courtesy Dell Inc.The plans for Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) and Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) to revive their fortunes were based, and still are to some extent, on a move into IT consulting…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Why are some companies hated? The answer often depends on who is asking. Corporations can anger their customers, fail their shareholders, and mistreat their employees. 24/7 Wall St.…
courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) was supposed to have a big game-changer on its hands with Windows 8. Maybe you can blame Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) or maybe you can blame…
24/7 Wall St. has identified its 2013 peak target for the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 14,590, which would translate to gains of more than 11.3% for investors. What is interesting is…
24/7 Wall St. has identified its 2013 peak target for the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 14,590, which would translate to gains of more than 11.3% for investors. What is interesting is…
ThinkstockWhatever recovery the jobs market posted in 2012, mass layoffs remained impressively high. Dozens of companies each fired thousands of workers, with failing firms at the top of the list based on…
Late Wednesday, Jefferies Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) added three new domestic names to its Global Conviction buy list. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Celanese Corp. (NYSE: CE) and HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: HMSY) were…
thinkstockLast night’s passage of a deal on the fiscal cliff in the U.S. House of Representatives has lit a fire under stock futures this morning. The DJIA is up more than 160…
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has filed its 10-K, and among its top disclosures was that the troubled tech company may sell some of its assets. Actually, the comments should not…
Trey Thoelcke ThinkstockHP Asset Sales Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has filed its 10-K, and among its top disclosures was that the troubled tech company may sell some of its assets. Actually, the comments should…
As each new year arrives, 24/7 Wall St. looks at each of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components and assigns a forward value for the Dow based on a mixed methodology.…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.The yen reaches a two-year low on worries about the Japanese economy and hopes of a budget resolution by Congress. (Reuters) Tim Cook, CEO of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), takes…
ThinkstockCustomer satisfaction research firm ForeSee released its Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index for this year, and the overall score for online retailers was 78 on a 100-point scale, identical with last year’s reading.…
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardMost investors know about the Dogs of the Dow as the five stocks from the 30 DJIA components with the highest common stock dividend yields. There is unfortunately a list…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Dogs of the Dow are measured out each year simply as the five highest common stock dividend yields among the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s 30 components. We…
