ThinkstockApollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) is showing some more negative news in the fields of online education and for-profit education. The company submitted and SEC filing on Monday showing that its University of Phoenix…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as they awaited results from the Italian elections. Early exit polls had the center-left party of Pier Luigi Bersani in the lead, but as returns came in,…
ThinkstockWhat happens when you put a vote out to the people about whether or not their benefits and public spending should be cut to appeal to international creditors? If you believe in game theory, chances…
ThinkstockIf you have read 24/7 Wall St. for a while, you know that we love to cover popular topics and the financial numbers behind them. This is from demographic trends, economic trends, tax issues or key issues…
ThinkstockMost media and analysts of Congress and the White House believe that budget cuts set to go into effect on March 1 will hurt the economy. Tens of thousand of government workers will have…
The stock market is mixed Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.08%, the Nasdaq up 0.17% and the S&P 500 down 0.01%. Today’s winners are an online gaming firm that may benefit from…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Abaxis Inc. (NASDAQ: ABAX) cut to Underperform from Neutral. Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) reiterated Buy…
thinkstockIn an effort to up the ante on budget cut battles with Congress, the White House has released an analysis of state-by-state effects. The release may rally governors to the side of the president,…
Courtesy Maersk LineChinese Manufacturing Slows China’s economy has recovered, or perhaps it has not. The results continue to ping-pong around. The latest data released by HSBC and Markit show preliminary PMI for February for the People’s Republic was…
ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) aggressively moves into India, with discounts on the iPhone, to get a part of the huge market. (Reuters) Japan will spend $100 billion on infrastructure to boost its economy. (Reuters) General Motors…
ThinkstockAfter U.S. markets closed today, Moody’s Investors Service cut its ratings on U.K. domestic- and foreign-currency government bonds from ‘Aaa’ to ‘Aa1’. The ratings agency also lowered its rating on the country’s central bank,…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a two-day run of losses. No significant data was scheduled to be released in the U.S. today, so investors were guided by corporate earnings and lower…
This last week sure felt like a long week in the market, although it was only a four-day week. We saw several key dividend announcements from some great American companies. Some of the higher…
Jon OggThe week ahead is going to have many key earnings reports. Retail is heavily represented, while technology and banking giants are non-existent. Some of these are stocks which can move big on earnings…
The market for initial public offerings in 2013 has been rather quiet considering how well the market has been doing since the start of the year. 24/7 Wall St. took a look at the…