The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, but the blame goes to some poor earnings report from U.S. firms rather than to international news. European markets were down slightly…
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.…
Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) continues it retreat as most of its business divisions continue to sputter in the face of competition. The company closed a camera and mobile phone factory. It also…
EU Bank Supervision Coming The Europeans finally have agreed on something. There will be one bank supervisor for the region as early as next year. While the decision may be a step…
The European Union summit helps to lower bond yields for Spain and Italy. (Reuters) Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares drop badly after releases earnings early and it misses numbers. (Reuters) Microsoft Corp.…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and really never got on track the entire day. The lower opening was likely a reaction to China’s weakest quarterly GDP growth…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) must have found out that someone knew its earnings report ahead of time because the internet search giant and Android O/S leader released its SEC Filing early. The…
Jon C. Ogg Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) was originally trading higher on earnings but shareholders have grown very used to disappointment by this fallen leader. The troubled cellphone maker managed to show third quarter revenue…
The tablet wars will continue to heat up if rumors are right that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will release a $99 machine. Although it may not be as feature rich as current…
Apple vs. Samsung The intellectual property lawsuits between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung continue to go back and forth. The latest court decision hurts Apple. A U.K. court said that the…
Most consumers still love Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and its growing list of products. The iPad seems to have created a new computing market that was technically not even a market before.…
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…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) supplier Foxconn says an underage worker was used at one of its facilities. (Reuters) Intel Corp.’s (NASDAQ: INTC) earnings raise more concern about PC sales. (Reuters) A fight…
It is hard for a company to have such poor prospects that its shares trade near a 52-week low while the overall stock market stands at multiyear highs. But some of these…
The U.S. wireless market will continue to be dominated by AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless despite Softbank’s 70% investment in Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S). (Reuters) Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX)…
