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For investors who don’t want to invest in medical robot stocks, small cap industrial or consumer robot stocks like iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT) and Adept Technology Inc (NASDAQ: ADEP) are worth considering. After all and if there is actually a trend towards onshoring or bringing manufacturing back to the States from places like China, robots […]

New York, April 23, 2013 — Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) assigned a senior unsecured rating of Aa1 to Apple Inc. The rating outlook is stable. RATINGS RATIONALE The Aa1 rating reflects Apple’s position as one the world’s leading providers of mobile communications devices, tablets, personal computers, portable media players and digital content. Although the […]

As ESPN’s Todd McShay and Mel Kiper released their latest mock drafts for Thursday night’s first round, there were few surprises at the top. For the Oakland Raiders, the projection remains the same: Florida defensive lineman Sharrif Floyd. Kiper explains the pick like this: “They need production and versatility up front, and Floyd will provide […]

By Andrew R. Johnson –CIT earned $162.6 million, or 81 cents per share, in the first quarter –Other income fell to $70.1 million […]

Asian stocks fell, led by mining companies after commodity prices slumped on concern a weaker outlook for global economic growth will crimp demand for raw materials. BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), the world’s biggest mining company, sank 3.3 percent in Sydney. LG Display Co., which supplies touch screens for Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad, dropped 3.4 […]

In my latest piece I argued that not only lack of quality innovation but also failure to deliver certain advertised, promised or understood services for which shoppers bought the products in the first place may be some key sources of company reputation loss. Two recent events can be used to explain why investors turned their […]

The Morning Ledger from CFO Journal cues up the most important news in corporate finance every weekday morning. Send us tips, suggestions and complaints: david.hall@wsj.com and matthew.quinn@wsj.com. Get The Morning Ledger emailed to you each weekday morning by clicking here. Follow us on Twitter @CFOJournal. Former KPMG partner Scott London is now facing federal insider-trading charges. […]

SAN ANTONIO, April 11, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — HVHC, Inc., the largest wholly owned and operated U.S.-based optical company and a leader in “reshoring” – regenerating manufacturing jobs in the U.S. – will open a new state-of-the-art facility in San Antonio. It will be the company’s second in the area and fifth in the U.S. The […]

WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is a statement from Judd Gregg and Ed Rendell, co-chairs of the Campaign to Fix the Debt: “The Campaign to Fix the Debt is very encouraged that President Obama’s budget proposals released today would begin to put the debt on a downward path as a share […]

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