thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: LogMeIn, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOGM) is up 21.3% at $21.67. SemiLEDS Corp. (NASDAQ: LEDS) is up 20.6% at $1.76. SCG Financial Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: RMGN) is…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning after hearing that U.S. GDP growth in the first quarter came in at 2.5%, well below the expected 3.1% (more coverage here). U.S. consumer sentiment also fell,…
ThinkstockA rally in the tax-free municipal debt market is attracting a few new issuers this year. A report at Bloomberg News notes that Stanford University and the University of Chicago are both planning to…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Friday, April 26, 2013. They include Amazon, Boeing, eBay, SunPower and Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Wikimedia CommonsWall St. was mildly upset that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) did not make more money than hoped for in the first quarter of the year. Add that to slowing sales, and the worry…
ThinkstockElectronic Arts Layoffs Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), which recently dumped its chief executive officer, has decided to cut a large number of workers as well. EA has been unable to make the transition…
courtesy of AOL, IncFirst-quarter gross domestic product probably will run about 3%, but the momentum likely has fallen off since. (Reuters) The Bank of Japan believes it can reach its inflation targets by 2015. (Reuters)…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Just two days after Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced disappointing earnings and forecasts for future quarters, research firm Strategic Analytics reports that the electronics company’s smartphone market share is rapidly eroding.…
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Global Geophysical Services Inc. (NYSE: GGS) is up 74.8% at $3.74. ITT Educational Services Inc. (NYSE: ESI) is up 30.5% at $20.00. Old Second Bancorp…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a report on U.S. unemployment that was better than analysts expected (more coverage here). There were literally hundreds of U.S. companies reporting earnings between last night’s…
ThinkstockThe highest paid person at Martha Stewart Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) is — surprise! — Martha Stewart. Her base salary for 2012 was $2 million, and her total compensation for the year was $5.46…
Wikimedia CommonsGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has lowered targets and bashing objectives on many things. Today it is Europe, which follows the firm’s somewhat worrisome downgrade of copper expectations, and comes after hammering…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, April 25, 2013. They include Apple, Intuit, MetroPCS and Procter & Gamble.
Short sellers have increased their bets against some of the defensive high-yield dividend stocks, while paring down in others. As you will see, the dividend and stock performance matter here. We evaluated the April 15…
ThinkstockThe Commerce Department is set to report the first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) at 8:30 a.m. EST on Friday morning. Odds are lining up against the economy, and the sentiment of fresh economic readings is…