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The Next Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK): Companies Headed for Bankruptcy in 2012

{ Posted on Jan 19 2012 by Kerri Shannon }
Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK) filed Chapter 11 early this morning (Thursday), becoming one of the first to file among the staggering number of U.S. companies headed for bankruptcy this year. The Rochester, NY-based company, ...Read More »

Growth of Online Retailers Makes Internet the New Shopping Battleground

{ Posted on Nov 29 2011 by David Zeiler }
While online retailers have celebrated the growth of online shopping, conventional retailers determined not to lose customers have been ramping up their Internet efforts. Forrester Research Inc. (NYSE: FORR) estimates that online shopping will increase by 15% to ...Read More »

Struggling Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) Will See Its Stock Plunge – For Good

{ Posted on Nov 28 2011 by Jack Barnes }
Don't believe the recent rally in Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) stock - it's not going to stick. In fact, this stock is ready to plunge. The share price has been on a roller coaster ride all year. ...Read More »

2011 Holiday Shopping: Retailers Ready for War

{ Posted on Nov 01 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
Now that we're in November, prepare to see retailers gear up for what will be a particularly brutal holiday shopping season. High unemployment and tight credit will limit the amount of consumer spending dollars available to retailers. The ...Read More »

A Nobel Prize for Steve Jobs?

{ Posted on Oct 20 2011 by Martin Hutchinson }
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded Oct. 10. It went to Christopher Sims and Thomas Sargent - two fairly obscure economists whose main work was on rational expectations theory. That followed by five days the death of ...Read More »

Seven Prospective Corporate Bankruptcies

{ Posted on Oct 12 2011 by David Zeiler }
Ten companies with at least $100 million in assets filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month - the most since April when 17 such companies filed. So far in October five more big companies have filed, ...Read More »

Amazon Kindle Tablet Will Plump Revenue and Disrupt Market

{ Posted on Sep 13 2011 by David Zeiler }
A rumored Amazon Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) Kindle Tablet will deliver billions of dollars in fresh revenue next year. In addition to its hardware sales, the tablet will provide a quick and convenient way for Amazon to capture ...Read More »

A New Way for Income Investors to Get Ahead

{ Posted on Jul 15 2011 by Larry D. Spears }
The market isn't an easy place for income investors right now. Stocks are too volatile, U.S. Treasury yields are anemic, and a strong reliable dividend is a rarity. But income investors have a relatively new way they can use ...Read More »

Are We in the Middle of a New Tech Bubble?

{ Posted on Jun 07 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
When career-networking site LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) started its first day of trading May 19, its shares zoomed 109% from its initial public offering (IPO) price of $45 a share to close at $94.25, and reached a market ...Read More »

Ignore the Headline Data: The Stock Market Could be Gearing Up for a Major Rally

{ Posted on Jun 06 2011 by Jon D. Markman }
The stock market swirled lower over the past week as a barge full of U.S. economic data sank in stormy seas. But don't worry: We may actually be able to ride some of these swells ...Read More »