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While a market can go from a mega-bear market to a mega-bull market, steady rises become the usual. But when…
The reading on existing-home sales, or used-home sales, managed to post another gain in June. The reading for June was…
Bristol Myers Inc. (NYSE: BMY) plans to spend $2.4 billion to buy partner Medarex Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDX). It will get…
By John Tamny About former Federal Reserve chairman Arthur Burns, Rice University historian Allen Matusow once wrote that “he had…
The following are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume…
The Labor Department has released its weekly jobless claims data. The number came in slightly better than estimates, but the…
These are the top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Thursday morning: AthenaHealth (ATHN)…
The news out of McDonald’s (MCD) continues to be good. Same-store sales rose 4.3% in the second quarter, but EPS…
AT&T’s (T) wireless, broadband, and U-verse TV subscription businesses all did well in the second quarter. Buried a bit deep…
The swine flue is apparently more dangerous that the garden variety of flu that has been part of the world…
VW’s plans to take over Porsche got a boost as the sports car company’s CEO was pushed out by his…
Microsoft (MSFT) said yesterday that the code for the next version of its immensely successful operating system is done. Windows…
Apple (AAPL) iPods that catch on fire have become a sort of urban legend. There are stories from time to…
GM recently made a number of optimistic comments about its future. These centered on its success in emerging markets such…
Reuters: Obama says healthcare reform is essential to the recovery. Reuters: CIT (CIT) bond advisers will push for Chapter 11.…
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