White House Photo by Pete SouzaApparently two things will dominate the upcoming Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) annual meeting, where CEO Warren Buffett holds forth about his company, and almost anything else that is…
ThinkstockGlobal Consumer Confidence The Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions for the first quarter of 2013, shows that there is no unanimity in confidence among people around the world. People who are…
ThinkstockAre China’s PMI numbers inaccurate? Are other key economic numbers issued by the People’s Republic wrong because the government wants to promote the nation’s ongoing manufacturing growth? The questions get asked each time China issues important…
ThinkstockChina’s official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) falls to 50.6 in April from an 11-month high in March of 50.9. (Reuters) Sharp is expected to report a worse-than-anticipated loss. (Reuters) European Union regulations likely will prompt…
thinkstockHere are the five biggest gaining stocks in today’s U.S. markets at closing: Transition Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: TTHI) is up 37.8% at $3.10. Digital Ally Inc. (NASDAQ: DGLY) is up 35.8% at $6.00. Pain…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors weighed conflicting data from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In Europe, retail sales declined more than expected in Germany, Italy’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at…
ThinkstockThe highest paid executive in the U.S. last year was Ron Johnson, CEO of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP), who hauled in a total of $53.3 million in total compensation. The average worker…
ThinkstockThe Institute for Supply Management (ISM) is out with a preliminary report, which calls for the United States not to fall into recession. Today’s report is on the heels of a weaker-than-expected Chicago Purchasing Managers…
courtesy of IBMInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) finally has delivered what we have waited for, although we still think more needs to be done here. Big Blue has just announced that its board…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) filed an automatic shelf registration yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Now we have the maturity dates and what types of notes and bonds the company…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. They include Best Buy, Buffalo Wild Wings and PulteGroup.
ThinkstockEuropean Unemployment Unemployment in the euro area grew again in March, supporting the obvious conclusion that a lack of stimulus, terribly high unemployment and the crippling of the financial and industrial sectors will keep…
courtesy of AOL, IncSoftbank signals it will not increase its bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S). (Reuters) Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) will dump its Europe presence via selling its stake in…
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