Futurists are an odd lot. Generally, they are authors, scientists, consultants and economists. What many people don’t know is that investors follow this philosophy as well. Their goal is to pick winning…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a rising star in the Republican party, recently stunned the media by expressing doubts about global warming. Four scientists from universities in the state even invited him…
Ton Hayward, disgraced former CEO of BP plc (NYSE: BP), defended the day he spent yachting which was at the peak of the disaster’s effects. In an interview with the BBC, he…
Douglas A. McIntyre Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of BP plc (NYSE: BP), Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CADX),…
Updated throughout the day. BP plc (NYSE: BP) may keep its dividend low (WSJ) Chinese PE firm Hopu Investment Management will begin to shut down operations. (FT) Citigroup may be looking for…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. CACI International (NYSE: CAI)…
The Republicans took control of the House but not the Senate. Solar panel maker Solyndra was forced to halt expansion, to some extent because of Chinese competition. (NYT) Cotton prices will cause clothing…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of BP plc (NYSE: BP), Cognex Corp. (NASDAQ: CGNX), Concurrent…
Jon C. Ogg Mitsui was billed $1.8 billion from BP plc (NYSE: BP) for clean-up costs. (Reuters) A limited number of holidays and warm weather probably hurt retail sales in October. (Reuters) Canada may approve…
Next week is the beginning of the end of earnings season as November gets started, but we still have many key earnings to watch and there are still many large companies reporting…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
A lawsuit alleges that Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) secretly bought problem cars. (Reuters) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) earnings were better than expected. (Reuters) The AIA IPO moved up 17% on the Hong Kong…
Many companies keep the names that they used to brand themselves when they were founded. Firms such as Ford (NYSE: F) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have changed their corporate names slightly…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…