Oil prices received a boost yesterday after Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi suggested consuming countries are happy with oil between $70 and $90 a barrel, raising the price ceiling by 10$ from the previous range of $70 – $80.
US stocks rose on Tuesday as investors awaited mid-term US congressional elections and more monetary easing from the Federal Reserve.[More...]
Electricite de France or EDF ADR (PINK: ECIFY) just got dumped by Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG). And that could spell some big changes to its plans.[More...]
YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRC Worldwide) (NASDAQ:YRCW) is scheduled to report Q3-2010 results on Friday, November 5, 2010. In the last three quarters ending June 2010 quarter, the company’s reported EPS exceeded analysts’ consensus estimates by margins i…
Our latest new stock recommendation is from the beaten-down industrials sector: Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI).[More...]
Even with new record-sized plants being announced weekly, traditional solar technologies like panels and concentrating mirrors are quickly becoming par for the course.[More...]
In 2008, even as the world was coming apart, some commercial real estate investors were still insisting on doing the Same Old Thing. Give me the sunbelt, they said, that’s where the growth is. In 2006, Ohio had the highest foreclosure rate in the cou…
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) is scheduled to report Q3-2010 results on Monday, November 8, 2010. In three out of the last four quarters ending June 2010, the company’s reported EPS exceeded analysts’ consensus estimates by margins in the range o…
Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM): ISI Group on Tuesday initiated coverage on the company with a Hold rating and a price target of $60. In a research note to clients, the firm said that the blackberry maker should “benefit from the growth in the smar…
CSG Systems is a provider of outsourced billing and customer management services for North American cable and satellite companies. The recent acquisition of Intec billing gives the firm a wider industry and geographic customer base.
Texas Instruments (TXN) was roughed up pretty badly in 2008 and 2009. Pro?ts fell sharply for this semiconductor giant, as did the stock price.
Shares plummeted from nearly $40 per share in 2007 to $13 in early 2009. The stock has come roaring back f…
For all the talk about greener transportation initiatives, the answer may actually lie not in a new-fangled venture, but in a network that’s more than 200 years old.[More...]
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) said Tuesday its third-quarter net income dropped 70%, hurt by a stronger dollar and costs associated with Wyeth acquisition. Net income declined to $866 million, or 11 cents a share, from $2.9 billion, or 43 cents a share, in t…
Citigroup is upgrading MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE:WFR) to Buy from Hold and are adding the stock to their Top Picks Live list with a Street high $18 price target (up from $15).
After a weekend filled with anticipation following Friday evening’s announcement that Avanir Pharmaceuticals treatment for treatment for pseudobulbar affect (PBA) had been approved by the FDA, shares of AVNR cruised to a clean double in price after rea…