ThinkstockBank of Japan Monetary Easing The Bank of Japan believes it can cure what ails much of the nation’s economy. If the relative success of the U.S. Federal Reserve to accomplish a similar…
Douglas A. McIntyre thinkstockShares of Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) hit a 13-month high on a belief that new products could trigger a recovery. (Reuters) The Japan central bank says it will ease as…
thinkstockExcess battery charges are not the problem with Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 safety concerns, so an investigation will continue and the planes will stay out of service (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ:…
The week ahead will be the official flood gate opening for earnings season. We have a very large portion of the S&P 500 Index reporting fourth-quarter earnings, and we have many Dow Jones…
ThinkstockAnother group of experts has made the case that Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) best days are behind it. ABI Research says that Apple’s share of the smartphone market worldwide will peak this…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockAMR, parent company of American Airlines, has decided to repaint of its planes, which have been mostly silver for decades. For some reason, management believes that the new color scheme is a…
ThinkstockUncertainties Push Oil Higher The Algeria hostage crisis shows how little it takes in the terms of geopolitical events to cause a spike in oil prices. As problems in the Middle East…
courtesy of NetflixU.S. investigations of the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner focus on its main battery. (Reuters) Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) offers a weak outlook for future quarters. (Reuters) China’s gross…
ThinkstockA new survey by customer satisfaction research firm ForeSee has found that luxury shoppers are not getting the kind of service they expect from retailers catering to the high-end market. The top…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning with the Nasdaq Composite slightly higher, while the DJIA and the S&P 500 were lower. Earnings from several U.S. financial institutions were due today and…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far this Wednesday from Wall St. research calls. Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A. (NYSE: BUD) cut to Reduce at Nomura.…
Last week we featured top picks from analysts at some of Wall St.’s largest firms. We had everything from the very eclectic to the standard large cap parade of names. This week…
courtesy of Apple Inc.More and more analysts have taken a position counter to the one that says demand for the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 has fallen. Rumors in the press…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockAlibaba Prepares IPO Alibaba, the preeminent e-commerce company in China, apparently has decided to have an initial public offering to raise as much as $4 billion. The decision probably is unrelated to the…
courtesy of DellOK, so the buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) may not be as much hype as the market was originally thinking. Buying a company for more than $20 billion is no…
