Today’s edition of the Closing Bell is being published shortly after 2:00 p.m. US markets are closed Monday to observe the Memorial Day holiday. We’ll resume our normal schedule next Tuesday.The...
Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) and Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) are getting slaughtered after earnings reports that are both full of bad news ahead.  Both are former glory stocks, and both are stuck and back...
Today before the close of the market, former Fed-Head Alan Greenspan participated in an interview on CNBC with Maria Bartoromo.  The good news is that he’s no longer hard to understand at all. ...
Lower oil prices were supposed to be good for the refiners.  Yesterday, Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) released its interim update for the fourth quarter of 2008. Today, Tesoro Corporation...
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is seeing a significant trading event today.  Today’s news is rumor-driven on top of related news-driven trading.  What is odd is that there is now...
As crude oil prices continue their steady trend above $100/barrel, US refiners are preparing for the worst. Actually, the worst is already here, in the form of spiking prices. Worse than anything,...
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With pump prices for gasoline approaching $4/gal everywhere and $5/gal in some US cities, it would seem logical that crude oil refiners are a good bet to do well. It’s not that simple, though, and...
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE:VLO) is the first of the oil refiners to report earnings this quarter, and this morning’s release is a lot better than a year ago, when diluted EPS soured to -$0.61. For...
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) is catching a bid this morning, although it is still at the lower-end of its 52-week trading range following an upgrade and an acquisition. Take This Retirement...
Credit Expedition 22 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer on his way to the International Space Station. AppScout reports that his first tweet was “Hello Twitterverse!”, which may have been less...
Bill Ackman and his Pershing Square could soon become a much more formidable activist when it comes to dealing with companies.  Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) might have not been one of...
GM (GM) cut its dividend to zero. It is a nifty way to save a lot of money and, once a company’s shares have fallen by a huge amount, investors almost expect it. Several banks like NCC (NCC)...
Sheila C. Bair, the head of the FDIC, believes there is a brew of US debt which will cause the global capital markets to lose faith in American paper. The case has been made before, but her argument...
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