ThinkstockWith the overseas woes of Cyprus and Europe, we are closely monitoring the Treasury Note auctions on what is a shorter pre-holiday week. Unfortunately, the 7-Year Treasury Note auction seems to have missed the…
ThinkstockChinese for-profit education company Ambow Education Holding Ltd. (NYSE: AMBO) got some bad news earlier this week. A proposed buyout by private equity firm Barings Asia Private Equity Fund V L.P. was withdrawn following…
When the holidays wound down and we started off 2013, all the Wall St. firms started to put out their top stock picks for the year. We covered those various lists so our readers…
ThinkstockThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has issued a global growth report for 2013. While the global economy is said to be improving, the obvious drag pointed out was Europe. The United…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, March 28, 2013. They include Lululemon, Nike, Under Armour and United Technologies.
Dividends and income growth drive value and income investors alike. Companies raising their dividends often keep investors far longer than companies that refuse to reward their shareholders by returning capital to them. 24/7 Wall…
ThinkstockCyprus will open its banks, which have been shuttered for days as the nation set a deal with the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund for a bailout. Depositors with the…
ThinkstockThe issue of early warnings from companies that know their quarterly earnings are poor may be more an ethical than a legal one. The guess that is so is based on the number of public corporations that keep this…
ThinkstockCyprus Set to Reopen Banks Cyprus will open its banks, which have been shuttered for days as the nation set a deal with the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund for…
ThinkstockRoyal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE: RDS-A) must face an investigation over its drilling activities in Alaska. (Reuters) Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s (NYSE: CHK) CEO search will go beyond a deadline set for the end of…
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Comstock Holding Companies Inc. (NASDAQ: CHCI) is up 59.8% at $1.87. Redhill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: RDHL) is up 41.3% at $11.95. Net 1 UEPS Technologies…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a stack of poor reports on the Italian economy. New industrial orders were down, industrial sales were down, and retail sales were down. To top it…
ThinkstockToday’s auction of $35 billion in five-year Treasury notes produced a high yield of 0.76%, about two basis points above the yield at last month’s auction of five-year notes. The yields were higher as…
ThinkstockAccording to Census data released this week, state and local tax revenue rose in the U.S, for the 13th quarter in a row. With April 15 less than three weeks away, America’s businesses owners…
ThinkstockThree Federal Reserve Bank presidents were scheduled to deliver speeches today. Two have already done so: Eric Rosengren of the Boston Fed and Sandra Pianalto of the Cleveland Fed. Rosengren is a voting member…