thinkstockHere are the five biggest gaining stocks in today’s U.S. markets at closing: Telular Corp. (NASDAQ: WRLS) is up 31.6% at $12.67. Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp. (NASDAQ: OSH) is up 27.5% at $1.90.…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that personal income and spending both rose by 0.2%, which was slightly higher than expected for spending and slightly lower…
This week should mark the climax of first quarter corporate earnings season. It will be a full week for the earnings calendar, along with key economic events and some corporate annual meetings to boot. 24/7…
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (OTCMarkets: ABKFQ) is about to do what many investors would have considered to be impossible. The public finance guarantor is set to exit bankruptcy. While new shares are going to…
ThinkstockItaly is one of the PIIGS, and therefore one of the big troubled spots for investors to keep their eyes on. The good news is that if the hangman is still lurking, it seems…
While the current stock market rally has been impressive since the lows last November, many investors, analysts and equity strategists are casting a wary eye at the looming May 1 date. In a new…
Jon OggInvestors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall St. firms. They often do not get to see when analyst downgrade stocks to sell or to avoid. We review…
These are the top analyst upgrades from select Wall Street research calls on April 29, 2013. They include Abercrombie & Fitch, Disney and Petrobras.
ThinkstockIn another blow to the recovery of the European economy, consumer confidence across the region fell in April. The reading was the lowest since December and is another marker that whatever brief recovery there…
ThinkstockIn another sign that the nonexistent turnaround at Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) may be in even more trouble, its non-executive chairman, in office for only a few months, is leaving — without explanation.…
ThinkstockEarnings may be up as U.S. public companies report their quarterly results. Revenues, however, are not. This may be a sign of trouble ahead, perhaps driven largely by a slowing in exports to Europe.…
ThinkstockIf the recession is over globally, many people have not seen the benefits. The result is that, for tens of millions of people, the recession has not ended, as far as they see it.…
ThinkstockConsumer Confidence in Europe In another blow to the recovery of the European economy, consumer confidence across the region fell in April. The reading was the lowest since December and is another marker that…
courtesy of NetflixThe form of taxation that is applied to a Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) buyout of the 45% of Verizon Wireless that Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD) owns may decide the deal.…
ThinkstockChairman and Chief Executive Officer Zuckerber of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) may not care about what his base pay is. His stock holdings in the social network are enough to make him a billionaire…