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You Can Build Profits: Home Depot Helps
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 11:34am | 711You can build better and bigger profits in your portfolio, and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) may be able to help. The Atlanta-based home improvement company reported second quarter earnings of 86 cents per share on $20.23 billion in revenues. Wall Street had been expecting earnings of 83 cents per share...
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Why Ken Langone Hates President Obama
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 2:27pm | 177Early this morning, respected Wall Street veteran and co-founder of Home Depot (NYSE: HD) Ken Langone was on CNBC talking about the debt ceiling, the possibility of a U.S. default and all things political. Langone has been very vocal in his disdain for the Obama administration, and this morning...
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Ken Langone Says That Home Depot Would Have Struggled In Today's Economy
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 8:47am | 153Ken Langone, venture capitalist, investment banker and financial backer of Home Depot (NYSE: HD), appeared on CNBC Thursday morning and said that Home Depot would never have been in the black had it had to abide by the way the economy works today. He stated that there are laws that make it very...
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Former NYSE Director Ken Langone "Shocked" By How Many People Run The Floor
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 3:04pm | 80Ken Langone, former director of the NYSE (NYSE: NYX), told CNBC that he believed the only reason for NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse to merge is because the exchanges are losing market share and they are looking to cut costs. Langone also said he was “shocked at how many people run the floor.”...
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Ken Langone Weighs In On Eurozone Fears, U.S. Economy
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 10:24am | 372Ken Langone, a noted investor and former director of the New York Stock Exchange, appeared on Fox Business News yesterday. He talked about the problems occurring in the Eurozone and the state of the U.S. economy. Speaking of the United States, Langone said "we're being given a preview of what can...