U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite both getting pushed lower on a report that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has cut iPhone component orders…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far from Wall St, research calls this Monday: American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) cut to Neutral on valuation/price…
courtesy GameStop Corp.The holiday season brought no relief for the embattled video game industry. Traditional consoles and software sales are under siege from new products that run on mobile handsets and tablets,…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockMore 787 Dreamliner Problems Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliners keep flying, despite dangerous flaws and breakdowns. Boeing continues to defend the construction quality of the new-age plane, even though every day…
Douglas A. McIntyre thinkstockMorgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) fires a number of bankers, which may be the start of a Wall St. trend. (Reuters) The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it will set new rules to…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has crossed back up over $30 for the first time since its disastrous initial public offering robbed billions of dollars from unsuspecting investors. Now there…
Jon C. Ogg courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Why are some companies hated? The answer often depends on who is asking. Corporations can anger their customers, fail their shareholders, and mistreat their employees. 24/7 Wall St.…
ThinkstockThe beginning of the end of information censorship in China was supposed to come as micro-blogging gained popularity and as sites like Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and CNN could no longer be effectively blocked by sophisticated methods used by…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockAfter all the Web 2.0 (or 3.0) flops of 2012, it turns out that 2013 may be a very interesting year for the Internet sector. We saw some key developments take place,…
ThinkstockByron Wien announced his predictions for 10 big surprises for 2013 this week to kick off the new year. Wien is now vice chairman at Blackstone Advisory Partners, and this was his…
U.S. equity markets opened sharply higher this morning following approval last night from the U.S. House of Representatives of a bill that preserves some tax cuts, eliminates others, and basically kicks the…
thinkstockLast night’s passage of a deal on the fiscal cliff in the U.S. House of Representatives has lit a fire under stock futures this morning. The DJIA is up more than 160…
U.S. equity markets opened flat to lower this morning as the clock ticked down to the final hours in negotiations related to the U.S. fiscal cliff. Share prices edged upward for most…
ThinkstockSome of the biggest business stories of the past year drew the most Internet search traffic to the newsmakers, which is really no big surprise. Whether just for curiosity or for help…
The Tribune Company will exit Chapter 11 today. (Reuters) Some pension funds want a change in rules about how executives can trade stocks in the companies they run. (WSJ) Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s…
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