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By The Weiss Ratings Team On May 31, 201607:00 AM Eastern
The latest data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce showed a 16.6 percent increase in new home sales and a 3.6 percent increase in new residential construction permits for the month of...
By Jon D. Markman On May 24, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Profits are good for companies obviously, but increasing profits on a consistent basis is even better.
So S&P Capital IQ, a division of McGraw Hill Financial, went to work earlier this...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On May 23, 201602:04 PM Eastern
Bayer’s (BAYZF) intended acquisition of Monsanto (MON) may be a bit too much to handle. The initial announcement of an unsolicited offer of $45 billion for Monsanto sent Bayer’s shares tumbling...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On May 17, 201607:00 AM Eastern
The latest numbers indicate that they are. With a disappointing first quarter earnings report, Macy’s (M) stock slumped 15.2 percent last Wednesday closing the day at $31.38 per share. The...
By Jon D. Markman On May 10, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Hedge fund managers got together last week for a billionaires’ Woodstock — the Ira Sohn Investment Conference. And boy, for a bunch of rich dudes, they sure were cranky and downbeat.
The two...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On May 9, 201607:00 AM Eastern
[Image: Surface Coal Mine, Gillette, Wyoming by Greg Goebel [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons] With the energy sector struggling to maintain its steam and companies going bankrupt, we’ve...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On May 2, 201607:00 AM Eastern
Charter Communications (CHTR) received approval from the federal regulators last Monday to take over Time Warner Cable (TWC) and is in line to become the second largest internet and television...
By Jon D. Markman On April 26, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Alphabet (GOOG) last week finally unveiled its plans to become a major Internet provider using fixed wireless technology.
This is not the pie-in-the-sky Project Loon and Skybender stuff,...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On April 25, 201607:00 AM Eastern
A week ago Disney (DIS) worked its magic over the opening weekend of their updated Jungle Book movie with a surprisingly strong viewer turnout, while over at Hasbro (HAS) sales of Star Wars,...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On April 18, 201607:00 AM Eastern
Starbucks (SBUX) rolled out its new rewards program along with an updated mobile app on Tuesday, April 12. The rewards will now be based on the amount of money a customer spends and not the...