This week we featured a list of the six cheapest DJIA components as of Monday’s close. The basis was how discounted the share prices have been to the consensus analyst price target…
Stocks gapped down this morning with a weak news flow from Europe and after a poor sales target from McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) going into the red, along with higher labor costs…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is running higher this morning on several bits of news. There is a key personnel change in the company, accounting charges and what appears to be some raised…
Jon C. Ogg The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning on a report from Europe that German chancellor Angela Merkel now backs bond buying by the European Central Bank.Even a larger-than-expected drop…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) raised to Buy at Lazard. American Tower…
As stocks rise, analysts generally lift their price targets on key stocks. As stocks fall, analysts generally lower their price targets. It is a game on Wall St., but it is a…
San Bernadino, Calif., will file for Chapter 11 over $1 billion in debt. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve says it may need to help the economy later this year. (Reuters) Toyota Motor Corp.…
wikicommons / SkimstaMany American companies have been lauded for their rapid rise to greatness, a process that sometimes takes less than a decade. These firms become leaders in their industries, are renowned…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings after the close on Tuesday. With a great sell-through in iPads but a weaker iPhone demand ahead of the upcoming iPhone 5, everyone…
Subject: States with the Most Homes Underwater The housing market is projected to improve in the coming years — albeit slowly. While the housing market in some states already may be improving,…
Stuart Stelzer GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) will take over Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI) for $2.8 billion. (Reuters) A poll from the National Association for Business Economics shows few companies plan to hire new workers. (Reuters)…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is due to report earnings next week and the trend of earnings has been nothing short of extremely disappointing from technology companies. We outlined all of the big…
Sales of PCs worldwide were flat in the second quarter, according to research firm Gartner. The two largest U.S. companies did much worse. And the trend is likely to continue since neither…
Nothing kills a business quite so fast as when its most critical products become commodities. And the list of industries with this problem is growing. Even the price of homes has fallen victim…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning and stayed in losing territory all day as investors first figured out that the two-day Eurozone summit meeting would very likely end…
