While most of the 30 stocks on the Dow Jones Industrial closed in the red yesterday, Kraft Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: KFT) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) bucked that trend. Kraft climbed 0.71%, according…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning and spent most of the day heading lower still. Economic data was mixed at best today, with the flash PMI number lower…
Stocks are down Thursday following the news that initial jobless claims rose to 372,000 last week. The Dow Jones is down 0.61%, the Nasdaq is down 0.66% and the S&P 500 is…
Jon OggThese are the top analyst calls of upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.…
Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) called the firing of 1,000 people at its mobile phone business part of a grand plan. Kunimasa Suzuki, the president of Sony Mobile, said: We are accelerating the integration…
The Federal Reserve signals it may ease monetary policy as early as next month. (Reuters) HSBC China PMI estimates hit a multimonth low at 47.8, down from 49.3 in July. (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) reported adjusted third-fiscal quarter EPS of $1.00 on $29.7 billion in sales after markets closed today. In the same period a year ago, the high-tech giant reported EPS…
Paul Ausick The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning after Japan reported an unexpected plunge in its exports in July (our coverage here). In Europe there was not economic news out…
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Tuesday and the stock has a lot of room for improvement. Despite issuing a very honorable starting…
While most earnings have already been announced, we have a significant number of sector leaders reporting earnings this week. We have taken the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share and revenue estimates…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning after the news that German chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany would support European Central Bank sovereign bond buying. Unfortunately she doesn’t have…
Taiwanese personal computer maker Acer Inc. said it swung to a net profit in the second quarter, despite weak demand and stiff competition from tablet makers such as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).…
Some members of the Fed believe there is no need for QE3 and interest rates may be set higher by the central bank before 2014. (Reuters) Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) shares drop…
Lenovo continues to beat Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) and Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) at what used to be their own game. The China-based company has not only gained market share, it has…
It was just last week that Bank of America/Merrill Lynch said it was reaffirming the Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) was looking good and reiterated its Buy rating after its new higher guidance…
