Customers, employees, shareholders, and taxpayers hate large corporations for many reasons. 24/7 Wall St. has looked at many of these issues to choose the 15 most hated companies in America. We evaluated…
It is nearly impossible to find a justification for the 175% rise in Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) share price which hit an all-time high of $214.50 on December 4, up from $78 in late…
We have started taking a look at the 30 stocks comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average to see which stocks had the most implied upside of all DJIA components. We have taken…
China continues to thrash the US in economic growth. Analysts expect GDP growth in the People’s Republic to be above 10% this year while the improvement in the US may be no…
Reuters: Novartis (NYSE:NVS) will buy the part of Alcon (NYSE:ACL) that it does not currently own for $39 billion. Reuters: JAL may receive a bailout from the Japanese government. Reuters: The Fed defended it…
The trade disputes between China and the US seem more frequent. The passions on both sides seem more violent and permanent with each new argument over imports and exports. The International Trade…
Douglas A. McIntyre comScore, which measures online consumer behavior, is among the best companies at analyzing traffic to websites. comScore also decodes what people do when they get to their online destinations. The value of…
In an unexpected announcement this morning, Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) said it plans to extend its holiday season discounts beyond December 25th. The world’s largest retailer plans to offer a $50 Wal-Mart gift card…
Many investors use the last few weeks of each year to sell stocks on which they have posted losses to help their tax position. Other investors simply clean the dead wood out…
Brand measurement is a popular exercise. Several major business magazines run brand value lists. The annual Brand Z and Interbrand lists always get heavy press coverage. Companies are concerned about their rankings…
The fun part of the holiday season that involves getting things on sale may be ending. Retailers have managed their inventories better than they did last year. Large stores will not be stuck…
Some of the largest websites in the country had extraordinary swings in their audiences in 2009. Many of the most well-known web destinations lost large portions of their traffic Based on data from…
Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) will pay back TARP funds. Reuters: Kraft (NYSE:KFT) says it will be disciplined in its Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) buyout effort. Reuters: Some of AIG’s (NYSE:AIG) top staff…
The Top Fifty websites based on their percent of US online visits from January to November 2009 are dominated by search and e-mail. The top dozen sites according to data from Hitwise include…
Short sellers sharply increased their gamble that financial stocks would fall based on short selling data from NYSE and Nasdaq on the last day of November. Shorts pushed into Citigroup (NYSE:C), increasing…