ThinkstockThe U.K. Probes HP The never-ending battle over the Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) buyout of Autonomy continues. HP took a $5 billion write-off less than a year after the deal. It seems that the…
courtesy of AOL, IncYahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) workers worry that overly high standards for job candidates set by CEO Marissa Mayer have hurt rebuilding the workforce. (Reuters) The MGM board may set an initial…
Here are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: China Auto Logistics Inc. (NASDAQ: CALI) is up 88.8% at $5.21. B.O.S. Better Online Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ: BOSC) is up 44.6% at $3.85. Elecsys Corp.…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning after France reported a decline in industrial production and China reported consumer inflation up more than expected (more coverage here). There was no significant data reported in…
ThinkstockGood news is headed the way of beer, wine, and spirits makers. Those past cost pressures are abating and trends are starting to look up as a report from Moody’s Investors Service on Monday is…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe stock market is down Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.11%, the Nasdaq down 0.17% and the S&P 500 down 0.16%. Today’s sole winner is an online…
courtesy of Google Inc.The Internet analyst folly on Wall St. continues. On Monday came yet another higher price target for Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) as RBC Capital Markets has raised the Google stock price…
ThinkstockMost investors are aware of the fact that the stock market can be a cruel and fickle mistress. What is big and cutting edge one day, especially in the technology world, can easily become…
ThinkstockBrazil is the world’s largest producer of ethanol, which the country’s producers make from sugar cane stalks. The bad news is that lower petroleum prices have cut demand for ethanol and nearly 20% of…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch. Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR)…
ThinkstockData about China’s economic recovery continue to swing back and forth. Recent information on manufacturing has been good, as have reports about exports. But, more recently, consumer spending and industrial output have been weak.…
ThinkstockRecord Public Transportation Use In another possible threat to car sales, use of public transportation has reached a multiyear high. According to the American Public Transportation Association: The demand for public transportation rose last…
No matter how well the general market does, the advance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average still relies on just 30 stocks. Some have outrun their current values, and drops in those shares will undermine…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Sir Howard Stringer, who Sony Corp.’s (NYSE: SNE) board turned to as chief executive in 2005, said he will retire as chairman. He departs as the company he oversaw sits in the rubble,…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Twitter is now a place where people can create stock hoaxes. (Reuters) U.S. companies keep profits abroad, according to a Wall Street Journal survey. (WSJ) Japan’s machinery orders fall. (WSJ) Alibaba…