Shares of Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) advanced 14 cents to $59.76 per share post solid second quarter 2010 results. The chemical producer earned $2.05 per share (excluding one-time charges) in...
On a sequential basis, Caterpillar Inc.’s (NYSE:CAT) EPS more than doubled to $1.09 in the second quarter ended June 30, 2010 from 50 cents in the first quarter, marking one of the most stellar incr...
International Paper Co. (NYSE:IP) delivered adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 42 cents for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. EPS in the quarte...
Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (NASDAQ:BWLD) second quarter earnings of 50 cents per share outdid the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 42 cents and soared 28% from 39 cents posted in the prior-year quarter. The b...
Despite a recent improvement in risk sentiment, copper prices are languishing. The commodity has fallen around 13% for the year and nearly 20% from its April peak. In part, that comes from a drop in c...
We’re not in a double-dip recession yet. We’re in a one and a half dip recession. Consumer confidence is down. Retail sales are down. Home sales are down. Permits for single-family starts are down...
Comerica Bank’s Michigan Economic Activity Index rose one point in June, to a level of 84. June’s reading is up 13 points from the same period a year ago, marking the fifth consecutive double-dig...
Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHR) reported revenues of $238.2 million in the second quarter, more than double of $112.2 million reported in the second quarter of 2009. On a sequential basis, ...
USD/JPY (a 4-hour chart of which is shown) as of Friday (7/23/2010) has formed yet another double-bottom formation, this time in the 86.30 price region. This double-bottom forms in the context of a st...
From Lord Abbett’s senior economist Milton Ezrati in today’s WSJ: “It seems these days that half the headlines in the financial media fear a double-dip recession, as do half the conv...