When the Case-Schiller monthly data on housing is issued, economic analysts pour over the information city-by-city to look for signs of a housing recovery. The data for February did not show a...
Those who worked to refute the huge IPCC 2007 study on global warming were wrong, perhaps. They had accused scientists of hyping their data, claims which have only recently been refuted. However,...
Maybe the Hurricane damage has something to do with this, but the weekly jobless claims are reaching a critical point.  This last week’s initial jobless claims rose again to 497,000.  The Labor...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Employment Situation Summary Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 180,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.4 percent, the...
Antigenics (AGEN-NASDAQ) saw its shares pop more than 20% as it released data in apress release regarding its Oncophage trials. The company’s follow-up ‘end of study’ data on Phase...
Rising tensions between China and Taiwan might be cause for concern for the small island nation. China has 10-times the military personnel that Taiwan has. While having the biggest military is not...
Dating can be fun, and it can be stressful; the two of you might be meeting for the first time or you might be well into a relationship. But no matter if it’s the love of your life who is...
Interactive Data Holdings has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its initial public offering (IPO).
The third generation of Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle e-reader was the best selling product in the e-commerce firm’s history. The announcement was confused with a number of pieces of data...
First Data reported a 3% revenue gain to almost $3 billion for its first quarter — and it would have been up 5% on a constant currency basis.
Nearly 172 million user records have been compromised so far in 2017 as a result of some 1,120 data breaches according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.
Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ: TECD) reported this morning that its second-quarter earnings came to $0.88 per share on $5.96 billion in revenue. The results were down from $1.10 per share on $6.44 billion...
The debate over the state of the housing market continues to see-saw. RealtyTrac reported that April foreclosures fell again and are now back to July 2007 levels. But, the research operation’s CEO...
A total of 141 data breaches have occurred so far in 2018, down about 11% from the total for the same period in 2017.