Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) CEO Aubrey McClendon retires as scandals around his tenure continue. (Reuters) Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) recalls 752,000 Corollas because of airbag problems. (Reuters) Some at J.P. Morgan Chase…
courtesy of Research In Motion Ltd.Tomorrow is the big day for Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). The company will launch its latest smartphone handset and operating system, BlackBerry 10, into a…
Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) major worry is that its new Windows 8 operating system will not post impressive sales. This would be, primarily, because people have moved their computing platforms from…
ThinkstockThe U.K. Falls Back in Recession The United Kingdom is the latest developed nation to be threatened by a credit agency that sees its sovereign prospects as weakening. Many economists believe the…
ThinkstockYahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) barely made the Fortune 500 last year, ranking 485th. However, for a company its size, it receives unbelievable press and interest from Wall St. Perhaps that is because…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 15 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
courtesy of Apple Inc.The two leaders in smartphone shipments, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), widened their lead over competitors in 2012, according to data released today by research…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning before dipping following the report on new home sales in the U.S. Stocks regained positive momentum during most of the remaining session. In Europe, Germany’s…
Stocks have rallied sharply during January after the last-minute congressional compromise on the fiscal cliff. While the deal was far from perfect, it averted not only a disaster for the U.S. economy,…
thinkstockU.S. regulators say that their investigation into the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner is far from over. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) must decide whether it wants market share in China…
courtesy of SamsungThree pieces of information about the continued rise of smartphones reached the market, almost at the same time. Samsung announced record profits, much of which came from its Galaxy line.…
courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has released its second quarter fiscal earnings for 2013 and shares are getting clipped for the software giant. Earnings came to $0.76 EPS but were $0.81…
Jon C. Ogg U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning with the DJIA and the S&P 500 higher, and the Nasdaq lower, dragged down by concern over the earnings of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) (more…
courtesy of Nokia Corp.Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) reported fourth-quarter and full year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the mobile handset maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share…
courtesy of AOL, IncThe Federal Aviation Administration faces criticism about approving a Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) battery that caused safety concerns about the 787. (Reuters) Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) beats Wall St. estimates…
