ThinkstockA great deal was made of the fact that the population of India will surpass that of China relatively soon, according to a revised version of the UN “World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision.”…
ThinkstockMore depressing news out of Europe: The number of persons employed decreased by 0.5% in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.2% in the EU27 in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the…
ThinkstockProxy firm ISS has sided with Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) in the battle between it and Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) to buy Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR). The opinion means that the 4G…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, but gathered steam following encouraging reports on new claims for jobless benefits (down) and retail sales (up). There was little economic data from either Europe or Asia…
Hedge funds are often tracked by the media with a bit of a mysterious allure that often borders on misunderstanding. Hedge funds generally seek to have absolute returns, but in recent years the performance…
Jon OggInvestors get to see many upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street firms, but it is very frequent that they do not get to see when analysts downgrade stocks to sell or tell their…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, June 13, 2013. They include AMC Networks, BlackBerry, Boeing and Time Warner.
ThinkstockThe two largest makers and marketers of trading terminals suddenly face public accusations about their practices that could undermine the model that has made them successful for so long. Bloomberg has suffered from revelations…
ThinkstockThe World Bank has lost confidence in its earlier forecasts about global GDP growth. The organization has cut its outlook for this year from 2.4% to 2.2%. It may be a new reason for…
ThinkstockJapan’s Nikkei fell by 6.4%, and entered bear territory after a huge run up over the past several months. The market has bounced up and down for weeks, due to questions about intentions of…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but turned south early and finished the day with losses. In Europe, the German high court still continues to debate the constitutionality of the ECB’s OMT program,…
thinkstockDo you ever get spam emails touting “public” companies on an unsolicited basis? If your email address appears anywhere online, chances are high that you have been sent a spam email that was not…
Reports have been out that sales of the book “Nineteen Eighty-Four” by George Orwell have been on the rise. With many conspiracy theorists and those who are concerned about their privacy over the PRISM…
ThinkstockThe latest Business Roundtable survey is out for the second quarter of 2013, and the CEO Economic Outlook Survey shows that chief executives now expect a slight improvement in economic output over the next…
According to the Nation’s Leading Charity Evaluator, San Diego Tops Annual List; Indianapolis Worst in Nation GLEN ROCK, N.J., June 1, 2013 – San Diego’s philanthropic community is the tops in the nation, according…