Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) is preparing to acquire semiconductor company Atheros Communications (Nasdaq: ATHR), for about $45 per share, or $3.5 billion, according to a report in the New York Times.
Insurance-linked securities are misunderstood by the public and their investors are often unfairly maligned as heartless operators who wager on the deaths of human beings.
Stocks finished mixed, and traders apparently were unimpressed by some good economic data on factory orders and auto sales, while commodities dropped on likely profit-taking.
Byron Wien, vice chairman of the Blackstone Advisory Partners, just issued his annual Ten Surprises list for 2011. Three of them were bullish calls for commodities.
Shares of BP plc (NYSE: BP) have leapt today partially on a report in the UK newspaper Daily Mail that Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) may be interested in merging the two global oil giants.
New orders for manufactured goods in November, up four of the last five months, increased $3.2 billion or 0.7 percent to $423.8 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today.
Orders for U.S. factory goods unexpectedly climbed 0.7 percent in November to $423.85 billion from the prior month, according to the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
Shares of aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) have jumped this morning after receiving an upgrade from Deutsche Bank, as well as a strong vote of confidence from television stock maven Jim Cramer.
Researchers in the United States have developed an entirely new type of nanomaterial - dubbed nanoscoop - that could enable the next generation of high-power lithium (Li)-ion rechargeable batteries for electric automobiles, laptops and cell phones.
Recently, investors have been wildly bullish on the U.S. stock market. However, extremely bullish sentiment often precedes a reversal of fortune for the stock market and there are fundamental reasons to be bearish on the stock market.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Exar, Banner, MannKind, LM Ericsson Telephone, ASML Holding, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Baidu, and Citrix Systems.
The pre-market movers on Tuesday are Alcoa, Carnival, Huntington Bancshares, Walgreen Co, Borders group, Electronic Arts and Safeway.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: XOMA, ATP Oil & Gas, Sonic, DryShips, Qiao Xing Universal Resources, Melco Crown Entertainment, Star Scientific, Logitech International, Microvision, and Asia Entertainment & Resources.
AMD has unveiled a new class of accelerated processor that brings in supercomputer-like performance to every day computing tasks, including superior Internet, video and gaming experiences. AMD's launch comes a day after Intel showcased its Sandy Bridge second generation of Core processors.
The U.S. economy is on course to a self-sustaining recovery in 2011, aided by the private sector’s return to health and a further injection of fiscal stimulus, IHS Global Insight has said.
The number of unemployed people in Spain dropped by 10,221 to 4.1 million in December, recording the steepest decline since 2000, the ministry of employment and immigration said on Tuesday.
Futures on major U.S. stock indices point to a higher opening on Tuesday with futures on the S&P 500 up 0.26 percent, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.33 percent and Nasdaq100 futures up 0.16 percent.
The top after-market NYSE losers on Monday are: K-Sea Transportation Partners, GMX Resources, WellCare Health Plans, McMoRan Exploration, Flotek Industries, Interoil Corp, McKesson Corp and Harmony Gold Mining..
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: Alcoa, International Coal Group, U.S. Gold Corp, Arch Coal, American Axle & Manufact. Holdings, Molycorp, M.D.C. Holdings and Barnes & Noble.
New Year has started well for the iPhone maker Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), whose market capitalization has hit the $300-billion mark. Shares of Apple reached an all-time high of $330.26 during 2011's first regular trading session.
Stocks began 2011 with a bang – equities leaped, powered by some strong manufacturing data in the U.S. and Europe and by a generally bullish outlook for the new year.
Bill Gross of PIMCO is concerned about rising interest rates and the decline of the U.S. dollar.
Does a company like Facebook that manufactures no tangible products and employs only about 2,000 people really be worth as much as $50-billion.
Binky Chadha, chief U.S. equity strategist of Deutsche Bank, thinks the S&P 500 will return 23 percent in 2011.
The devastating floods in Queensland Australia has driven up the prices of certain commodities, including coal, wheat and sugar. With warnings that the flood may not recede for weeks, the longer-term impact on commodity prices becomes a great concern.
With a pop in its share price on the first trading day of 2011, Apple Inc. (AAPL) has now surpassed the $300-billion level in terms of market cap.
Economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector continued to grow for the 17th consecutive month during December, according to a survey report on Monday.
US stocks advanced in early trade on Monday, the first trading day of 2011, on speculation that the economic recovery will continue after stocks ended with double digit gains in the previous year.
Construction spending edged up slightly in November over the prior month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Inspire Pharmaceuticals, DryShips, Capitol Federal Financial, Netflix, Intel, Amkor Technology, IMAX, GSI Commerce, and Ctrip.com International.
