IPOs of Citic Securities and Great Wall Motor struggle, a sign that offerings from China are in trouble. (Reuters) The unresolved Greece problem continues to damage markets. (Reuters) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) may…
Customer satisfaction with purchases of durable goods in 2011 remains virtually identical with 2010 levels most likely as a result of falling prices. A survey of customer satisfaction with personal computers, appliances,…
Investors love dividends, particularly from companies which are raising dividends or which have a history of raising dividends. There is a new diversified sample dividend portfolio for investors called the “8-Pack of…
S&P 500 WEEK: BOTTOM 10 (28 JAN-03 FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 03Feb11 Close Price 28Jan11 PACCAR Inc PCAR -7.9 50.50 54.82 Genworth Financial Inc GNW -7.4 12.83 13.85…
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a name which has been thrown around buyout circles before. While the company has remained independent, there appear to be fresh buyout rumors driving interest in options…
Jon C. Ogg Of the $787 billion federal stimulus bill passed in 2009, more than $3.4 billion was targeted at modernizing the US electricity transmission and distribution systems and promoting investments in smart grid technologies.…
Reuters: A new panel to address the budget deficit will start work. Reuters: A lawyer for Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) said it is not an “evil empire.” Reuters: The euro slipped…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks seen in the pre-market hours: Biosante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) is up over 10% this morning after announcing that it…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
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…
For awhile, analysts had hoped that the biggest layoffs in the economy would be restricted to already troubled industries including retail, automotive, and airlines. At least companies in those sectors were losing…
Many of the layoff announcements which came over the last several days were as unexpected as they were large. If a recession is measured by the rapidity and breadth of job losses…
Whirlpool (WHR) does not have a company mascot like the Maytag Repairman. His marketing pitch is that Maytag products never need to be fixed. He is a man without work, which makes…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are not all of the analyst calls moving stocks this morning, but these are the top ten individual analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on this morning: DuPont (NYSE: DD) started…
2007 was one volatile year and for now it appears that will be the norm for at least the start of 2008. Everyone’s favorite market pundit or least liked pundit is obviously…