Next Tuesday we have earnings from Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) and First Call has EPS at $0.25 and revenues at $4.3 Billion.  The following quarter is expected to have $0.41 EPS on $5.2 Billion in...
Google’s (GOOG) new Android software system for cell phones was supposed to usher in an era of consumer choice. Handsets would become open and their functions would no longer be controlled by...
National Bank of Greece was featured positively on Tuesday by the Nomura analyst team covering the European banking sector. The call actually has a bit of mixed data in it.
Source: ThinkstockThree U.S. steelmakers reported earnings before markets opened this morning. AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS), United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) and Nucor Corp. (NYSE: NUE)....
National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is doing something odd.  It is trying to make an acquisition.  It was not that long ago that there were serious worries about NBG’s future.  Now, NBG has...
APE units will soon cease trading. How that will affect the meme stock arena is yet to be seen.
MannKind remains one of the biggest battleground stocks out there in the realm of biotech and emerging pharmacueticals.
Source: ThinkstockGold is back. After challenging $1,200 per ounce in December, gold bugs have become bullish again and the shiny yellow metal is back above $1,300 per ounce. Now a key technical...
Greece has all but formally defaulted on its debt if you remove the winks and nods from the ‘exceptions to the rules’ of what constitutes a default.  Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has...
If you have invested in or traded around news in the lands of the PIIGS, Greece is perhaps the prominent problem child and National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is just about the only proxy ADR that...
Electric power generators NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) and GenOn Energy Inc. (NYSE: GEN) have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.7 billion. Under the terms of the deal, GenOn...
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) has filed its preliminary proxy statement for the 2009 annual meeting of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG). NRG still hasn’t scheduled the meeting, but Delaware law...
It did not take long for the bailout of AIG (AIG) to dissolve into chaos. Just two weeks after the Fed put $85 billion into the failing insurance company, the new management asked for an extra $37.8...
Solar thermal power company BrightSource Energy Inc. today filed a request with the Securities and Exchange Commission to withdraw its Form S-1 registration statement, effectively cancelling the...
Source: ThinkstockNRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) hit a new 52-week low in Monday’s trading session. Now, many could argue that investors should have been abandoning ship on the long way down. However,...