With corporate earnings season in full swing — watch for McDonalds, along with Catepillar, Amazon and other — and with the Fed meeting on interest rates, the GDP estimate and housing numbers coming out — the week ahead is ex…
Some stocks may seem like bargains when they’re really duds. Here’s how you can find stable, defensive stocks that might provide market-beating returns. You can start with these nine high-quality stocks that should do well for …
Hewlett-Packard has won a contract worth up to $2.5 billion to supply computer equipment — including hardware and software — and information-technology services to NASA. HP’s gain is Lockheed Martin’s loss: Lockheed had been …
Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (LMT) new F-35 fighter jet could be delayed by as long as three years, with development costs soaring by as much as $5 billion, Reuters reported.
The Pentagon has estimated the cost of the F-35 program could top $380 billion,…
When IBM raised its buyback authorization by $10 billion on Oct. 26, it was the 259th company to announce repurchase plans in October alone. Citi Investment Research says a long-term trend of rising buybacks has only just begun…