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U.S. Postal Service Loses $740 Million
courtesy of USPSPeople ought to get used to the fact that farmers cannot get mail more than twice a week, city dwellers should go without Saturday delivery, hundreds of post offices should…
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Services
Top 10 Consumer Complaints for 2012
ThinkstockVery little in the Consumer Federation of America’s (CFA) “Nation’s Top Ten Consumer Complaints” was unexpected. The results of the survey show how hard it may be to operate in some of the businesses in which…
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Investing
Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: FedEx, Onyx, 3D Systems, YRC and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Monday, July 29, 2013. They include FedEx, Hormel, Potash Corp., 3D Systems and Whole Foods.
10:12am ET
Transportation
UPS Chops Guidance
Courtesy United Parcel Service Inc.United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) cut its second-quarter and full-year earnings guidance this morning, citing overcapacity in the air freight market, a slowing U.S. economy and customers…
4:55pm ET
Investing
Ackman Might Be Wasting Time on FedEx Activist Investor Efforts
Adrian Pingstone, via Wikimedia CommonsFedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) may soon have a new friend and foe alike. Market rumors have been out on Tuesday that activist investor Bill Ackman may be taking…
8:20am ET
Investing
Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: FedEx, HP, Sprint, Walmart and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, June 20, 2013. They include FedEx, HP, Sprint and Walmart.
4:03pm ET
Investing
Closing Bell for Wednesday on Wall Street: Markets Open Low, Sink on FOMC Statement
U.S. equity markets opened moderately lower this morning as investors waited for the afternoon announcement from the FOMC. Mortgage purchase applications were down in the U.S. as interest rates rose again. In…
7:55am ET
Investing
FedEx Company Earnings Okay, Forecast Not So Much
By Tkgd2007 at en.wikipedia , from Wikimedia CommonsFedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) reported fourth-quarter and full fiscal year 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The package delivery service reported adjusted diluted earnings…
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Investing
Five Companies That Should Double Their Dividends — or More
ThinkstockIt seems that investors suddenly have grown to dislike dividend-paying stocks, if you have been watching many of the riskier, high-dividend and high-payout sectors while interest rates have been on the rise.…
4:04pm ET
Investing
Closing Bell for Friday on Wall Street: Markets Open Lower, Trail South All Day
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, kicking off a gradual decline that lasted all day. Profit-taking and a lower-than-expected reading on consumer sentiment in the U.S. get the blame. In Europe,…
8:25am ET
Transportation
Deutsche Bank Transportation and Shipping Stocks to Buy Now
ThinkstockWith the summer conference season in full swing, investors will head to Chicago for the Deutsche Bank Industrials conference this week. Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) analysts expect investors to be focused…
4:06pm ET
Investing
Closing Bell for Tuesday on Wall Street: Markets Open Higher, Sink Later
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning but lost steam in the afternoon to finish with a loss for the first Tuesday in a record streak of Tuesdays. In Europe, Spain…
7:50am ET
Investing
Top 12 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: FedEx, GE, Ulta Salon and Walmart
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. They include FedEx, GE, Ulta Salon and Walmart.
8:20am ET
Infrastructure
Top Consumer and Business Services Stocks to Buy at Oppenheimer
By Tkgd2007 at en.wikipedia , from Wikimedia CommonsFollowing Oppenheimer’s well-attended 8th Annual Industrial Growth Summit, the firm is incrementally optimistic on rental services stocks, given common upbeat tones on a rebounding nonresidential…
6:34am ET
Investing
Media Digest (4/24/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
courtesy of AOL, IncApple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new dividend will allow management a period to recover earnings growth while offering investors a return. (Reuters) Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) may use its consumer…