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Sycamore Partners to the Rescue
Filed under: Investing A little outfit called Sycamore Partners has come to the rescue of a few of America's favorite brands in recent years. Did I say favorite? Just kidding -- these are dying brands....
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Copper Staging a Mild Recovery
Filed under: Investing In an article last month, I had noted (citing a report from Thomson Reuters GFMS) that copper prices could fall further this year as miners such as Freeport-McMoRan Copper &...
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Want a Raise? Look Towards Coca-Cola and McDonalds
Filed under: Investing Companies that boosted dividends for the past 25 consecutive years are known as dividend aristocrats . This is important because dividends and dividend raises can significantly...
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State-of-the-Art Planes? No Thanks, Says Delta Air Lines
Filed under: Investing In recent years, Boeing and Airbus have invested heavily in new technology to reduce airlines' fuel and maintenance costs. Boeing and Airbus have used their new aircraft programs...
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Pandora Media Inc. and Sirius XM's Gigantic Problem Just Got Worse
Filed under: Investing Apple is quickly growing into a juggernaut within the music industry with iTunes Radio, and even more so following the acquisition of Beats Music. Both Pandora Media and Sirius...
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This French 3-D Printing Company Has a Unique Approach to the Consumer Market
Filed under: Investing French company Sculpteo offers 3-D printing services for businesses and consumers, but the way it approaches the consumer market is quite unique. Aside from offering a consumer...
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2 Oil Majors Cashing in on Important Energy Megatrends
Filed under: Investing Energy booms are making headlines today, with everything from America's resurgent oil and gas production to Canadian tar sands to huge offshore oilfield discoveries tantalizing...
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2 Diversified Stocks Income Investors Should Love?
Filed under: Investing Investors love the steady income that comes from owning a dividend stock. You get to watch your investment appreciate in value over the long-term and collect quarterly cash...
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Is Diageo's $115M Move in Whiskey Smart, or Will It Prove a Blunder?
Filed under: Investing Diageo last week announced plans to build a $115 million distillery in Kentucky over the next three years. This is an investment triple the size of Brown-Forman's $35 million...
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Here's Why Walter Energy Isn't Impacted by the Proposed EPA Rules
Filed under: Investing The new proposed rules by the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, have far reaching impacts on coal used by power plants to produce electricity. It doesn't, however, impact...
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Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Reports Another Net Loss as Expenses Rise
Filed under: Investing Despite strong revenue growth, this morning Hovnanian Enterprises reported a net loss of $7.9 million, or $0.05 per share, for the three months ending April 30. Revenue increased...
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Marathon Oil Is Doubling Down on North America
Filed under: Investing Marathon Oil recently announced that it will sell its Norwegian energy assets and the transaction should be an incremental positive for the company by allowing it to ramp up...
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Is Apple Inc.'s Swift a Game Changer?
Filed under: Investing Apple took the bold move of introducing its own programming language on Monday called Swift. To date, Apple has primarily used Objective-C as a language, which is starting to...
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As Apple Inc. and Others Look at Sapphire, Should Corning Inc. Investors Be...
Filed under: Investing Shares of industrial materials powerhouse Corning have been on a roll thus far in 2014, having outperformed the S&P 500 by an impressive 15% as we pass the halfway mark....
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3 Reasons Why Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Is Still Worth Buying
Filed under: Investing Marvell Technology's superb run shouldn't stop any time soon. The chipmaker has gained more than 120% in the last year and a half due to solid demand for its chips that are used...
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What Do Recent Seagate Technologies & Western Digital Acquisitions Mean...
Filed under: Investing During Fusion-IO's 66% stock price loss since its 2011 IPO, it has been the center of acquisition rumors. The seemingly continuous spending spree on flash storage product...
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Intel's Edison Leads Internet of Things Push
Filed under: Investing Intel's recent introduction of a heartbeat-monitoring "smart shirt" underscores the importance the company is placing on the huge Internet of Things trend. (Related video: What...
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Why the Dow is in Wait-and-See Mode Wednesday
Filed under: Investing The Dow Jones Industrials had fallen 10.6 points as of 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday as investors responded to uncertainty about the future direction of the market and the global...
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Meet the 3-D Printer That Disrupts 3D Systems Corporation and Stratasys,...
Filed under: Investing Back in 2005, two brothers set out on a journey to democratize access to professional quality 3-D printing for a fraction of the operating cost. The end result became Mcor...
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Seadrill Offers up a Surprise Dividend Increase, But Is There Cause for Concern?
Filed under: Investing Seadrill West Freedom Jack-Up. Source: seadrill.com Seadrill provided a shock when it released its first-quarter earnings report last month. Many analysts expect a near-term...
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