Seventeen billionaires including Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz have agreed to pledge most of their money to charity. (www.thegivingpledge.org) (Reuters) WikiLeaks supporters shut down the MasterCard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE V)…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking movement in shares of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), Dynavox (NASDAQ: DVOX), ESCO…
Picking stocks for a decade is no easy task. It might as well be for a lifetime because there probably will be two more bear markets and two more bull markets between…
Earnings season is getting thinner on which companies are reporting earnings, but we still have 5 key earnings due the rest of the week. Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC), Cisco Systems Inc.…
Earnings season is winding down, but next week will bring several key earnings which could move the markets are can definitely move sectors. Top earnings we are watching are from priceline.com Inc.…
The Federal Reserve may allow some of the nation’s strongest banks to raise their dividends. (Reuters) The S&P and DJIA hit 2 year highs. (Reuters) China attacked the US over its plans…
One of the few bits of investing conventional wisdom that nearly everyone accepts is that people should always look out for number one. The problem with following that advice is investors may…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) Started as Neutral at Sterne Agee. ASML Holding (NASDAQ:…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Reuters: The American Sociology Review said a group of mortgages aimed at racially segregated neighborhoods helped cause the mortgage crisis. Reuters: Sanofi-Aventis made an $18.5 billion offer for Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ). Reuters: …
Updated throughout the day. American International Group (NYSE: AIG) is close to a deal to make good on its obligations to the Treasury. (Reuters) BMW and Saab may set up an engine…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Reuters: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) and the Treasury are closer to a deal to recoup the taxpayers’ investment in the insurer. Reuters: China said movement on a bill to force revaluation…
In a move that should have surprised no one, Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) said today that it was replacing Jeff Zucker as head of NBC Universal once the business is sold by…
Reuters: Petrobras raised $70 billion in the largest stock offer in history. Reuters: There will likely be no tax cut before the election, according to Democrats Reuters: Obama asked the Chinese premier…
