The Dow Jones industrial average, the best-known barometer of the U.S. stock market, has been on a tear recently, gaining more than 16% over the past year. Investors have not yet recovered…
It may seem like corporate earnings season is just about over, but next week we have a flurry of reports with some tech and a monster amount of retail companies. We have…
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is somehow down all over again despite most of the forecasted bad news already being known ahead of time. We’ll spare you the details of the layoff…
It is almost every day that we take a look at the market capitalization rates of some of America’s largest public companies in our own Real-Time 500 reading. The recession killed many stocks…
Howard Stinger, Sony’s current CEO, is 69 and most analysts expected him to step down in the next year. The hack of the PlayStation Network, which has happened not once but twice…
The largest companies in the US based on the number of workers worldwide are not necessarily the biggest in terms of revenue, profits or business locations. Some are much more efficient than…
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…
It is no secret that Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has stumbled. It has been just about the only real loser of our ten stocks to own for the next decade from…
At yesterday’s launch of its newest Xeon processor, an Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) executive claimed that there is no workload in the world that the Xeon cannot handle. That may be good news…
Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) will buy National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) for $25 a share in cash. The total value of the transaction is $6.5 billion. That price is 78% above where National…
There are dozens of “best” lists put out by the media every year. These stories have catchy titles like the most admired companies, the largest companies, the wealthiest billionaires, the most well-liked…
Websense Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) finds itself in a mixed position as it reportedly is exploring its merger possibilities. Shares originally popped up almost 10% to $22.37 when we first covered this on March 16…
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) has been one impressive growth stock and it has absorbed almost all the smaller major players which could have posed competitive threats down the road. It has even…
After the close of trading today will come earnings from two key players in technology and communications: Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). Traders and investors alike will be…
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) was swamped with bad press as it was sued by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) over patents on technology used in the Nook e-reader. PG&G has applied to renew…
