Congressional leaders will consider tax cuts as part of talks on an increased US debt cap. (Reuters) Citigroup (NYSE: C) said hackers gained access to data on bank cards. (Reuters) St Louis…
The acting head of the IMF said that the US does not need stimulus because exports and disposable income will lift GDP. (Reuters) Facebook’s facial recognition technology is increasing worries about privacy.…
Chiquita Brands (NYSE: CQB) was sued for supporting dangerous para-military groups in Columbia in 2007. The EU began what is likely to be a vigorous examination of the Western Digital (NYSE: WDC)…
Now that the 10-Year Treasury Note has been back to close to the 3.00% yields again, we wanted to see which Dow Jones Industrial Average components had a higher dividend yield than…
Glencore’s IPO will be for about $11 billion. (Reuters) The slide of the dollar has caused concerns about how it may hurt the stability of the credit markets. (Reuters) Portugal set a…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
The death of Osama bin Laden raised US futures and the dollar and pushed crude oil lower. (Reuters) The US helped cut the amount of oil China imported from Iran to punish…
Next week will mark the third week of the full daily earnings onslaught in what is really the fourth week of earnings season. There are many market-moving companies and sector-moving companies reporting…
The drug sector has become rather boring and investors already know all about the ongoing patent expiration threats that loom in the industry. The good news is that the drug sector does…
The Fed’s exit from QE2 may involve rate increases (Reuters) Deutsche Bank will restructure its US bank business to avoid regulation (WSJ) Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) new CEO will be carefully watched as…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.…
Republicans plan to cut $6 trillion from the budget over the next decade (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may be investigated by the FTC (Bloomberg) The FAA will begin inspection of most older…
David Sokol’s trading in Lubrizol before Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK) bought it may cause regulators to review the transaction. (Reuters) The Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency said pay of…
America lost its lead as the world’s top manufacturer to China. That is in part the basis of the argument that China’s Gross Domestic Product will pass America’s sometime before the middle…
It is time for “The Daily Dividend” and we have an interesting call ahead. How long has it been that Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) has been touted as a “Should Be” dividend stock? …
