Wikimedia CommonsNike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) joined several other U.S. companies in the discovery that the Chinese market is not the solution to global revenue growth, despite its size and the rapid development…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockGerman Business Confidence Business confidence in Germany continues to sputter up and down as the economies of the countries around it disintegrate. Consumer spending within its borders and trade with countries outside…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy of MicrosoftCyprus likely to be pushed out of the European Union if it cannot repair its finances enough to get aid. (Reuters) An Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and trailed slowly downward all day. The situation in Cyprus was unchanged this morning (more coverage here). In Europe, both manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMI fell…
courtesy of AOL, IncThe European Central Bank cuts its growth forecasts for group members and says inflation is not a threat. (Reuters) The Motorola division of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will cut…
ThinkstockCoach Inc. (NYSE: COH) is trading higher on Wednesday on unconfirmed reports from the site DealReporter that the luxury goods purveyor is exploring a sale of the company. The first thing we would…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO) named Bear of the Day as expensive even after…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and continued a slow downward slide throughout the day. In Europe, flash PMI data from the eurozone came in below expectations on both manufacturing and…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) raised to Outperform at Bernstein. BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE:…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) cut to Market Perform at William Blair. AOL Inc.…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following last night’s failure by the U.S. House of Representatives to hold a vote on a plan to deal with the country’s budget deficit. In…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Friday. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) cut to Hold at Argus. Amicus Therapeutics…
U.S. equity markets opened flat to higher again this morning following the third revision to U.S. GDP growth in the third quarter and the report on new claims for unemployment benefits (more…
There will be five key market-moving or sector-moving earnings reports this week. With Christmas coming on Tuesday of next week, this will basically be it for earnings season until earnings reports come…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following yesterday’s gains with another good start. In Asia, the North Korean rocket launch did not cause markets to run for cover and a very…
