Source: ThinkstockThe Conference Board is out with its Leading Economic Index for the month of March. So far this morning we already have seen a weak report on weekly jobless claims from the Labor...
According to TechCruch, Google (GOOG) had a 40% share of the US online ad market in the first half of 2007. The IAB puts internet ad revenue in the first half at just below $10 billion. Douglas A....
The FDIC has begun the process of the creation of a road map to show how massive financial firms should be put to death if they become threats to the global credit system. Presumably if such a system...
The Conference Board has just released its data on Leading Economic Indicators for August, and the gain here is actually a drop when compared to recent months.  LEI in the U.S. rose by +0.6% in...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat To be honest we didn’t even know they had one, but Airbus parent EADS has sold its small stake in Brazilian regional jet maker Embraer (ERJ)..:: Aero-News...
Source: courtesy of Cisco SystemsThe market was disappointed mightily when John Chambers, long-time Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) CEO and the dean of the nation’s tech executives, offered a dim...
This morning’s report from the Conference Board showed that the index of leading economic indicators in the United States rose in November by what appears to be the most in eight months and marks...
Small businesses accounted for the bulk sum of hiring within the United States since the start of the pandemic.
The demand for Chinese IPOs in America is hot.  The light-emitting diodes (LEDs) market is also one that has major opportunities for energy efficiency and growth investing ahead.  Marrying LEDs and...
Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) is set to report earnings on Thursday morning.  First Call has estimates pegged at $3.10 EPS on $15.26 Billion in revenues.  Next quarter estimates are...
Gap, Inc. (NYSE: GPS) is seeing a 5% rise after the ailing casual apparel retailer reported earnings.  The company posted $0.25 EPS with a 5% revenue drop to $4.67 Billion, and First Call...
I blame the algorithms.
ConocoPhillips (COP) reported earnings of $3.2 billion down from $3.68 billion in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue fell sharply from $51.3 billion to $41.5 billion. But, oil did spike to $55 a...