6:27am ET
Investing
Google As An Economic Indicator
When Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) releases its earnings, it does not disclose how many searches are performed in a quarter. It must be in the hundreds of billions, at least. Google also runs…
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General Electric Company
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GE Coverage
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6:31am ET
Investing
Short Sellers Savage Market Laggards
Short sellers often invest in stocks that have had sharp short-term gains and may have reached peak valuations. That would put Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) on most of those lists, along with Sirius…
7:20am ET
Industrials
Valuing The Best Conglomerate For The Second Half of 2011 (GE, UTX, BRK-A, HON, MMM, TXT, TYC)
24/7 Wall St. has been using valuation analysis for value investors for a couple of weeks and we wanted to review the conglomerates in a search for the best value for long-term…
9:32am ET
Energy
Alt-Energy Watch: Italian, Chinese Solar PV Firms Expanding in the Face of Oversupply (FSLR, GE, JASO, STP, TSL, DQ, WFR, ENLAY, SHCAY, STM)
Predictions that oversupply of solar PV modules will push down prices and margins in 2011 apparently have no impact on decisions to continue building additional manufacturing capacity. Wafer makers in Asia expect…
9:40am ET
Energy
GE, ConocoPhillips & NRG Venture Invests in Oil Recovery Tech (GE, NRG, COP)
Energy Technology Ventures is not exactly a household name, but its venture partners of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG), and ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) are household names. What is…
9:05am ET
Investing
Water Investing Long-Term Stock Picks Out to 2012 & Beyond (GE, MMM, AWK, WTS, INSU, TTEK, CCC, VE, SBS, DGW, PHO, PIO, ERII, CGW, FIW, CFWAX)
Water may be the source of life, but it is also perhaps one of the most misunderstood and most “under-invested” themes for those investors who want income and growth year after year…
6:23am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/22/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The head of PIMCO expects that Greece and other EU nations will default. (Reuters) The LulzSec group of hackers claims it will expand its attacks on private and government networks. (Reuters) The…
12:30pm ET
Services
Supercomputing Still Rules The Advanced World (CRAY, GE, IBM, SGI, ORCL)
When it comes to the world of supercomputing, there is no other pure-play like Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY). It is also perhaps one of the forgotten companies of yesteryear by investors as…
10:53am ET
Energy
Alt-Energy Watch: Pressure Rises on American Superconductor & Wind (AMSC, GE, SI, VWDRY, GCTAF, NRDXF, NEE, AES, FAN)
Shares in American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC) have been taking a beating since early April. The company’s largest customer, China’s Sinovel, has refused to pay for $56 million in wind turbine parts…
12:25pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Capital One & ING Direct, Setting Off The Next Wave of Banking M&A (COF, ING, GE, RF, BAC, JPM, ETFC)
Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) may have just wiggled its way into being one of the few top banks in America. The company is acquiring ING Direct USA from ING Groep…
10:09am ET
Energy
Alt-Energy Watch: Areva Dumps CEO as Utility Sector Preps for Big Changes (ARVCY, GE, EXC, DUK)
France’s government-controlled nuclear power behemoth, Areva SA (OTC: ARVCY), will not renew the contract of CEO Anne Lauvergeon, aka “Atomic Anne,” when it expires at the end of June. Her replacement will…
8:29am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CAR, COO, GE, MPEL, TAP, NOK, RJET, RIMM, SRE, SINA, SPLS, SRCL, RIG)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NYSE: CAR) Reiterated Strong Buy at Zacks.…
6:32am ET
Investing
The President’s Jobs and Competitiveness Council Fairy Tale
The President’s Jobs and Competitiveness Council made one of its first public statements on how the pace of US economic growth could be accelerated. The document is not useful because its recommendations…
10:47am ET
Energy
Alt-Energy Watch: Germany to Replace Nukes with Fossil Fuels, Build Smart Grid (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, STP, GE, VWSYF, ABB, SI, SBGSY, ALSMY, AMSC, BGC, QCLN, GRID, PWR)
The German government’s decision to abandon nuclear power generation by 2022 briefly put a little wind in the sails of alt energy sources like solar and wind. Now, however, Chancellor Angela Merkel…
11:35am ET
Energy
GE Invests in Solar Thermal Developer (GE, GOOG, TAN, KWT)
In a continuing quest to poke its nose into all things alternative, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has made an investment in solar thermal developer eSolar, Inc. The amount of the investment…