courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) problems have rippled to its Asia components suppliers. Shares in many of these fell in anticipation of weak earnings from the American consumer electronics giant. Apple’s forecast…
ThinkstockThe rich have become get richer, and the middle class has become poorer. The trend continued throughout the end of the recession and into the tepid recovery. Many people expected that trend, which increases the belief…
ThinkstockFalling German Business Sentiment Just 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…
courtesy of AOL, IncApple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new dividend will allow management a period to recover earnings growth while offering investors a return. (Reuters) Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) may use its consumer database to…
ThinkstockThe American Lung Association is out with its 2013 “State of the Air” report. It has issued the document for 14 years. In general, the news from the report is good, but for some…
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Superconductor Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SCON) is up 134.9% at $5.45. MEMSIC Inc. (NASDAQ: MEMS) is up 50.8% at $4.07. Ceasars Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ: CZR) is…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning despite low flash PMI readings from the eurozone. Germany’s manufacturing PMI reading was especially notable, falling to 47.9 from 49, and the country’s services PMI fell as…
thinkstockAs with any earnings season, the results that have come in so far for the first quarter of this year have been mixed. There have been some winners and some losers, and with one…
ThinkstockHack attacks continue with the DJIA and S&P 500 Index suddenly losing all of their gains on the day only to briefly recover. The result came from a hack of the AP Twitter feed,…
Jon OggStocks have enjoyed a serious bull market, and we still have the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both up by double digits so far in 2013. As this is…
ThinkstockSenator Max Baucus from Montana has chosen to retire from the U.S. Senate and will not run for election again in 2014. This matters as Baucus is one of the top Democratic senators who…
ThinkstockRackspace Hosting Inc. (NYSE: RAX) has been an incredible story of growth from remote storage. Now that the share price of Rackspace has come back down to earth, we wanted to take a look…
ThinkstockThe U.S. flash manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was released for April by the group Markit on Tuesday morning. The bad news is that the numbers were lower, but the good news is that growth,…
ThinkstockGermany is supposed to be the cement that makes up the foundation of the euro. Maybe France is the mortar that holds together the bricks. So how stable is the euro when all the…
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