ThinkstockCalling into question the intention of the United States to pay its debts would lead to a formal review of U.S. sovereign debt ratings, according to Fitch Ratings. The ratings firm does say that…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far this Tuesday. There is a larger concentration around biotech and emerging pharma this morning, but that is coincidental. AFLAC…
ThinkstockThe China Internet Network Information Center reports that the number of people in the People’s Republic who are online has reached 564 million, which means it will soon be double the entire population of the…
courtesy of NvidiaNew, Cheap iPhone Rumors Rumors about a cheap version of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone have gotten out of hand, at least based on how poor the sources are. Tencent Tech reports…
ThinkstockNew data from the German Federal Statistics office show that the nation’s economy barely grew at all in 2012. Gross domestic product improved 0.7%. By most measures, GDP shrank in the fourth quarter, although numbers on…
thinkstockThe Japanese government says the future image of the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 is at risk as the U.S. government probes problems with the plane. (Reuters) Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) may be taken…
ThinkstockThe population of the United States living in urban areas is growing faster than the national rate. At last count, more than four in five Americans lived in a metropolitan area, an increase of…
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner continue to lobby Congress to find a quick solution to the debt ceiling problem. The game of chicken between the White House and some members of Congress is already too…
courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveFed Chairman Ben Bernanke appeared this afternoon at an event at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy that was billed as a “conversation.” He is expected to answer…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite both getting pushed lower on a report that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has cut iPhone component orders on its…
The nation does not know what is coming down the pipe on gun control. After the Newtown massacre, everyone knows and is braced for some form of gun control. President Obama appointed Vice President…
courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been having its share of problems as a stock. If the reports of lower component and parts orders are true for the iPhone 5, then the reports…
The stock market is down Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.09%, the Nasdaq down 0.57% and the S&P 500 down 0.33%. Today’s winners include a smartphone manufacturer gearing up to release…
ThinkstockCredit Suisse is out with its outlook for semiconductors in 2013. The report sounds great at first when you hear “Irresistible Cyclical Bottom,” but then you have to realize that it is followed by the…
ThinkstockConsumer electronics retailer hhgregg inc. (NYSE: HGG) announced preliminary results for its fiscal third quarter this morning, and the results were not pretty. The company expects quarterly sales to be down 3.6% from the…