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thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) is up 37% at $15.70. Adcare Health Systems Inc. (NYSEMKT: ADK) is up 36.7% at $5.88. Primus...
Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) place so high on most customer satisfaction surveys that the repetition has made the conclusions commonplace....
Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD), Overstock (NASDAQ: OSTK), and  Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) are not particularly well-regarded as brands or particularly well-liked by Wall St. Perhaps coincidentally,...
The major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following some weak data on European unemployment. Buyers tried to come back but low volume so far has kept trading lower, and a last-minute rally...
At about noon today, all three major US stock indexes are lower, with the DJIA down about 30 points at around12,950, the Nasdaq down about 7 points at 2,982, and the S&P 500 down nearly 5 points...
The three major US equities indexes opened lower this morning following some more dreary news from Europe. Spanish unemployment totaled 23.3% in January, and the other weak eurozone nations are...
Customer service surveys cannot entirely distinguish between true, direct customer service on the one hand and brand perception and reputation of the company providing the service on the other. A...
When great CEOs leave a company, an entire corporate culture is at risk to change, even when the new CEO is the favored replacement. Tim Cook is said to be more than able to fill the role of...
Brent crude rose $6 to $113 on worries about Middle East contagion. (Reuters) GM (NYSE: GM) is likely to post its first annual profit since 2004. (Reuters) An effort by shareholders to get Apple...
Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one...
Customer satisfaction with the e-commerce operations at Neiman Marcus and Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD) was particularly bad this shopping season based on research covering the 40 largest US retailers based...
Reuters:   California declared a financial emergency. Reuters:   An SEC attorney raised concern about a Madoff report in 2004. Reuters:   Auto parts supplier Lear filed for bankruptcy....
Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) has just reported earnings.  The online ‘overstock’ retailer, or “The O,” has posted an 8% decline in revenue of $187.4M and a net loss at -$0.09 EPS.  We...
When you hear the group of conspiracy theorists that Gary Weiss so aptly named "The Baloney Brigade" talking about naked short selling, you get the idea that unscrupulous short sellers are driving...