Homes sitting vacant, not being taken care, are often unsightly and can add to urban blight. There are different reasons why homes are unoccupied, including rental units that landlords are struggling...
Ebay announced today that  Chancellor William B. Chandler III of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in the company’s favor in a shareholder suit filed against Craigslist, and its majority...
Zecco finished last in the Barron’s survey of online brokers. Brokers were ranked on eight criteria from range of offerings to research to customer service and costs. The top brokerages, TD...
July sales for Ford (F) could not have been much worse. Total vehicles sold in the the US fell 19% to 195,245. Truck sales were off 11% to 135,157. Car sales plunged 33% to 60,088. Bright spots were...
The FDIC has decided that very large banks should pay more into the agency’s fund than smaller financial firms. In other words, the payments will not be based on a percent of deposits any more.The...
These are the top analyst downgrades and negative analyst calls we are seeing this Friday morning: Autodesk (ADSK) Cut to Neutral at Baird. BE Aerospace (BEAV) Cut To Market Perform at FBR. Computer...
Retirement is a bit like a puzzle. It includes many different pieces that are all required for assembly: savings, investments, and, of course, Social Security. When combined, all of these pieces...
Dendreon (DNDN-NASDAQ) won big yesterday after receiving panel backing from the FDA for Provenge for the treatment  of advanced prostate cancer.  The stock has reopened for trading just a...
Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE) has been a powerful IPO and now insiders are unloading stock.  The company filed this Monday to offer 750,000 shares of common stock which are being sold by the...
(AVNC) Advancis Pharmaceutical announces FDA acceptance of its new drug application for Amoxicillin Pulsys.(BJ) BJ’s Wholesale $0.20 EPS vs $0.20e.(CSCO) Cisco Systems is acquiring private...
(ADBE) Adobe is noted favorably as Barron’s cover story.(APC) Anadarko selling certain oil and gas properties in Texas for $750 million.(ATRO) Astronics wins $17M in multiple commercial...
(ABI) Applied Biosystems and Sciex announced plans to commercialize a first-of-its-kind mass spectrometry platform designed to help pharmaceutical companies accelerate the drug compound screening...
Guidewire Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: GWRE) is currently the best of the best of the IPO class of 2012.   After pricing more than 8.8 million shares at $13.00 in late January, the lowest price seen...
An IPO filing came in today from a company called Current Media, Inc.  The filing shows for a sale of up to $100 million in securities, although this number is merely for filing purposes. ...