• Texas Confronted With Spiking Power-Price
By Ron Haruni ·· May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Wholesale power prices in Texas have spiked unexpectedly to new heights - according to a WSJ report. Until last month, high prices were an occasional event in... >>>
• First Q’08 Preliminary GDP Reading
By Ron Haruni ·· May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Commerce Dept. released today its preliminary estimates for Q1 GDP. Real gross domestic product, which is the broadest measure of the nation’s economic... >>>
• April Durable Goods Orders: Better Than Expected
By Ron Haruni ·· May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The U.S. Census Bureau reported today new orders for manufactured durable goods - items intended to last three years or more, decreased $1.0 billion or 0.5 percent... >>>
• A Yahoo Deal Could Be Imminent
By Ron Haruni ·· May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
According to BW’s Gene Marcial, negotiations from Yahoo (YHOO) with Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOG) are taking place behind the scenes and a deal of some... >>>
• New Residential Sales For April ‘08
By Ron Haruni ·· May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Based on estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, new home sales rose 3.3% in April from... >>>
• Home Prices Continue to Decline
By Ron Haruni ·· May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
According to a report released today from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight - U.S. home prices fell a seasonally adjusted 1.7% in the first quarter... >>>
• Clearwire Will Not Be Using Google’s Dark Fiber
By Ron Haruni ·· May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Based on reports from Unstrung, Clearwire (CLWR) which is working with Sprint Nextel (S) to build a high-speed Internet network, challenging services provided by... >>>
• April housing surprise
By Ron Haruni ·· May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
According to The Commerce Department - Housing starts and new building permits report came in stronger and surprisingly higher for the month April. The report... >>>
• Retail Numbers Show Growth, Undermine Recession Claims
By Ron Haruni ·· May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The retail sales report released Tuesday by the Commerce Department showed a modest weakening for the month of April with a 0.2% decline, matching expectations.... >>>
• Petrobras: Poised for Growth
By Ron Haruni ·· May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments
Petrobas (NYSE: PBR) - Brazil’s largest energy company was founded in 1953 and is now one of the world’s largest oil company with 109 production platforms,... >>>
