Capital Senior Living Corp. (NYSE:CSU) has announced that a Special Committee of its Board of Directors has engaged Banc of America Securities, part of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), as its financial...
USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) is one of more widely followed stocks that is in the group of companies et to benefit from the coming nuclear power surge in the coming years.  There is just one problem,...
The earnings report from Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE: KSS) was partly like the Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) report yesterday, but the outlook from Kohl’s leaves a simple observation:  Macy’s is taking...
It seems that all the talk about getting off of coal-power and reducing dependence on foreign energy is still just rhetoric.  USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) announced this morning that the long-standing loan...
Ever since the Energy Act of 2005 was passed and signed by President Bush, USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) has been working on a loan guarantee of $2 billion to build a new uranium enrichment plant at the site...
Breaking with its past practice, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) said today that it plans to hire about 50,000 seasonal workers and to boost hours for its regular employees during the 2012 holiday...
How badly has Twitter failed as a public company? It will have to answer that question as part of a lawsuit against it. And whatever the outcome of this case, the case for Twitter's failure is...
Goldman Sachs is out with a negative call this morning that is a downgrade in the department stores section of the retail sector.  The firm believes that gains of some 30% while companies are still...
USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) is soaring on news that it may have a bit of a reprieve on its capital needs for the construction of the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio.  The company has announced...
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN), Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE:...
New York State Attorny General Andrew Cuomo is suing Charles Schwab (SCHW) for fraud. The legal action alleges that the brokerage sold auction rate securities to clients with little effort to educate...
Competitors won’t leave Microsoft (MSFT) alone. Time Warner (TWX) sued it over Netscape. RealNetworks (RNWK) sued it over its multimedia player. Even a little company called Burst sued the big...
On today’s Wall Street Confidential video on TheStreet.com, Cramer keyed in on Viacom (VIA) versus Google (GOOG): Cramer thinks Viacom has the wrong approach here in suing Google.  He...
The latest battle for firebrand Federal Trade Commissioner, Lina Khan, is playing out in a Northern California court.