Yields on what Spain had to pay for $4 billion in debt reached record levels. That is similar to what happened to paper issued recently by France and Italy. Rising yields are…
Stock prices plunged this morning and spent most of the day trading way down. The DJIA hovered around -300 points for most of the day, while the NASDAQ was off around -50…
Data from Piper Jaffray shows that Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) App business brought deverlopers $3.4 billion in revenue so far in 2011. Revenue for developers of apps for Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android was…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is set to report earnings after the close. As this is the first report with Meg Whitman on as CEO and with the shenanigans that took place around…
These are some of Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Outperform and $500 target at Credit Suisse. CIGNA Corp. (NYSE:…
The weekend break in equity trading may produce more anxiety than relief. As Friday draws to a close, most stock markets probably will be down for the day, and certainly will be…
Among the hundreds of technology stocks, there are a relative handful of companies that stand out as bellwethers for the entire industry. Some are on the list for historical reasons; others are…
Concerns about the price of oil have returned after a summer in which both crude and gasoline prices fell. Slow production from OPEC nations is not to blame. Libyan production is actually…
BMW said its expects double-digit percentage growth in the U.S. in 2012. And Cadillac says it will launch two new models to compete with BMW next year. Both brands have had sales…
So little is left of Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK), at least in terms of common equity value, that the board should let shareholders do what they can to salvage what remains of…
Facebook hit by a bug that put porn and graphic violence images onto many pages. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) names Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Robert Iger to its board. (Reuters) Dell…
No one knows quite how Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will make money on its Android mobile OS. Some of the software in the OS may violate Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) patents.…
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about the Obama health care law. (Reuters) Angela Merkel says Europe may face its greatest crisis since World War II. (Reuters) Italy’s Monti will discuss…
Earnings season may feel over, but this week is going to be riddled with key earnings reports that can move the market or move their sectors. The key earnings are all hitting…
Updated throughout the day. The former CEO of Olympus may return as chief executive (FT) Search firm Egon Zehnder International has started to handle the search for a new retail chief to…
Douglas A. McIntyre 
