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SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Tyler McKinna submits: Growing Dividend As a spin-off of the successful Duke Energy, Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE) has had a rather successful first 16 months in business and has recently declared an 8.7 percent increase in its quarterly cash dividend on its common stock, from $0.23 to $0.25 per share. The dividend is payable September 15, 2008, to shareholders of record at the close of business...
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Paul Kedrosky submits: People seem to be in a historical frame of market mind this weekend, so here is a chart of Dow Jones index returns by U.S. president since Herbert Hoover obtained office in 1929. Note that I have given this result in compound annual terms to compensate for the differing lengths of presidential terms over the period. As an aside, while President Bush is currently running neck-and-neck...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Using a Blue Gene supercomputer, scientists of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Zurich Research Laboratory demonstrated the most extensive simulation yet of real human bone structures, providing doctors a "high definition" view of the strength and fragility of bones they never had before.
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Robert Freedland submits: On Thursday, as I was scanning the list of top % gainers on the NYSE , I came across Ecolab (ECL), which closed at $44.48, up $2.04 or 4.81% on the day. I do not own any shares or options of this stock. Let me share with you my thoughts on this company that led me to the conclusion that: Complete Story »
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Sramana Mitra submits: On June 24, 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) reported its financial results for Q4 and FY 2008, beating analyst estimates. The vision of new CEO Robert Mao , who has been around for just two months, seems to be driving this welcome change in 3Com’s fortunes. He has three simple objectives: more top line revenue, better worldwide operational integration and more cash. In China...
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Brett Steenbarger submits: The Dow has been moving to bear market lows and the number of NYSE common stocks making fresh 52-week lows has taken out its March peak, but so far investors seem to be seeing this as more credit-related sin than tragedy. I've mentioned in the past that there have been spikes in traffic on my blog at recent intermediate-term lows (August, November, January, March). No such...
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Just In Just Out (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
VISAKHAPATNAM, India, July 04, 2008: Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE: SAY), a leading global consulting and information technology services provider, announced today that its corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm, the Satyam Foundation, launched its sixth chapter, in Visakhapatnam. The Satyam Foundation, an ISO 9001:2000-certified CSR, helps vulnerable and underprivileged people in urban areas....
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ziomal.biz (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Qatar: The finalisation of the New York Stock Exchange Euronext buy-in to the Doha Securities Market (DSM), calculated at $250m for a 25% stake, marks the end of a complicated round of global back-and-forth which saw the market being pursued by suitors from all of the big international exchanges. [AMEInfo.com]
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
AMERSFOORT, The Netherlands, July 6 -- ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consulting, design and engineering company, announced on Sunday that it will tackle three weak spots in the Dutch coastal defenses in three different as...
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Blogging Stocks - Goog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Filed under: Google (GOOG) , Marketing and advertising About two years ago, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG ) paid $1.65 billion for YouTube. The purchase is now starting to look like a poor decision. According to The New York Post , " YouTube's numbers for 2008 don't look pretty: while 3 billion videos are viewed every month, revenues could total an anemic sub-$200 million this year." Some analysts believe...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
WINNERS SHAKIRA Singer said to be close to $70M deal with Live Nation. DICK GRASSO It's over. Former NYSE boss KOs Spitzer suit, keeps $190M pay package. RUSH LIMBAUGH Radio talker signs massive $400M deal. LOSERS WARREN BUFFETT Holy Sage of Omaha!
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
In one of the most difficult weeks of the year so far for the Telegraph 20, the list of the largest UK companies created by the Telegraph, fell 6.1 per cent, while the FTSE100 dropped just 2.1 per cent.
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Vegas Syndicate (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Tim Poster and Tom Breitling will be joining Wynn Resorts (Nasdaq: WYNN) subsidiary Wynn Las Vegas as Sr. Vice Presidents of Strategy and Development. As long-standing business partners, Tim and Tom... [[ Visit the Vegas Syndicate for the full story, other content, and more! ]]