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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: April 5 The Companies With The Most Bad News

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 10:00 am

Note: The Flame Index scans thousands of news sites 24 hours per day and ranks companies getting the most negative press right now. The Flame Index Media Analysis Algorithm crunches ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADS, ARAY, CNP, RE, F, FCX, GME, GD, OPTR, POT, RIMM, VZ, AAPL)

Posted: April 4, 2011 at 8:29 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS) Cut to Market Perform ...
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Boeing Wins Tanker Bid a Second Time (BA, EADSY, LMT, NOC, GD, UTX)

Posted: February 25, 2011 at 10:34 am

After a second do-over, Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has once more bested Airbus maker EADS (OTC: EADSY) in the bidding war for a new US Air Force tanker. But the ...
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Over $40 Billion in Share Buyback Announcements in February (KSS, DOX, DDS, TJX, WLP, WAT, LEA, PLXS, ARG, CVC, KLAC, VAR, COP, MMM, CHKP, ISRG, ALL, CMI, GME, GD, ROST, MHS, ERTS, PFE, TUP)

Posted: February 24, 2011 at 10:51 am

Many shareholders argue that share repurchase and stock buyback plans are generally a waste of shareholder capital aimed solely as a short-term share price targeting mechanism.  Many would prefer to ...
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Pentagon Wises Up To Risks of Defense Mergers (LMT, BA, NOC, GD, RTN, UTX)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 12:50 pm

In a major reversal from a policy promoted in the early 1990s, the US Defense Department is now warning defense contractors to beware of mergers and acquisitions in the defense ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AFL, ALKS, AMLN, GD, GNW, HGSI, IPI, MGM, SNDK, SHAW, VRTX)

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 8:20 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Alkermes, ...
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2011 Stock Buybacks on Fire, Over $34 Billion (PFE, UNP, GME, ERTS, GD, TUP, MHS, VZ, UNM, MO, AZN, SYMC, YUM, DGX, COH, TIF, INTC)

Posted: February 4, 2011 at 12:17 pm

The method of using capital from the corporate treasury to return capital to shareholders via share repurchase programs has long been under question.  Most buybacks never are fully utilized, and ...
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U.S. Defense Cuts Present A Huge Opportunity For The Chinese

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 12:54 pm

Defense Secretary Robert Gates won kudos earlier this month when he announced plans to slash $78 billion over 5 years from the Pentagon's budget and cut the size of the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AFL, APOL, T, BAC, CAKE, EMC, ETFC, GD, GM, HGSI, ITT, JNPR, PCS, MU, MSFT, NDAQ, S, WLP)

Posted: January 13, 2011 at 8:31 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Outperform at FBR. Apollo ...
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Here’s Where Some of That Mountain of Corporate Cash is Going

Posted: November 15, 2010 at 3:01 pm

There have been plenty of stories in the past few weeks about the $2 trillion in cash that US corporations are sitting on. The money is not being invested in ...
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A Very Contrarian Defense Case (RTN, LMT, GD, NOC)

Posted: August 12, 2010 at 10:58 am

The defense sector has been under pressure as the future military spending is moving away from the giant expense items.  This week's news was that $100 billion is the target ...
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Over $8 Billion in New Stock Buyback Plans (RL, APEI, DTV, EMN, SWKS, WBMD, ATML, GD, OC, PCL, AUTC, DISCA, FMCN, CVLT, WRB, WMS, VRSN)

Posted: August 6, 2010 at 11:36 am

2010 has been called the year of dividend by us, but it seems that share buybacks in earnings season are still alive and well.  Of the buybacks we have tracked ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, AMZN, BP, CEO, COMV, DELL, DTV, EXC, GD, HPQ, SUN, TIF, STEC)

Posted: June 17, 2010 at 8:32 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Buy at Janney (late ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AEO, BNI, ENR, GET, GES, GD, STEC, VIA, YUM)

Posted: November 4, 2009 at 8:09 am

These are this Wednesday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Top Picks at FBR Capital; but ...
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Trading Guns For Jobs

Posted: September 8, 2009 at 5:03 am

The annual Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations report from the Congressional Research Service shows that the US is still by far the world’s leading arms merchant. A summary of ...
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