Most investors recognize South Korean tech giant SAMSUNG ELECT LTD(F) (OTCMKTS:SSNLF) for its smartphones, tablets, televisions, and other home electronics...
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September 13 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
The Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) we know today will be a drastically different company once its sale to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) goes...
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September 5 - News - Comments
Germany had an up and down week for investors, with the DAX PERFORMANCE-INDEX (INDEXDB:DAX) pulling in only a 0.5% gain. The big news wasn’t so...
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August 19 - News - Comments
In 2012, the United States added 13.1 gigawatts of new wind capacity, beating natural gas. These new additions were partially driven by uncertainty over...
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August 12 - News - Comments
There’s a competition going on among the branches of the U.S. military, and I’m not talking about Army-Navy football. No, the services are...
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August 12 - News - Comments
In widespread markets, from North America to the Middle East, various forms of rail systems are coming into a major growth phase — in some cases...
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August 7 - News - Comments
Warren Buffett, who turns 83 years old in August and has been at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) for nearly five decades, isn’t...
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August 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Following the second profit warning this year, Siemens AG (ADR) (NYSE:SI) has ousted its CEO Peter Loscher and replaced him with the company’s CFO,...
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August 5 - News - Comments
Whether you know it or not, the world is facing a severe global water crisis. Expanding demand for water has placed the natural resource under severe...
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August 5 - News - Comments
The story of a company that’s trying to turn around usually takes on a familiar tone. Tell me if this sounds familiar, “(we are taking) actions...
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July 25 - News - Comments
Manitex International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MNTX), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) and Siemens AG (ADR) (NYSE:SI) are facing difficult business conditions...
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July 23 - News - Comments
In two previous articles, I’ve examined how financial institutions and big data companies like Apple and Google are working with solar power. This,...
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July 17 - News - Comments
Coal, one of this country’s most abundant fuels, is increasingly being targeted as a dirty fuel. That doesn’t have to be the case because...
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July 16 - News - Comments
A lot has been said and written about Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) in the past few months — most of which has been negative — and it...
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July 16 - News - Comments
Bombardier, Inc. (TSE:BBD.B) hope of securing a $1.6 billion British rail contract got brighter on July 5, after German competitor for the contract, Siemens...
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July 15 - News - Comments
It was a rough end of June for Canadian manufacturer Bombardier, Inc. (TSE:BBD.B). With high hopes resting on its new C Series airliner, the plane received...
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July 12 - News - Comments
The embattled Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:STP) is a giant solar products manufacturing company. Until 2011, the company was the largest...
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July 11 - News - Comments
Bombardier, Inc. (TSE:BBD.B)’s hope of securing a $1.6 billion British rail contract got brighter on July 5, after German competitor for the contract...
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July 10 - News - Comments
For the last couple of years, investors of Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) have been on a roller coaster ride. Apple and Samsung have obliterated its...
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July 9 - News - Comments
Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) has decided to do something drastic about its brutally stalled business model. This quick whirlwind of dramatic action...
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July 8 - News - Comments
Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) just made a rather curious move. The Finnish smartphone maker recently announced that it would be acquiring Siemens...
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July 5 - News - Comments
When the rumors started swirling a couple of weeks ago that Siemens AG (ADR) (NYSE:SI) was shopping around its 50% ownership stake in Nokia Siemens Networks...
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July 3 - News - Comments
Wind energy may not sound very high-tech, but onshore wind turbines are expected to provide the majority of clean energy’s growth over the next...
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July 2 - News - Comments
General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Siemens AG (ADR) (NYSE:SI), and ABB Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:ABB) are a trio of industrial giants helping to lead a new round...
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July 2 - News - Comments
The joint venture between Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) and Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) may end soon with the acquisition of Siemens’ stake in Nokia Siemens...
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July 1 - News - Comments
Stock price movements reflect investors’ opinions about a company’s worth; upward moves attracts investor interest because they indicates...
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July 1 - News - Comments
Forget what you know about 3M Co (NYSE:MMM) : that it’s been around for more than a century, posts sales in the tens of billions of dollars, and...
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June 27 - News - Comments
Earnings Per Share (EPS) growth is one measure of a company’s profitability. Since it is often the most commonly discussed performance metric, it...
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June 25 - News - Comments
These days, it is difficult to make an investment case for any widely-followed company — especially one included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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June 25 - News - Comments
Europe can’t catch a break these days. Even when the spotlight turns away from the region’s ongoing recession, European stocks have felt the...
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June 21 - News - Comments
Rumors are a part of life for investors — nothing new there. For a company like Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), which is in the midst of a...
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June 20 - News - Comments
Investors can have the blinders on to some extent when it comes to health care. Biotech and pharmaceutical stocks get the most buzz, but plenty of other...
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June 19 - News - Comments
It’s another down week across the Atlantic for investors, and Germany’s DAX PERFORMANCE-INDEX (INDEXDB:DAX) followed the herd by losing 0....
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June 7 - News - Comments
The comedy “Blast from the Past” features Adam (Brendan Fraser) facing a modern LA after 35 years in his parents’ fallout shelter. In...
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June 6 - News - Comments
General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is slowly making good on its promise to shrink its finance arm, while at the same time returning value to shareholders...
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May 28 - News - Comments
When people think of revolutions in transportation, they probably don’t think of the railroads. But, that might be changing sooner rather than later...
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May 24 - News - Comments
It is easy to forget the innovative role that the military has played in modern life. America’s DARPA sponsored APRANET was one of the precursors...
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May 15 - News - Comments
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) has managed to beat earnings in each of the last three quarters. The story was more of the same when the appliance maker...
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May 13 - News - Comments
It takes a while to turn around a company, but when it happens the returns can be huge. Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) has stopped the bleeding...
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April 30 - News - Comments
Tomorrow, Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting...
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April 23 - News - Comments
The lighting industry has been changing in the United States. Due to government mandates, certain light bulbs can no longer be sold. These filament bulbs...
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April 19 - News - Comments
Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREE) is the leader in light emitting diodes (LEDs), semiconductor solutions and LED lighting. The LED industry trend thus far has...
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April 3 - News - Comments
China has a carbon tax! The U.S. is talking about reducing environmental restrictions on coal, and China has done a 180 on the environment and passed...
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March 24 - News - Comments
In late February, storied German conglomerate Siemens Aktiengesellschaft’s long-standing plan to spin off its lighting division hit a major roadblock...
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March 22 - News - Comments
Recently, the President and CEO of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. (NYSE:DRC) Vincent Volpe Jr. has bought 17,680 shares of the company at an average price of...
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March 15 - News - Comments
Game changer, disruptive, innovative, ahead of the curve — all words and phrases you want to hear about a company in your portfolio. Not terms you...
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March 14 - News - Comments
General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), founded by Thomas Edison, is the oldest company in the Dow. In the century since its first public listing, GE has...
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March 13 - News - Comments
Even setting aside the boost of the recent U.S. initiatives at funding and tax relief on renewable power sources, eco-friendly investors can still expect...
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March 6 - News - Comments
What has billionaire and co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates been buying lately? He, along with is his wife Melinda Gates, run a foundation called The...
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March 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The shale gas boom has led to an emerging theme in the industrial goods space. Where some players have been hit by declining gas prices such as railroads...
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February 26 - News - Comments
