Saudi Arabia is coming to Barack Obama's aid. The Saudi Council of Ministers, the cabinet, has declared that it wants to return oil prices to fair levels. Saudi Arabia has been emphasizing that it would like oil prices to return to $100.

pubblicato il: 20/03/2012 - 17:21

The club capable of sustaining a $10 billion outlay gets more exclusive by the day. Only a few short years ago, there were a half dozen players in semiconductor development, back when the tab for membership was a mere $3 billion. Now it's down to three.

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 14:19

Belvedere Vodka tweets an ad featuring a terrified woman being grabbed by a gleeful man with a catch phrase, "Unlike some people, Belvedere always goes down smoothly," implying she will be forced to perform oral sex. This obviously sparked outrage.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 19:23

Apple (AAPL) today had its estimates and price target increased by Morgan Stanley (MS) to $720 with an overweight rating due to continued growth momentum. Shares are higher by nearly 4.5 percent. American Electric Power (AEP) today had its price target raised by Jefferies (JEF) to $43 with a buy rating, as [...]

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 21:11

By better integrating them and pitching its entire range of offerings collectively, IBM is taking a big swing at this huge market.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 22:04

Two days ago I submitted to the SEC a report that I had written entitled, Report of Independent Counsel to SEC: Placement Agent Abuses at Kentucky Retirement System. In a press release today the Kentucky Retirement Systems, angered at the findings in my report, announced to the world that it had [...]

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 19:30

A few months ago, I wrote -- okay, ranted -- about my decision to quit playing Words With Friends over what I see as its fatal flaw: the way it rewards random guessing over knowledge and skill. My breakup letter touched a nerve, and I heard from lots of other folks who think the insanely popular Zynga game ought to fix this glitch. Well, sorry, [...]

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 18:57

Many have held out hope for gold mining stocks, but negative technical signals actually warned of this week's high-volume decline, and it seems more underperformance is ahead.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 17:28

Amgen Incorporated (AMGN) maintained its quarterly dividend of 36 cents per share. The dividend will be paid on June 7, 2012, to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 16, 2012. Shares are lower by about four tenths of a percent. In other dividend news, Ford [...]

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 19:04

Now that the Federal Reserve has brought the punch bowl back to the party, the healthier banks are looking to boost dividends and increase share buybacks. If you've sat out the financial industry debacle, which stock do you want to accompany to the party? JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has been an industry [...]

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 20:32