Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) can be added to the long list of American companies that made a profit in the last quarter and then fired a significant part of their workforces. It is a disturbing trend…
Reuters: Opel must now arrange for GM’s unexpected ownership Reuters: The Fed will probably keep its “easy money” program. Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) will pull out of Formula 1 racing. Reuters: The IEA…
Economists still expect layoffs in the US and Europe to slow as the recovery gains momentum. Pessimists among experts on GDP growth and job losses believe that the major risk of a…
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PMTI) is getting hit very hard. The company issued a press release saying “Palomar to Commercialize FDA Cleared Over-The-Counter Home Use Wrinkle Treatment Laser Device Without Johnson…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are this morning’s top day trader alert stocks. We have more detailed price and volume analysis on each stock link over at VSInvestor.com: CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) is getting crushed…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is within sight of the psychological 10,000 mark. Again. This is a price-weighted index rather than a market cap-weighted index, which makes the index not as representative…
Thisis going to be a very key earnings week. The only DJIA component to report its Q3 period report so far has been Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA). But we have earnings this week…
We may have had earnings season officially start with Alcoa this week, but next week will be the real week for the launch of earnings season. We now have an index to…
Volume Spike Investor is watching some stocks which should move at the open. These include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) (details), CIT (CIT) (details), Hoku Scientific (HOKU) (details), China-Biotics (CHBT), and and TerreStar Networks…
Reuters: China celebrated 60 years of communist rule as a capitalist economy. Reuters: The IMF cut global debt write-offs to $3.4 trillion. Reuters: CIT (CIT) is close to a deal to give…
Reuters: Solvay sold its drug unit to Abbott (ABT) foe $6.6 billion. Reuters: Kraft (KFT) will launch a hostile bid for Cadbury. Reuters: The World Bank said not to take the dollar’s…
Reuters: Obama is trying to push Wall St. reform. Reuters: German aid for Opel will go in part to Russia for operations there. Reuters: A global poll shows support for stimulus packages.…
Several consulting firms post annual figures for the world’s most valuable brands. The two best known are probably the Interbrand and BrandZ surveys. They are notably different, up until now at least.…
Now that we are out of the woods in the crash scenario, assuming this week is no ill omen, investors may want to know which of the big companies would start to…