Reuters: China’s economy may be hurt as its stimulus ends. Reuters: Warren Buffett says the financial panic is over. Reuters: Former bankers are considering buying failed banks. Reuters: The SEC is expected to…
These are this Monday’s top day trader and active traders stock alerts. We have a link for more detailed analysis and price/volume data at VSInvestor.com: Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARIA) is up 10%…
The cynic’s view of Wal-Mart’s (NYSE:WMT) new expansion of its Great Value private label food brand is that it is aimed at making as much money as possible from those who are out…
McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) spends a great deal of its test kitchen time trying to beat the clock. It has occurred to the fast food chain that a customer who expects to wait 30…
Two coffee companies which sell their products online and through retailers are merging. They should be able to create a formidable competitor for Starbuck’s retail business outside its own stores. Diedrich (NASDAQ:DDRX) will be bought…
Reuters: The Nielsen survey shows consumer confidence up in the US for the first time since 2007. Reuters: Obama’s financial reforms are advancing in Congress. Reuters: The pay czar said his authority…
We have seen earnings from five of the thirty DJIA components this morning alone. All were above expectations, even if some of the year over year comparisons do not look that great…
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…
We have already run the 5 of the 30 DJIA components that reported earnings this morning. But we still have 7 more of the 30 DJIA components reporting during the rest of…
We have almost an endless wave of corporate earnings for the calendar Q3-2009 coming out next week. We have what looks to be over 100 of the S&P 500 Index members reporting…
McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) was supposed to crush Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) in the premium coffee business when the world’s largest restaurant chain introduced a line of premium java more than a year ago. It turns out that…
Janet L. Yellen is the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and a voting member of the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee. She is highly pessimistic about an economic…
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.…
Reuters: GM has made its decision on Opel and will announce it today. Reuters: Foreign car makers are having trouble with the affluent market in China Reuters: Steve Jobs made a presentation at…
Reuters: Richard Fuld defended his actions at Lehman. Reuters: Manpower says the outlook for hiring is US is weak. Reuters: Gold futures topped $1,000. Reuters: Kraft (KFT) will probably up its bid…
