Today’s look at the goings-on in alternative energy includes a significant investment, a possible shift in China’s energy policy, another look at wind power, some budget hits to alternative energy, and a…
The short sellers are showing very mixed convictions currently in many of NASDAQ’s high-priced shares. The March 31, 2011 settlement date is compared to the March 15 settlements date here and we…
NokiaNokia (NYSE: NOK) launched two new smartphones based on the aged Symbian operating system. Symbian has been rejected by the developer market to the extent that Nokia will phase out its use…
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is known for “every day low prices.” It is probably the primary reason people shop there and it has made the company the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart, for some reason,…
Next week is supposed to mark the launch of earnings season. It will still be a tad light compared the two weeks that follow, but there are some market-movers and some sector-movers to…
Taiwan handset maker HTC posted earnings which nearly tripled last quarter to $513 million. The firm owes a substantial share of its success to Google. A very large portion of the HTC…
The members of the Federal Reserve are more divided about what steps the central bank should take next to mute inflation and help the expansion. (Reuters) Americans are telling the Fed that…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been trading in a very mixed fashion of late and this week brought up concerns that something may have diminished again. Just don’t tell that to Canaccord…
Jon C. Ogg The unemployment rate rose so fast in 2008 and 2009 that in some months the US lost more than 500,000 jobs. That trend has only begun to reverse itself this year, and…
The ECB is likely to raise rates and more may come this year (Reuters) Portugal sought aid from the EU as its ability to raise money faltered (Reuters) A top M&A lawyer…
Note: The Flame Index scans thousands of news sites 24 hours per day and ranks companies getting the most negative press right now. The Flame Index Media Analysis Algorithm crunches the data…
Updated throughout the day. The FTC will begin an antitrust probe into Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) search business (Bloomberg) Living Social will raise $400 million (WSJ) Douglas A. McIntyre
Douglas A. McIntyre Like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) before it, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has become two or three companies. Its dominant business of search is no longer much of a growth engine.…
Republicans plan to cut $6 trillion from the budget over the next decade (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may be investigated by the FTC (Bloomberg) The FAA will begin inspection of most older…
Using technical analysis may often feel like alchemy even under normal circumstances. Using it on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is especially tricky. Nonetheless, Apple’s stock chart has wavered for weeks. Now, Wall…
