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ThinkstockGood news is headed the way of beer, wine, and spirits makers. Those past cost pressures are abating and trends are starting to look up as a report from Moody’s Investors Service on...
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courtesy of USPSThere are always some interesting factoids in various industries and sectors in each monthly breakdown of the Employment Situation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Friday’s BLS...
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ThinkstockSmithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) is trading higher on word that a top shareholder called Continental Grain Co. has sent a letter urging the company to consider strategic alternatives....
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsOK, so this is finally some rockin’ good news on the jobs front. The Labor Department is out with its key employment situation for the month of February. Due to the...
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ThinkstockYou have heard of all sorts of bubbles in the financial world. There are instances like the housing bubble, a bond bubble, the dot-com bubble, the tech bubble, the private equity bubble,...
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ThinkstockA report from the Federal Reserve is signaling that U.S. households have seen a substantial rise in their net worth. With the recession not being too long ago and with many workers still...
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ThinkstockIt is no secret that the coal sector is in the doghouse. James River Coal Co. (NASDAQ: JRCC) announced its earnings this morning which was actually another loss for the quarter and for the...
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Jon OggIf you don’t know the old punchline, “Hey, It’s your turn in the barrel today!” you might not fully understand how badly we view the news out of American International Group Inc....
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ThinkstockWe are now within ten days of the release of the Federal Reserve’s new round of stress tests on how the nation’s largest banks will do if (or when) the economy goes back into a...
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ThinkstockThis is an unusual month because, due to a strange calendar in February, the monthly employment situation report by the U.S. Labor Department did not come on the first Friday of the month....
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White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has released his annual letter to shareholders. Investors will want to review the book value metric before...
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Jon OggPresident Obama gave his speech today about the spending sequestration kicking in. We are going to skip the politics on the matter because frankly we have developed something called...
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courtesy of Groupon Inc.Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) ex-CEO Andrew Mason has a chance to pay back some of the stock losses suffered by his shareholders, based on his huge holdings in the public...
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IslandAirLarry Ellison, the billionaire founder of Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL), is adding yet another odd purchase to his vast private holdings. His purchase of megayachts, racing yachts,...
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ThinkstockApollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) is showing some more negative news in the fields of online education and for-profit education. The company submitted and SEC filing on Monday showing that...
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