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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GD, VALE, GMCR, GLW, CHK, ARG, ACAT, T, BMY, CAT, CY, LMT, MKC, MWW, POT, RTN, VIST, RNWK, MNTA, NFLX, EFSC)

All three major US indexes opened higher this morning, but enthusiasm tapered off quickly and steadily, if not sharply. A drop in the number of new home sales and a ...
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Gabelli’s Major Quarterly Changes to Focus Five Stock Pick List (ARG, CF, LNCE, TE, YHOO, ASCMA, CCE, CVS, NAV)

August 1 might not sound like the start of a quarter to most, but this is that date of a key report from a unique brokerage and advisory firm.  Today ...
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Top Earnings Previews For Thursday (ARG, CTL, CVS, DMD, DTV, EP, KFT, PMI, PCLN, V)

Earnings season may have peaked but we still have some key sector moving stocks due to report earnings on Thursday morning.  We have offered previews and some basic color on ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADBE, ARG, AGN, AEO, AN, COG, FITB, F, GM, HUM, JBL, JNS, LEA, LINE, MRX, RSH, AMTD)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Hold at S&P ...
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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)

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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Top Earnings Previews For The Rest Of The Week (AMD, F, FFIV, UNH, UNP, GOOG, APD, ARG, BAC, GE, SLB)

Earnings season is well under way now and we wanted to offer previews for the biggest impact stocks which have earnings on Thursday and Friday.  The remaining most important earnings ...
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Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (AAPL, IBM, GS, WFC, UNH, UNP, GOOG, APD, ARG, BAC, GE, SLB)

Earnings season is upon us and this week will mark the beginning of the flood of earnings reports.  The most important earnings we are tracking will be from Apple Inc. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, ARG, AA, AAPL, BA, BSX, BRCM, COH, DRYS, MELI, TIF, URBN, INTC, CY, ATML, AMZN, APC, GOOG, VVTV)

These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies. Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Airgas Becomes the King of ‘No!’(ARG, APD)

Two weeks ago, Air Products (NYSE: APD) made what it said was its "best and final offer" for Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG), a $70.00 per share hostile takeover deal that ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARG, AGNC, BRCM, CIM, CME, FSLR, HBAN, ICE, MNKD, MCD, MFA, MGI, NFLX, NTAP, ORCL, SNCR, VRTX)

These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray. American Capital ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARG, IRE, BRCM, CPN, CELG, CIT, DRYS, GILD, INTC, LULU, MRVL, NVDA, PG, QCOM, RIMM, TXN)

These are some of this Friday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) Raised to Outperform at Baird. Bank of Ireland ...
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Air Products to Airgas: $70! Take It Or Leave It! (APD, ARG)

If you have followed mergers and acquisitions for the last year or more, you are probably growing rather sick of the proposed merger where Air Products (NYSE: APD) wants to ...
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Airgas Meets Expectations and Rebuffs Takeover Offer Again (ARG, APD, AXE)

Industrial equipment supplier Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:ARG) reported second fiscal quarter 2011 results today that were pretty much in line with expectations. EPS, excluding items, came in at $0.83 on sales ...
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Airgas Plays M&A Poker (ARG, APD)

Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) has announced that its board of directors has voted unanimously against recommending the unsolicited buyout offer from Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD).  The deal ...
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Airgas Wants More From Air Products (ARG, APD)

After the Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) unsolicited offer from Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD) was made, we noticed how there was a premium to the deal's public price.  ...
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