Reuters. Obama will nominate Yellen to be Fed vice chair. Reuters: China told Obama to leave yuan policy to its government. Reuters: A Chinese minister said the nation could not keep up…
Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) is off its highs but still higher on the day after the company raised its dividend and announced a share buyback plan. The company’s board of directors…
AMD (AMD) CEO Dirk Meyer made $4.6 million last year as his company made a profit, but only because of a legal settlement with Intel (INTC) over antitrust matters. The money probably…
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in early all Street research calls: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Conviction Sell at Goldman Sachs. Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:…
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is taking a breather this morning after last night’s earnings. At 9:26 AM EST we had shares trading down 5.9% at $8.46 on about 915,000 shares;…
Reuters: China battle back at US charges about cyber attacks. Reuters: Under the new Obama proposal, banks may drop private equity assets. Reuters: Hershey (NYSE:HSY) will not make a counter bid for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) Reuters: Toyota…
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) moved after the company beat earnings expectations. The distant #2 PC processor posted earnings of -$0.05 in non-GAAP EPS as revenues rose over 40% to $1.65…
These are Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Outperform at FBR. Comerica (NYSE: CMA) Raised to Outperform at…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) had a great day ahead of its earnings report today based upon expectations that it would beat earnings and raise guidance. The processor and chip giant just proved…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is probably going to set the tone and set the bar of expectations for most large technology stocks this earnings season. Thomson Reuters has estimates for this afternoon…
It is the first week of January, which means one thing for lovers of consumer electronics: CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, takes place in Las Vegas. The event kicks off on January…
Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may move some of its operations out of London to avoid high taxes on banker bonuses (London Telegraph) Kraft (NYSE:KFT) will raise its bid for…
Reuters: Novartis (NYSE:NVS) will buy the part of Alcon (NYSE:ACL) that it does not currently own for $39 billion. Reuters: JAL may receive a bailout from the Japanese government. Reuters: The Fed defended it…
The year 2009 is in the books and some of the most troubled companies of the last decade made the biggest returns among S&P 500 firms in 2009. Among S&P 500 stocks, Ford (NYSE:F), which two…
Many investors use the last few weeks of each year to sell stocks on which they have posted losses to help their tax position. Other investors simply clean the dead wood out…
