How long has it been since nanotechnology was on the tip of everyone’s tongue as the next great speculative investment frontier?  It seems like ancient history.  But we have seen news from...
Source: ThinkstockMining giant Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE: RIO) said this morning that the company expects to take a noncash impairment charge totaling $14 billion in its full-year 2012 results. Rio...
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Monday, February 3, 2014. They include Facebook, Manitowoc, Rio Tinto and Zynga.
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Avanir Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AVNR), Human Genome Sciences,...
As first reported at our affiliate site BioHealth Investor: Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex: INO) has been higher by over 160% for most of the morning.  Investors are following the news...
This coming week has what seems like a tame or simple cast of characters in The Unusual Suspects.  While there are earnings on deck, most of these are not considered earnings reports.  The stocks...
When China’s government-owned aluminum company Chinalco agreed to pay $19.5 billion for an additional 9% of Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RTP), the deal already faced a couple of problems. The biggest was...
Today could be called IPO Friday.  We have four confirmed priced deals, and likely a fifth.  The IPO’s involve Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) for its Symetra Financial (NYSE: SYA),...
The Times of London reports that metals company Rio Tinto (RTP) plans an all-out attack against suitor BHP Billiton (BHP). According to the paper "Tom Albanese, Rio’s chief executive, will...
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Bucyrus International Inc. (NASDAQ: BUCY), China Sunergy Co., Ltd....
These are this morning’s top day trader alert and actively traded stocks.  We have links through to each with more detailed price and volume data and analysis over at VSInvestor.com: CIT...
As a huge consumer of metals, China does not want to see a merger between Rio Tinto (RTP) and BHP Billiton (BHP). The new company might have too much leverage in raising prices. So, China political...