Walgreen Co. (WAG) – Expansion Leading to Domination

February 17, 2010

Walgreen’s is now the largest drug store in the U.S.  After buying 257 stores in the New York metropolitan area from Duane Reade, for $1.8 billion dollars, the drug store is a leading operator in the New York area. Buying the Duane Reade property has led to Walgreen’s purchase as being the highest sales per [...]

Read the full article →

Southern Company (SO) – Nuclear Power Initiated

February 12, 2010

Southern Company is one of the top electricity producers in the United States. President Obama gave Southern Company a loan to initiate the building of two new nuclear reactors in Burke, Georgia. When this takes place it will be the first nuclear plant built in 30 years. Having a more nuclear power in the U.S. [...]

Read the full article →

Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) – Slow Stablization in Deliveries

February 12, 2010

Union Pacific Corporation is a cross country freight train company dedicated to moving cargo throughout the U.S. The Union Pacific Corp. is one of the highest stocks on the market noted on Friday. The train corp. had a decrease in profits by 22% in comparison to last year. However this wasn’t as low as wall [...]

Read the full article →

Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) – Minimizing the Power

February 12, 2010

Duke Energy Corporation, one of the largest power generators in the U.S. with 4 million customers, made $346 million or 26 cents per share in the fourth quarter.  But the company recently rose to Wall Street expectations, beating the profit that wall street had originally thought Duke would produce. However, Duke’s stocks decreased by 8 [...]

Read the full article →

JetBlue Airways Corporation (JBLU) – Snow Drifts Company towards Cancelation

February 12, 2010

JetBlue Airways Corporation is an airlines company that sends flights throughout the U.S. This week it had pre-canceled many flights due to sever snow storms in multiple regions. This may prove overreacting, but letting passengers know before the day of their flight allows passengers to make plans accordingly around the situation. JetBlue canceled all flights [...]

Read the full article →

RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD (RIM.TO) – Smart Phone Geniuses

February 12, 2010

Research in Motion Limited, was the company who first came out with the blackberry smart phone is now one of the top smart phone producers in the world. However, Microsoft’s new version for the cell phone, Windows 7 for mobile devices, will be coming out soon; which may or may not provide decent competition. This [...]

Read the full article →

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (HTZ) – Electric Powered Cars Meet Consumer Demand

February 12, 2010

Hertz is the largest car rental company in the world. As of Friday, Hertz will be working with Nissan to start renting out zero emission mobility cars, which will include the new Nissan Leaf. These cars will be available in Europe and the United States. This will be one of the first cost effective zero [...]

Read the full article →

The AES Corporation (AES) – Energy that Offers Stability

February 12, 2010

The AES Corporation is an electric company dedicated to bringing electricity throughout the world, including: North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and CIS. AES, a global energy company, consists of $8 billion with shares selling at $12 a piece. Energy companies are a stable investment during economically hard times, with this modest price of [...]

Read the full article →

Citigroup, Inc. (C) – Receiving New Head of Global Commodities

February 10, 2010

Citigroup, a major international bank, named Stuart Staley as new head of global commodities, replacing Citi veteran John Casaudoumecq, who is retiring. Staley will move to London from Houston in April. Citibank’s global commodities business trades natural gas, electricity, oil, metals, agricultural products, freight, emissions, liquefied natural gas and coal.
Citigroup is the third largest bank [...]

Read the full article →

Amkor Technology, Inc. (AMKR) – Revenue in the Sales Increased

February 10, 2010

Amkor Technology Incorporated specializes in producing semiconductors and test services. Amkor posted its fourth quarter documents today, which reflected their decreased expenses in operation. Amkor earned $88 million, or 33 cents per share in the fourth quarter compared to the loss of $623 million, or $3.40 per share, last year. Revenue went up 22 percent [...]

Read the full article →