courtesy of AppleIn its third annual ranking of the world’s most innovative companies, analysts at Booz & Co. created two lists: one based on dollars spent and the other based on asking…
ThinkstockDividend stocks may have come under some pressure of late, but this is due to the demand for high dividends getting a bit crowded and ahead of the election. It also does…
Jon OggIs the so-called “Bernanke Put” really coming out of the market already? QE3 is still just beginning. And earnings season is now living up to the fears that many of us…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) recently discussed its ambitious digital media plans. Left out of the discussion was the deep dissatisfaction about the firm’s management and performance born of years of earnings that…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) soon will release its mini iPad. (Reuters) Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) delivers better-than-expected earnings and its CEO says the firm will move aggressively into mobile. (Reuters) ARM Holding…
Companies institute or raise dividends for several reasons. One, the most striking example of which is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), is to return money to shareholders from balance sheets laden with cash.…
It was twenty-five years ago today that the 1987 stock market crash came. Fortunes were lost on that day, but fortunes were also made in the aftermath. The NYSE was said to…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has delivered its third-quarter earnings. And it seems like the company has delivered news that will appease some concerns of the bulls but will still give the…
Jon C. Ogg So far, the economy of Germany is the only one in Europe that has dodged recession, or a reasonable projection of one. Among the causes of its strength are an unemployment rate…
In the long history of poor management decisions made at major American companies, only a few proved to be fatal. It is hard to ruin a company with a single decision. That…
Some of the companies that trade as part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average already have reported earnings for the third quarter. The fate of their share prices, at least for now,…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat this morning, and after a brief stay in positive territory, shares went negative and remained no better than flat for most of the day.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) cut to Neutral at…
H&R Block Inc. (NYSE: HRB) fell 6% in early trading after announcing that it is exploring strategic alternatives for its banking unit. The tax-preparation company wants to avoid new capital requirements under…
