<ul><li>Jan. 31–When Palm launched the Pre smartphone last June, I considered it a close second to the iPhone in the race for best smartphone on the market. </li><li>Last week — at long last — Verizon began selling Palm phone…
<ul><li>Jan. 31–As lawmakers wrestled with health care reform during the last year, many investors passed on medical technology stocks. </li><li>Med-tech stocks are poised to outperform the overall market this year, according t…
<ul><li>The 5.7 percent pace was the fastest growth rate in six years. </li><li>National economic analysts had expected the gross domestic product (GDP) to increase at a 4.6 percent pace. </li><li>However, the U.S. C…
<ul><li>Jan. 29–An unexpected fourth-quarter profit sent shares of Columbia Banking System higher Thursday. </li><li>Wall Street analysts had on average expected a loss of 10 cents per common share, according to First Call. <…
<ul><li>Analysts with IDC Government Insights have released their assessment of the technologies, solutions and services that will be impacted by President Obama’s 2010 State of the Union address and the information technology implica…
by Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research
Friday, January 29, 2010
Whether Wall Street analysts and individual investors know it or not, emerging market consumers have a growing appetite for quality goods, a fact that big name brands took notice of q…
<ul><li>Emerald Asset Management will hold it’s Seventeenth Annual Emerald Groundhog Day Investment Forum on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia. </li><li>"The core theme of th…
Although evidence is mixed and tentative, some analysts see evidence that hard-hit housing markets in California, Arizona and elsewhere are showing signs of healing.
California – Arizona – United States – Business and Economy – Housing
<ul><li>New orders for long-lasting US manufactured goods edged higher in December and the number of workers filing applications for jobless aid fell last week, indicating the economy remains on a recovery path.</li><li>The comm…
<ul><li>SAN FRANCISCO – Amazon.com Inc.’s fourth-quarter earnings skyrocketed 71 percent, as shoppers spent more than ever during a holiday season that improved over the previous year for retailers on and off the Web.</li><li>De…