The economy is supposed to be slowing down in its growth path, right? Then why are car sales doing so well? Edmunds.com just released its latest forecast for new vehicle sales showing…
Back in 2008, when gasoline pump prices were on a steady march to $4/gallon, the Prius hybrid electric car from Toyota Motors (NYSE: TM) was selling like hotcakes in the US. Toyota…
GM’s Chevrolet division will start to sell the electric Volt model later this year but will produce only about 10,000 models between then and the end of 2011. Nissan will launch its…
Douglas A. McIntyre Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…
The great majority of the largest companies in America are easily identified by name by most consumers. That is because their names match one or more of their most important brands. McDonald’s…
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…
The following are the ten CEOs who received the largest stock option grants in 2009. Together, they enjoyed gains which totaled $230 million based on their value at the end of May.…
We have many stocks on the move this morning for day traders and active traders to choose from. Most are earnings, but some are not. We have key and standout moves being…
Ford’s recovery is now complete, if it was not already. Ford reported second quarter net income of $2.6 billion, or $.61 per share, a $338 million improvement from second quarter 2009. Pre-tax…
Douglas A. McIntyre Earnings season is now in full swing and we have many major market-movers that are on deck Thursday afternoon and Friday morning with key earnings reports. Many are DJIA components. We have…
Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) defended its CEO as it considered new options to kill the well. Reuters: The Senate voted to restore jobless benefits. Reuters: Obama’s budget review may trim the…
The plug-in hybrid, a car that uses the same socket as a vacuum cleaner, or at least one close it, has gotten the full force of backing from the Obama Administration. The…
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: Moody’s downgraded Ireland’s debt. Reuters: Engineers detected seepage around the capped BP well. Reuters: The National Association for Business Economics says companies will begin to hire again but the service sector…
Sales of new cars in Europe, as measured by new car registrations, dropped in June for the third consecutive month. The slide is attributed to the end of what the Europeans call…
