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Ford (NYSE: F) has big plans for 2014. Ford executive vice president of global manufacturing, John Fleming, said, “This is the fastest and most aggressive manufacturing expansion the company has undergone in 50 years.” Fleming then added, “The last time Ford was growing like this, Dwight D....

Major indices continued its decline from yesterday as the Dow suffered a triple digit point loss for the second consecutive day. Positive retail sales data added to an otherwise already convincing case that the economy is strong enough for the Federal Reserve to begin tapering. The Fed's policy...

Is he in or out? Reuters reported that the board of directors at Ford Motor (NYSE: F) plans to press its current CEO Alan Mulally for a decision on his future. The 68-year-old executive is considered to be the front runner to replace Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Microsoft is...

E-House (China) Holdings (NYSE: EJ), ICICI Bank (NYSE: IBN) and Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM) are each trading more than 20 percent higher than 90 days ago. They all pay dividends, and analysts see some further room for them to grow into the new year. In addition, other Asian stocks traded on U.S....

Among the stocks that analysts at Jefferies expect to flourish in a rising interest rate environment are retailers Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), as well as tech companies Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). The view on Wall Street is that it's not a matter of...

Many auto companies have released their U.S. sales figures for November. Investors closely follow these monthly data releases as an indication of the strength of the macro-economic environment, the entire auto sector and individual companies. Barclays boosted its fourth quarter GDP tracking...

This week Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) announced that it would bring its 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative to Detroit, Michigan. The program has already helped small businesses in 16 other cities across the country, offering loans and special courses to businesses that are poised for growth. "This...

It’s called TV Conversation Targeting and it’s Twitter's (NYSE: TWTR) latest and greatest new way to let advertisers target people who have tweeted about a certain show according to a company blog post Thursday. Only in this case, the targeting can occur even if the advertiser in question hasn’...

Asian markets set the tone for Monday's trading session with Hong Kong and Shanghai indices receiving a boost from China's reforms which will open up the country's financial sector and ease restrictions on investments. Europe followed suit with major indices inching higher. It was only...

Despite a market that continues to melt up, some stocks are struggling to move above their 50-day moving average. They might be priced at a bargain or they may be names to avoid. The weekend is about here and if you’re looking for some names to research, we put together a list of stocks with a...

Is a full-size, battery-powered pickup truck even possible? Apparently Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk thinks so. Musk said Tuesday that he would like to have a vehicle to compete with Ford (NYSE: F)’s F150 in about five years. According to CNN Money, after appearing at Business Insider’s...

Activist investor, Carl Icahn, isn’t the only one giving unsolicited advice to a large corporation. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder, Paul Allen, said he thinks the company should consider spinning off its consumer businesses including search advertising and the Xbox games console division...

Ford (NYSE: F), which saw record sales of its F-150 trucks in August and September, is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2013 results Thursday, October 24, before the markets open. Investors will be looking to see how much of a drag on revenue and income Europe continues to be now that the...

Lots of quarterly reports are on deck this week, to go along with all the delayed economic data expected to be released. Analysts and investors should have plenty to mull over. Earnings highlights will include reports from AT&T, McDonald's, Microsoft and Netflix, which are all expected to post...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) are embroiled in dozens of patent lawsuits worldwide. If the two firms had shown each other a little more respect, they might have been able to avoid some (if not all) of these suits -- and save billions in legal fees. After all, it's not as if Apple...