Oil supermajor Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) has announced that it will acquire Atlas Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:ATLS) for $3.2 billion in cash and will take on an additional $1.1 billion in existing debt owed…
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…
Douglas A. McIntyre Oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) reported an earnings jump of55% this morning, solidly above expectations. For the company’s third quarter, diluted EPS came in at $1.44 compared with estimates…
This is the peak of earnings season and the flow of earnings is coming on strong. This week is jammed full of energy companies reporting earnings and it will be interesting to…
Earnings season is in full swing and is peaking this week in the frequency of market moving and sector moving companies reporting quarterly results. There are several DJIA components reporting earnings along…
Earnings season is in full swing and the peak will occur next week. We have several DJIA components reporting earnings along with several other companies which are equally as important to the…
Despite the rise of the stock market, many companies are continuing to repurchase their shares in the open market. Many investors prefer dividends over buybacks, but asking which is a better reward…
Reuters: Geithner says there is no risk of a global currency war. Reuters: Hedge fund investors favor the stock market Reuters: Oil moved above $82 as China crude imports grew. Reuters: Sony…
Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) is apparently neither immune to international currency issues nor to swings in the oil patch despite oil prices being higher year-over-year. The company has issued a slight earnings…
Crude oil has been on fire and prices were as low as $74 per barrel less than 3 weeks ago before recent highs of $84.00. Generally a rise in the commodity price…
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) traded higher in the after-hours session after the company gave an update to its buyback program. The company said that it would begin purchasing common stock during the…
Reuters: Japan says it is ready to move into the forex market to support the yen. Reuters: George Soros says that China was the big winner coming out of the recession. Reuters: …
(DD, MCD, BA, CAT, KFT, AA, HPQ, MSFT, BAC, CSCO, VZ, T, IBM, CVX, TRV, KO, PG, MRK) For the calendar year through August 30th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down…
What happens when Dow Jones Industrial Average components have dividend yields on the common stocks that are above the yield of the 10-year Treasury Note or even the 30-Year Treasury Long Bond? …
The governor of Texas and the state’s Land Commissioner have filed suit in federal court in Houston that would block the second attempt by the federal government to impose a six-month ban…
