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United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) reported earnings that beat analyst estimates, but also had to lower its full-year profit outlook due to a slowing economy in Europe and a weaker currency.The...
Earnings season has been over for a few weeks now, but there are going to be several key earnings events in the week ahead. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to issue some brief previews on the companies which...
Increasing numbers of mutual funds have performances tied to huge investments in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). (Reuters)Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, is in China to address production labor problems. (Reuters)The...
By now, most investors know that the large hedge funds are run by billionaires rather than millionaires. What many investors might not know is that some hedge funds are reaching the size of large...
United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX) may actually be the best stock in 2012 out of the three conglomerates which are in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  While we have had a long-standing...
October may have been one of the best months of many of our lives in equities. The SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) rose by 10.9%. in October, but the year-to-date gain has been a mere 1.2% from the...
S&P 500 YTD TOP 10 (31Dec10 – 29Sep11) Ticker YTD Price Change (%) Close Price 29Sep11 Close Price 31Dec10 Market Cap($Mil) Short Interest as % of Shares Cabot Oil & Gas Corp COG 69.4...
Today’s ratings actions are led-off by Moody’s affirmation of its ‘A2’ senior unsecured and ‘Prime-1’ short-term ratings on United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The affirmation follows...
At mid-morning, the DJIA is down more than -300 points on concern that the global economy is once again heading for a recession. There are few winners today, and most of those are ETFs that rise on a...
The House defeated a spending bill to fund the federal government passed September 30. (Reuters)United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) will buy Goodrich (NYSE: GR) for $16.5 billion. (Reuters)China’s PMI...
Updated throughout the day.The SEC is examining whether anyone profited from trading ahead of the rating agency downgrade of US debt (WSJ)Samsung may sue Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) issues on from its new...
The DJIA was down about -230 points at mid-morning and now that the European markets have closed the DJIA is down “only” about -175 points.  Continuing concerns about Greek debt and worries...
Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) already partly deconglomerized in a three-way break up of the company.  Now its core parent company is splitting up what is left of the operation into three...