We have tracked the key short interest changes as of April 15 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Verizon…
ThinkstockThe threat of a triple-dip recession in the United Kingdom has gone away, although gross domestic product (GDP) growth is so small that the discussion is a matter of semantics. The Office of National…
ThinkstockVerizon Talks with Vodafone Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) apparently wants to buy out the 45% of Verizon Wireless it does not own. The other portion is owned by Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD),…
ThinkstockThe federal government gave out more than $40 billion for research and development (R&D) to universities across the country in fiscal 2011. Universities depend heavily on federal funding, with many of the top programs…
ThinkstockSpain’s unemployment level reached 27.2% in the first quarter, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). The worst level of American national unemployment was 24.75% of the civilian labor force in 1933. It is…
courtesy of ZyngaIt is rare that a relatively large U.S. public corporation loses such a large portion of its revenue that it becomes pathetically small. Online game firm Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is headed…
ThinkstockVerizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) will make a $100 billion offer to Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD) for the part of Verizon Wireless that it does not own. (Reuters) Spanish financial firm Banco Santander…
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. (NYSE: NOR) is up 46.7% at $4.45. FX Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FXEN) is up 27% at $3.43. Buckeye Technologies Inc. (NYSE:…
courtesy of ZyngaZynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) reported first quarter 2013 results after markets closed today. The social games company posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.01 and revenues of $264 million. In the…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors and traders tried to make sense of more than 150 earnings reports that were released between last night’s closing bell and this morning’s opening. The…
Earlier today we had been predicting that a dividend hike was going to be announced by both Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) very soon. It turns out the dividend…
ThinkstockCorning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The specialty glass and technology products maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.30 on revenues of $1.81 billion.…
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Jon OggInvestors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall St. firms. They often do not get to see or they overlook the analyst downgrades and lists of stocks to…
courtesy SAP AGJust one day after Markit purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data about Germany showed that its economy is in trouble, Ifo reports that the problem has spread, and spread widely. According to its…