6:35am ET
Investing
The Worst Product Flops of 2011
A number of incredible new products were launched this year. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the iPhone 4S — a phone with voice command — and Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner — a…
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6:26am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (12/23/2011) Payroll Taxes, AMR Bankruptcy
Markets rallied into the Christmas weekend. Perhaps the major U.S .indices will be well up for the year. Little is likely to happen between now and the new year to dampen the…
6:25am ET
Media
Media Digest (12/23/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg
Congress makes a deal to keep payroll taxes low and unemployment benefits in place for two more months. (Reuters) The U.S. approves a Deutsche Boerse deal to merge with NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX). (Reuters)…
3:51am ET
Investing
American Air OKed To Buy Boeing (BA) Jets
The AMR bankruptcy has raised the issue of what terms a judge will set for the airline to buy plane and what terms will be set to cancel leases. The decisions could have broad…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:47am ET
Media
Media Digest (12/22/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1324331373.html Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) is working on a deal with Alibaba to sell part of its stake in the Chinese company. (Reuters) Toyota (NYSE: TM) expects record sales next year of 8.48…
3:51am ET
Investing
Boeing Thrashed In Global Airplane Market Battle.
Airbus should deliver 1,600 plans this year, according to Reuters. This would push Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) market share to near a recent low. Airbus’s A320 model has sold particularly well. Boeing has…
Douglas A. McIntyre 6:12am ET
Investing
The American Cities That Added (And Lost) The Most Jobs
As economic conditions in the country improve, it is not enough to quote national statistics and vague data. Tangible, localized measures often paint a much clearer picture of the recovery across the…
8:01am ET
Investing
Even More DJIA Dividend Hikes Coming Soon (BA, GE, DIS, T, PFE, CSCO, KO, XOM, IBM, JNJ, JPM, MMM, WMT, DVY, VIG, PFM, HDV)
Throughout December we have been giving updates on dividends that will rise in the coming days and weeks from the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks. Many have already come true and…
11:18am ET
Investing
Southwest Orders 150 Boeing 737s (LUV, BA)
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has placed the first firm order for 150 new airplanes from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA). The airlines has ordered 150 of Boeing’s latest model of the venerable…
4:06pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (INTC, BA, AZO, DD, EPB, LEN, TOL, BRN, DMND, VMC, OXGN, HBP, PNCL, ROSE, NBG)
US equity markets opened sharply lower this morning and continued falling before levelling off at around 200 pts down on the DJIA. The downturn followed closer examination of the European Union’s agreement…
3:08pm ET
Military
The Boeing Dividend Hike Surprise (BA)
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) was not featured as one of our model stocks in the 24/7 Wall St. 2012 model Dividend Portfolio and it was not even featured as a DJIA soon…
Jon C. Ogg 8:28am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, AZO, BWP, BA, BYI, EPB, DD, EW, KND, LEN, LLTC, PCS, PLL, PNM, PSB, SAP, TOL)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform at BMO Capital Markets. AutoZone…
6:23am ET
Media
Media Digest (12/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
S&P may downgrade the EU and the largest eurozone banks. (Reuters) France and Germany continue to press new eurozone treaty measures that would help trigger new financing for the region. (Reuters) Japan says…
6:50am ET
Special Report
The Biggest Corporate Layoffs of All Time
Eleven American companies have laid off a total of nearly 600,000 people in the past two decades. Each also fired a large number of employees at one time to earn it a…
6:49am ET
Media
Media Digest (12/5/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Samsung shares rise after its victory in the U.S. against Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) attempt to block its Galaxy tablet from the U.S. market. (Reuters) HSBC data show that China’s PMI slowed considerably. (Reuters)…