Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has another blow-out quarter driven by iPhone sales. (Reuters) Japan has its first trade deficit since 1980. (Reuters) Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) posts weak earnings on a revenue drop. (Reuters)…
Traders rarely make mistakes as bad as the one they made when they pushed newspaper stocks higher early in the year. Shares in companies such as the New York Times (NYSE: NYT), Gannett…
Just after noon today, we’ve noted some stocks that are flying high. Companies involved in cloud software are getting a particular boost. SuccessFactors Inc. (NASDAQ: SFSF) is up more than 51%, at…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down into two…
America’s largest newspapers have struggled to recover from what many analysts considered certain extinction. These properties are at the point where they have some chance to continue, although as smaller companies. Circulation…
George Papandreou convinces the Greek cabinet of the virtues of a national referendum on budget cuts, but he now faces the leaders of France and Germany. (Reuters) The FBI may investigate the…
Two of the world’s largest advertising agencies reported earnings this morning, and while the reports are good, the outlook for the current quarter is soft. Things are expected to get better in…
Newspaper companies are in deep trouble again, and it is not because of the economy exclusively. Ad dollars have moved to online media fast enough so the slide in newspaper revenues is…
Sony (NYSE: SNE) may buy Ericsson out of their smartphone joint venture. (Reuters) Geithner says problems with EU sovereign debt pose a significant risk to the global economy. (Reuters) A bill that…
Today’s reported ratings actions as of just after noon include announcements regarding Clorox Co. (NYSE: CLX), Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD), HCA Inc. (NYSE: HCA), Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI), Archer Daniels…
Advertising revenue at the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) will be off 8% in the third quarter, according the company’s CEO, Janet Robinson. She made the comments at a gathering of analysts.…
Web site visitors didn’t set any records last month, but they also didn’t lose any ground. Among the leading sites, some had small gains and others had small losses. Overall though, more…
The stock price of the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) has dropped to a two-year low, a sign that investors no longer consider a newspaper industry turnaround — particularly at the Times…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of June 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down into…
Financial markets have been reeling as investors grow more concerned about the economy: An S&P downgrade of the full faith and credit of the United States, dismal GDP data, and ongoing weak…
