Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 3% to 14,124. Nikon was up 5.1% to 3310. Mazda was up 7.3% to 513. The Hang Seng rose .2% to 24,285. China Petroleum (SNP) was up 4.9% to 7.50. CNOOC was...
The USPS is beginning a two-week trial of self-driving tractor-trailer rigs between Phoenix and Dallas, using technology developed by TuSimple, a Beijing- and San Diego-based startup.
Back in September, Sierra Pacific Resources (NYSE:SRP) changed the names of both its utility companies to NV Energy. That didn’t do much to help its third-quarter earnings, which the company...
Schering-Plough Corp. (NYSE: SGP) is probably breathing a sigh of relief this morning after Merck’s earnings as it is partners with the drug giant on Vytorin and Zetia for cholesterol...
From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat While Oracle (ORCL) has been buying up applications software makers to grow, rival SAP has been bulking up its sales force. Now it expects them to...
The U.S. Postal Service is buying more fossil fuel-powered trucks. Is that reason to shut down the agency?
Source: Jon OggSanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) has reported earnings for its first quarter. The corporate earnings showed that net income was $207 million, or $0.84 per share. That compares to net...
We are seeing some positive reactions this afternoon in some of the solar stocks on an individual basis, despite energy prices not offering much of an added boost to the sector.  Canadian Solar Inc....
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) came out with earnings today, and as usual it beat estimates.  We have seen earnings of $0.38 in non-GAAP EPS on $6.47 billion in revenues (an 18% gain).  This...
Just over a week ago, several solar stocks had a nice jump as the DJIA rose some 200+ points. Not all the gains were made by simply hanging on the Dow’s coat tails. There was some good news from...
SAP has agreed to give up more than $3 million in sales profits to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
It seems that the sudden push for all the smartphone launches and the continued gearing down of the laptops to smaller mobile web devices is acting as a boom for QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM).  The...
In late 2005, China began to fill its strategic petroleum reserve of 102 million barrels. It has added to the reserve on and off ever since, sometimes buying the oil on the open market and other...
South African coal gasification company Sasol Limited (NYSE:SSL) forecast "robust growth" for its 2009 fiscal year which began in July. Yesterday, the company revised that forecast.  It now expects...