilled when its market value moved above that of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and then the…