ThinkstockEuropean Unemployment Rises Euro area unemployment rose again, a sign that austerity has not helped alleviate economic markets and likely has caused an erosion of jobs. According to Eurostat figures: The euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment…
The Fidelity Contrafund has released its 2012 annual report for its shareholders. While the date is December 31, 2012, and the asset size is listed as more than $84 billion as of…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 15 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
courtesy of AOL, IncIndia increases government spending and raises taxes on the wealthy as a means to improve growth. (Reuters) Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) shares are pounded after a poor forecast. (Reuters)…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following markets in Europe and Asia, most of which were also pointed higher. In Asia, equities were mostly higher following yesterday’s buoyant session in the…
courtesy of Google Inc.by Jon Friedman Google’s stockholders should be thrilled these days. Or shouldn’t they? The good news is that their beloved stock (NASDAQ: GOOG) recently smashed through the impressive $800…
Douglas A. McIntyre Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) raised to Outperform with $15 price target at…
ThinkstockThe recording industry has taken a beating for more than a decade as it struggled to come up with a way to maintain its substantial profits in the face of Internet sharing…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) wants back into the tablet market, an effort that the company previously jettisoned under prior misguided leadership. What is so different about this effort here is that the…
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is hitting the morning wire with a couple of big stories. Yesterday the company said that it was preparing a 7-inch tablet, called the Slate 7,…
courtesy of Google Inc.What does Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) hope to attain by launching its own touchscreen laptop — the Chromebook Pixel? Does it believe the new machine’s Chrome innovations will allow it to…
courtesy of AOL, IncGermany’s low exports cause its gross domestic product to drop in the fourth quarter. (Reuters) United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL) will not fly the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA)…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and continued a slow downward slide throughout the day. In Europe, flash PMI data from the eurozone came in below expectations on both manufacturing and…
courtesy of Google Inc.Wall St. analysts take a beating sometimes, and they are praised at other times. The lessons of the endless chasing of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) with higher and higher analyst…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) raised to Outperform at Bernstein. BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE:…
