Aerospace & Defense

Earnings for Southwest Exceed Wall Street Expectations

Southwest Airlines earned more during the first quarter than what analysts from Wall Street had estimated, but officials... 

• Boeing Dreamliners Grounded By Airlines
• American Airlines Offered Merger Deal
• Corruption Probe Underway involving Rolls-Royce
• Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner Awarded “Aircraft of Legend” Prestige
• Raytheon (RTN) Acquires Henggeler Computer Consultants, Inc.
• Boeing (BA) Stock Refills Pair of Price Gaps

Banking & Finance

Stocks maintain Rally with new Optimism on the Horizon

For four straight weeks, the major stock indexes in the U.S. have increased reaching new highs. This week was the... 

• Baggage Fees Make Airline Industry Profitable
• Wall Street Gets Third Straight Week of Gains
• Japanese Currency Falls to 100 to 1 Against U.S. Dollar
• Profits Nearly Double at HSBC
• American Auto Industry Gets Best Performance in 2 Decades
• Cable Provider Comcast See Increase in Profits

Energy & Mining

White House Considering Expanding Nature Gas Exports

Natural gas production in the U.S is setting new records annually. Times of surging prices because of shortages... 

• Oil Executive Vote Out by Shareholders
• Earnings for Caterpillar Drop as Mining Orders Shrink
• GE Stocks Fall after CEO Cites Weakness in Europe
• Profits increase at GE for 2013 First Quarter
• Lufkin Purchased by GE for $3.3 Billion
• Nevada Wind Farm Under Investigation for Death of Eagle

Pharmaceuticals

Earnings Down Beat for Merck

Merck, the giant pharmaceutical maker missed its earnings target during the first three months of 2013. At first... 

• Healthcare Sector Leads Wall Street Increase
• Justice Department Settles Online Pharmacy Probe with UPS
• Amgen Stops Trial for Drug after Teen Dies
• Vytorin Maker Settles Lawsuits
• Pharmaceuticals Give Large Sums of Money to Physicians
• Profit at Merck Falls in Fourth Quarter

Target Adjustments

StanCorp Financial (SFG) Target Cut at McAdams Wright Ragen

StanCorp Financial Group (SFG) received a “buy” reiteration today from securities research analysts at investment firm McAdams Wright Ragen.  The firm also cut their performance... 

• Spectra Energy Partners (SEP) Target Cut at Wunderlich
• Apple Inc. (AAPL) Target Increased at ISI Group
• Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (TSPT) Target Cut at MLV Capital
• Renesola Ltd. (SOL) Target Lowered at Collins Stewart
• Gen-Probe (GPRO) Target Cut at Canaccord Genuity
• MIPS Technologies (MIPS) Target Cut at Benchmark Company

Goods & Commodities

Wal-Mart First Quarter Numbers Disappoint Investors

Wal-Mart shares dropped 1.7 percent Thursday after the retailer reported its profits and revenues were below the expectations for the first quarter. Its same-store sales declined 1.4 percent,... 

• JC Penney Absorbs another Huge Quarterly Loss
• Walmart Slumps as Consumers Spend Less
• Michigan Reaps the Benefits of Healthy GM
• Tesla Stock Soars
• US Postal Service Losses $1.9 Billion in 2nd Quarter
• Disney Quarterly Results Top Analyst Expectations

Aerospace & Defense

Earnings for Southwest Exceed Wall Street Expectations

Southwest Airlines earned more during the first quarter than what analysts from Wall Street had estimated, but officials... 

• Boeing Dreamliners Grounded By Airlines
• American Airlines Offered Merger Deal
• Corruption Probe Underway involving Rolls-Royce
• Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner Awarded “Aircraft of Legend” Prestige
• Raytheon (RTN) Acquires Henggeler Computer Consultants, Inc.
• Boeing (BA) Stock Refills Pair of Price Gaps