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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (SIRI, IBM, AZN, URBN, ZOLT, YUM, MT, BP, KO, EMR, LPX, MNI, CSTR, SPF, NSU, BPAX)

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 4:06 pm

US equity markets opened lower this morning, but after the first hour or so of trading, the three major indexes moved to positive territory where they remained for the rest ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AON, AZN, CSCO, DLR, DRIV, HSIC, IBM, PBY, CRM, SNH, SSW, SIRI, SOHU, SXL, THO, URBN, ZOLT)

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 8:12 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning. AON Corporation (NYSE: AON) Cut to Neutral at ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/2/2012) AstraZeneca Layoffs, Sony Losses

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 6:47 am

Today is Facebook Day. It will be remembered that way as long as there are IPOs. The Facebook public offering has every aspect of what makes IPOs the focus of so ...
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Short Sellers Help Push Dendreon Higher

Posted: January 6, 2012 at 6:39 am

Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN) soared almost 40% in value, or $3.02 a share, in active trading on Thursday after announcing that fourth-quarter revenue from its Provenge prostate-cancer vaccine would exceed earlier ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AZN, BLK, BRCM, CEG, ED, EBAY, ERIC, EXC, GOOG, NFLX, NOK, PSUN, SOL, SAP, SNY, TRN, UPS, VVUS, VMW)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 8:21 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning.  AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE: AZN) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. ...
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A Slew of Layoffs

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 6:24 am

Layoffs were part of the business news yesterday. Enough people lost jobs in a series of three “downsizings” to reminds those who believe unemployment continues to fall that the economy ...
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Probing for Value in Big Pharmaceutical Stocks (JNJ, PFE, AZN, BMY, MRK)

Posted: November 21, 2011 at 1:47 pm

It now costs about $1 billion to get a new drug to market, or, if a company is unlucky, $1 billion to fail to get the drug to market. Like ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AIXG, AZN, HON, HUM, PAA, ALU, FTEK, IRDM, XIDE, WMS, JRCC, PKT, RJET, OPXA, DYN, TRGT, MSSR, SZYM)

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 4:07 pm

Equities started the day with a solid move up, but lost momentum after about half an hour. The downward move lasted into the late morning, at which time stocks started ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIXG, ALU, AZN, CXW, EMR, GSK, HON, HUM, KEX, MCHP, OVTI, PAA, RAX, STJ, TEVA, TRMB, VRTX, WFM)

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 8:10 am

These are some of Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Aixtron SE (NASDAQ: AIXG) Raised to Equalweight at Morgan Stanley. Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ...
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Expected Upside Gains for Leading Pharmaceutical Companies (JNJ, PFE, AZN, BMY, MRK)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 2:10 pm

Sales for the big pharmaceutical companies are expected to be hit by pricing pressure in Europe, a lack of urgent new on the coming flu season, lower rates of prescription ...
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Lipitor OTC: What Next? (PFE, MRK, AZN, SNY, BMY, LLY, JNJ, AMGN)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 9:26 am

Once patent protection expires on a prescription drug, the drug's maker can take a serious beating in revenue and profitability. One way to make up for the loss is to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, AXP, AZN, CCI, DF, HBAN, ERIC, MHS, NFLX, SNDK, SZYM, TLAB, UNH)

Posted: July 22, 2011 at 8:16 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Market Perform ...
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Screening the Highest Dividends in Defensive Stocks (MO, RAI, LO, KMB, LLY, HNZ, CAG, TAP, DPS, AWK)

Posted: June 9, 2011 at 3:39 pm

We may have just witnessed an oversold bounce in the stock market, or we may be in for more days of recovery.  The markets are flirting with six weeks of ...
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Dividend Watch: Lilly Highlights Drug Sector Dividends Ahead of Earnings Season (LLY, PFE, MRK, AZN, GSK)

Posted: April 18, 2011 at 11:01 am

The drug sector has become rather boring and investors already know all about the ongoing patent expiration threats that loom in the industry.  The good news is that the drug ...
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Dividend Watch: Big Dividends in ADRs (AZN, GSK, NOK, TMX)

Posted: April 14, 2011 at 11:38 am

American Depository Receipts, or ADRs, are generally called American Depository Shares, or ADSs, now.  We found after some routine screens that there were many 3%, 4%, and 5% or higher dividend ...
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