courtesy of AppleIn interview comments yesterday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook indicated that Apple would fire-up at least one U.S. manufacturing line next year. A natural candidate to do the…
ThinkstockFarm equipment and machinery retailer Titan Machinery Inc. (NASDAQ: TITN) reported third-quarter fiscal 2013 diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.66 on revenue of $582.1 million before markets opened this morning. In the…
thinkstockFarm and industrial equipment maker CNH Global N.V. (NYSE: CNH) has agreed to the terms of proposed merger with Fiat Industrial SpA in a move that will create the third-largest capital goods…
Jon OggIs the so-called “Bernanke Put” really coming out of the market already? QE3 is still just beginning. And earnings season is now living up to the fears that many of us…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened mixed this morning with the S&P 500 and the DJIA slightly lower and the Nasdaq slightly higher. In Asia Japan’s trade deficit was wider than…
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) this morning reported record third-quarter results that included a pretax gain of $273 million. The Peoria, Ill.-based heavy equipment manufacturer posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.54…
Trey Thoelcke The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, but the blame goes to some poor earnings report from U.S. firms rather than to international news. European markets were down slightly…
Workers at a manufacturing facility of China’s Foxconn “struck” the company twice over the weekend, or once, or not at all, depending on the source of the information. Most likely, two labor disruptions occurred. The…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning following a weaker-than-expected report on U.S. personal income and inline personal consumption spending (more coverage here). U.S. markets followed Europe, where today’s…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) cut to Underperform at BofA/ML. AGCO Corp. (NYSE: AGCO) named…
The Business Roundtable’s CEO Economic Outlook Survey for the third quarter of 2012 is out, and the word to describe the report would be cautious. The report shows that CEOs are again…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning but were unable to hold gains into the afternoon. In Europe this morning, a Spanish bond auction widened the spread between German…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) begins to sell its Nexus 7 tablet in Japan, which puts it into competition with Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE). (Reuters) Google’s shares trade at a record high. (Reuters)…
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has now updated analysts as Chairman & CEO Doug Oberhelman and members of the executive team provided a long-term update for the company’s strategy and expectations for 2015. The…
Jon C. Ogg Farm equipment and machinery retailer Titan Machinery Inc. (NASDAQ: TITN) this morning reported second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $0.25 on revenue of $410 million before markets opened. In the same period…
