2010 may be a directionless year for the stock markets so far, but shares of conglomerates are outperforming and more upside is expected. The five largest conglomerates we follow are all higher…
While there are a lot of small companies vying for market share in the rapidly growing alternative energy sphere, they’re not the only players in the game. Two established players reported earnings…
Of the $787 billion federal stimulus bill passed in 2009, more than $3.4 billion was targeted at modernizing the US electricity transmission and distribution systems and promoting investments in smart grid technologies.…
The $787 billion federal stimulus package enacted last year included $20 billion to subsidize energy efficiency programs in the states. Adding insulation, installing more efficient lighting, and other such seemingly small changes…
Earnings season is off to the races, even if Friday was a curve-ball for the markets and for reactions to earnings. Most of the big stocks are off on Wall Street scandal…
Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) made our top day trader alerts this morning after the firm raised its guidance. The company reported that earnings will be on April 23, 2010, but it…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
These are this Tuesday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from early Wall Street research calls: American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Cut to Hold at Jefferies. Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT)…
We still have two DJIA components to report earnings this week. If you can believe it this week marked 12 of the 30 components reporting earnings, and that takes us to a…
Larry’s Ellison, the founder and CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ:OFCL) does not make idle threats. He does not have to. In most games against his competition he holds the majority of the cards.…
We have already run the 5 of the 30 DJIA components that reported earnings this morning. But we still have 7 more of the 30 DJIA components reporting during the rest of…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is making a significant management change, right at the top of the company. Mike Ahearn is stepping down as CEO and will be replaced by Robert J.…
This morning’s news out of Being Co. (NYSE: BA) about the 787 Dreamliner setting a maiden flight date before the end of this year and scheduling preliminary deliveries into Q4-2010 is really…
USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU) has appointed Christine M. Ciccone as senior vice president of external relations. This is not going to just be a media and government affairs position. This position is meant…
Douglas A. McIntyre Word is out that the Dow Jones Indexes team is set to release the name of the replacement for General Motors (NYSE: GM) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. We have heard…
