courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has released its first-quarter earnings report. Earnings rose by 32% to $0.83 per share from $0.63 in the prior-year quarter. Outside…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockThe U.S. government accuses China of stealing military secrets. (Reuters) Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to upgrade Windows 8 to boost sales. (Reuters) New York state will file charges against Bank of…
starwars.comElectronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) has a better friend from an old friend in the world of video games and brands. News has broken that the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and EA…
courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.It looks as though Walt Disney Co.’s (NYSE: DIS) “Iron Man 3” could save the summer box office yield all by itself. Like several popular serial movie…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockIron Man’s Record Weekend Walt Disney Co.’s (NYSE: DIS) “Iron Man 3” could save the summer box office yield all by itself. Like several serial movie franchises, each installment tops the next.…
courtesy of NetflixThe HSBC services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) drops to 51.1 in April, a sign that China’s manufacturing economy is barely expanding. (Reuters) Bain and Golden Gate are close to a…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that personal income and spending both rose by 0.2%, which was slightly higher than expected for spending and…
These are the top analyst upgrades from select Wall Street research calls on April 29, 2013. They include Abercrombie & Fitch, Disney and Petrobras.
thinkstockIn an effort to boost the amount of time users spend on its website, privately held Twitter is reportedly negotiating with Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) and Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) for the…
courtesy of YouTubeJ.C. Penney Co. Inc.’s (NYSE: JCP) board faces criticism for firing CEO Ron Johnson and replacing him with the predecessor who cause some of the retailer’s problems. (Reuters) Ford Motor…
ThinkstockBroadcast TV networks have failed twice to get the courts to stop a start-up called Aereo Inc. from capturing the networks’ broadcast signal on an antenna leased to a subscriber and then…
The first-quarter earning season begins today with the quarterly ritual of perennial lousy, or at least lackluster, earnings leading off the deluge of reports, from aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA). Investors…
ThinkstockCNN Money released its list of the 20 highest paid chief executive officers of 2012. It was refreshing to see some of the CEOs that have led their companies to long-term success made…
ThinkstockPortugal Austerity Ruling The highest court in Portugal ruled that some of the austerity measures to be employed by the government to curtail deficits are not constitutional. In reaction, the central government…
ThinkstockA federal appeals court today denied the appeal from a group of broadcasters including CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS), The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), which owns the ABC television network, News Corp.…
