On Friday, October 25th, Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) shares soared 10%and were among the top 10 gainers in the S&P 500. On late Thursday, the company reported impressive results for the third quarter which led to the increase in share prices. For the quarter ended September 30th 2012, the company reported a substantial increase in production of 66.5 Bcfe, [...]

AstraZeneca (AZN) is a U.K. based, global “full service” pharmaceutical corporation extensively engaged in research & development and marketing of a variety of medications. The current share price is hovering around $46. AstraZeneca markets a broad array of drugs, from neuroscience to infectious diseases. As of today, the company has 79 compounds in differing levels of [...]

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is among the world’s leading health care companies, with large positions in medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and over the counter medications. It, like most large pharmaceutical companies, had entered a period of limited growth as an entire generation of blockbuster drugs has been losing patent protection, and new medications are a long ways from replacing [...]

Being the CEO of a struggling company is not an enviable job and sadly, this is the position which Nokia’s (NOK) CEO, Stephen Elop, finds himself in presently. When Elop’s predecessor could not stop the decline that was hitting the company hard, Elop took over in 2010 and made certain moves that were geared towards improving the [...]