Things have gotten so bad at Merck that they are renting ambulances for victims of the company’s Vioxx drug and MRK sharesholders.Merck disclosed yesterday that it was in a dispute over $5.58...
Moody’s may rob Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) of its Aa2 rating which would in theory make it more expensive for the world’s largest auto manufacturer to raise money.In its comments about Toyota,...
The San Andreas fault runs along the coast of California from Humboldt County in the north to near the Mexican border in the south, and it could simultaneously rupture along its full length.
A huge 8.6 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia at April 11, 2012 at 08:38:37 UTC.The epicenter was 269 miles SW of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, IndonesiaThe Tsunami Warning Center issued the...
Source: ThinkstockGreen Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) is showing good results on the surface for its first fiscal quarter of 2013. Revenue grew 16% and free cash flow was listed as...
The board of Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has told CEO Pat Russo that she needs to come up with an "emergency restructuring plan" for the company, according to the FT. It’s hard to say what...
Japan has two large car companies known throughout the world for quality, workmanship, value, and fuel efficiency. Each took several decades to establish its brand in the US. Each burnished its...
Usually drug companies look forward to presenting data on their drugs and medical treatments.  The the American College of Cardiology meeting was this weekend, and the findings and...
US stock markets may continue to make an assault on their all-time highs as the year goes along. The DJIA  trades at 12,000 not so far from its 2007 peak of 14,000. A number of stocks like Apple...
It turns out that the 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan and the tsunami which followed has been shown to have more of a quantified impact on the DRAM markets in memory other than just what the...
Geeks On Call Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:GOCH) has completed a merger transaction and the closing of a $3.0 million private placement.  There was an SEC filing showing the details of the financing....
There is sometimes a silver lining in any tragedy.  After disasters, rebuilding takes place.  Factory disruptions in one land can mean a boost in business in another land.  That is the global...
It is hard to focus solely on the economic impact of tragedy and catastrophe when you read headlines such as “death count 60…” and “death count exceeding 100…”  Unfortunately, the damage...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat When we heard that Intel (INTC) was cutting prices on its new quad-core chips, we said “Since AMD has no direct competitor to Intel’s quad-core design,...