US News

Ford Motor Co.(NYSE:F)- Ford Motor Company engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and service of vehicles and related parts worldwide. The company operates through two sectors, Automotive and Financial Services.

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) – Conocophilps explores, produces, transports and markets crude oil natural gas natural gas liquids liquidities natural gas and bitumen on a worldwide basis. Company has activities in 30 countries.

No one in their right mind ever said that business is easy.  Even the biggest and best of companies suffer the slings and arrows of misfortune.  BAE Systems (LSE:BA.) is an example. Despite less than spectacular results for 2012, investors showed confidence in BAE today, boosting the company’s share price by 5.1% to 349.1.  Shareholder […]

One of the biggest stories doing the round on Wall Street these days is that Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), the Texas-based tech giant is going private. In this article I will be focussing about the Dell Buyout, starting with the Dell story over the years, then moving towards why is Dell going private, who are the […]

Household care products company Reckitt Benckiser (LSE:RB.) pleased investors today with its 2012 results and its plans for 2013 and beyond.  Its share price on the London exchange had risen by 91.0 pence (2.09%) to 4454.0 by 1:30 this afternoon. The company reported 2012 results in line with expectations with a 5% growth in operating […]

President uses State of the Union address to economic growth Barack Obama has called for action to “reignite” the US economy. During his annual State of the Union address to both houses of congress, the President argued that the country had “cleared away the rubble of crisis, and we can say with renewed confidence that […]

This is the annual letter sent out by my friend Richard Poulden. This year – as every year – we wil hold a 10 minute debate at the UKInvestor Show – I am not sure of the subject matter yet but it is always sparky. I am not sure that I agree 100% on China […]

One of the main talking points on Wall Street these days is retail giant Amazon’s high valuations. Keeping in mind the saying “Invest into ideas and not stocks”, this article explains the rationale behind investing into Amazon’s future ideas and focuses on its growth over the years, declining profitability in the recent past, challenges and […]

US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE:LCC): The stock is moving on the news of its impending merger with American Airlines. The announcement is expected to be made within this week.

The US Department of Commerce has reported that the country’s trade deficit improved in December to $38.5 billion.  That is down from $48.6 billion in November 2012 and from $51.7 billion in December 2011. The report revealed a somewhat unexpected 2.1% increase in US exports and a 2.7% decrease in imports during the month, which […]