LinkedIn Corp.’s (NYSE: LNKD) business model is supposed to be better than that of most other tech IPOs in the past year. The company has three lines of revenue: hiring solutions, marketing solutions…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings showing that there have been some significant changes in the positions of the Berkshire…
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) managed to exceed earnings estimates and the news is likely going to be viewed positively for rival Mastercard Inc. (NYSE: MA). Visa’s earnings were also bested by the…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) blames poor earnings on slow sales in anticipation of the iPhone 5 and a sluggish economy. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve searches for new ways to help the sagging economy.…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following report from China that it has cut inflation to an annualized rate of 2.2% in June (our coverage here). Lower inflation,…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. AK Steel Holdings Corporation (NYSE: AKS) named Bear of the Day at…
Yesterday Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) filed a report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission indicating that the company’s total US payments volume fell by -3% and that US debit card payment…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings for the Berkshire Hathaway empire. This cut off date is as of March 31,…
Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V) and Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) should both be trading higher this morning if you were only looking at the earnings reports from Wednesday. Both credit card processing outfits…
The major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following dismal reports from Europe on manufacturing (our coverage here) and unemployment (more coverage here). The ADP report on US unemployment provided more…
Last week, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that it sold 35.1 million iPhones worldwide in the latest quarter. The figure is large, but not extraordinary. Some consumer products and consumer electronics companies sell…
Earnings season is in full swing and the coming week is going to be extremely active with big earnings reports. 24/7 Wall St. has tried to preview several top earnings for the week…
A judge objects to parts of an AIG (NYSE: AIG) suit to block a Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) settlement over mortgage bond sales. (Reuters) Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) earnings are better than…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will be in the news quite a bit now that the world’s most famous investor, chairman Warren Buffett, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. We…
We noted earlier this morning how lenders and credit card issuers were trying to beef up revenues by going back into the sub-prime market. Another way banks and card issuers boost revenue…
