Japan raised the severity of its nuclear crisis to the same level as Chernobyl. (Reuters) Alcoa (NYSE: AA) beat earnings but missed sales.(Reuters) Nasdaq OMX (NASDAQ NDAQ) and Deutsche Boerse have approached NYSE Euronext’s (NYSE: NYX) largest…
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is known for “every day low prices.” It is probably the primary reason people shop there and it has made the company the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart, for some reason,…
The unemployment rate rose so fast in 2008 and 2009 that in some months the US lost more than 500,000 jobs. That trend has only begun to reverse itself this year, and…
Just as it appeared that Blockbuster would be liquidated Dish Network bought it for $320.6 million in a process overseen by a federal bankruptcy court, according to The Wall Street Journal. The…
Sirius XMA federal district judge has ruled that a class action suit may proceed against SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) for alleged antitrust violations. Sirius must defend itself, of course, but…
Consumer morale and home prices dropped sharply according to two surveys (Reuters) Gold and oil rose on concerns about Libya and the movement in equities (Reuters) The new chief of Twitter wants…
Off-exchange traded fund BATS will go public to challenge NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) and Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ). (Reuters) Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has take a sex bias case against it to the Supreme…
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is so upset by the prospect that it must collect state sales taxes on items it sells that it will desert its operations in Dallas because Texas sent it…
Jon OggWe had another crazy week in the markets with shares on a tear. There were many key analyst calls that moved shares this week. We have identified five specific analyst calls which…
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) appears to have united just about everybody but its customers to curb the company’s growing power. The latest foray comes from the Starz pay-cable TV channels, owned by…
The L.L. Bean website says the retailer will offer free shipping for any order placed with the company. Unlike other retailers there will be no minimum purchase price to qualify. Amazon.com (NASDAQ:…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Outperform at William Blair. Amgen Inc.…
The market does not expect much from Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). The company is about to release quarterly figures. Analysts think that results will be hurt by low TV sales. Best Buy…
Are investors forgetting the lessons of the dot-com bust of the 1990s?It would seem to be the case. Just like in the Clinton administration, companies with uncertain prospects are attracting insanely high…
A monopoly is either what the government says it is or what a dominant company’s competitors claim. The government’s opinion is the only one that counts, however, as Sprint will find out…
