Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced poor earnings and its stock fell more than 11% ending the session on January 12th at $15.52. Some superstitious traders believe that because Alcoa is the first large...
Sometimes, it’s not easy being a rich, famous business pundit.These days, the media only wants to know whether the U.S. headed for a double-dip recession.  The question — which is legitimate —...
The Administration is looking at a hybrid plan to save the nation’s banks. It world involve buying some toxic assets from the firms and putting them into a "bad bank." The value of other assets...
Boeing reported better-than-expected first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. However, Boeing's profits are still getting squeezed.
The rule about scandals was set a long time ago. A company or individual can create a scandal. Government rules and regulations are, by definition, scandal-proof. They are sanctioned by the high...
Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon (AMZN), has not been a favorite of the press or Wall St. Barron’s often complains that Amazon’s financial statement are not transparent. The...
Vikram Pandit has been the CEO of Citigroup (C) for ten months. The only thing he has done right is collect $216 million in compensation. Much of that was for the sale of his company Old Lane...
Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) recalled 7.43 million vehicles worldwide today for what its said were power window switches that could cause fires. Toyota said that there had been none of...
Michael Dell bought $100 million of Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) stock. He clearly wants the market to believe he has faith in the health of the company he founded. His action may actually take the firm’s...
On July 18, Friedman Billings put an "outperform" on Limelight Networks. The shares closed at $16.85 that day. Today, the stock is off over 17% to under $12. What Friedman did not see was...
Source: courtesy of StarbucksShares of Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) were down nearly 3% in the first hour of trading Tuesday morning, and there is really no big news to explain the slide. One...
Farm and heavy equipment maker Deere & Co. reported better-than-forecast revenues and profits for its fiscal third quarter, but a lowered outlook is all investors are seeing.
Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) is about to make an announcement later today, if the company can keep from dancing around how it wanted to make an April Fool’s joke on the company blog.  It is likely...
Clearly feeling the need to debase themselves further after their role in the subprime mortgage mess, the two major credit agencies are signaling that they will hold their ratings on AIG (AIG) ...
Source: thinkstockFor the month of September, J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) reported that same-store sales improved by 5.8%, compared with the decline in same-store sales posted in August. Said...