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The Highest Paid Bank CEOs in America

If you ever wondered about a pay disparity between the top and the bottom, pay close attention here. CEOs and presidents are often paid very well at the big banks. SNL ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — April 19, 2013: After a Mixed Open, Markets Climb Slowly

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as the DJIA was slammed by a number of weak earnings reports both last night and before markets opened this morning. The was ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — April 18, 2013: Markets Cool on Jobs, Manufacturing Data

U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning following the report on U.S. jobless numbers (more coverage here). In Europe, the only data out today showed that U.K. retail sales ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADBE, ABC, AGCO, AAPL, BBY, BBRY, COF, CAH, DE, PM, PLCM, SPRD, SYMC, PAY, WAG, WAC, WFM, ZNGA)

Investors always seem to be looking for new good research-driven investing ideas for stocks to buy and for stocks to sell. Some of these come from independent research shops and ...
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Beyond Citadel, There Is Long-Term Value in E*Trade

It is probably of little comfort to existing shareholders that Citadel Investment Group is selling its remaining stake in E*Trade Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC). The near 10% stake will pressure ...
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Media Digest (3/14/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

The head of marketing at Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) criticizes Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android software and its largest adopter, Samsung. (Reuters) Citadel will sell the shares it still has ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALU, NLY, ARMH, BIIB, BX, COF, CS, DFS, IGT, NUAN, KORS, RVBD, VOD, DIS)

These are some of this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley and reiterated ...
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Largest Non-Founder CEO Retirement Packages of Modern Business History

Corporate governance issues are sometimes a blessing for shareholders, but they also can crush the rights of shareholders in many cases. Tracking CEO pay of large public companies is now considered ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 18, 2013: Markets Make Small Moves Today (INTC, MT, CS, RIMM, LVS, V, AXP, COF, GE, JCI, MS, COL, SLB, STI, DAL, FCX, JNJ, KSU, RF, VZ, NCLH, AMD, JRCC)

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite lower on a weak quarterly earnings report last night from Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC). The big news for today ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (MT, COF, CAT, CNO, CS, CSX, EXPD, LVS, MAS, NFLX, QLIK, RIMM, ROC, RYAAY, SGY, V)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far this Friday from Wall St. research calls: ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) raised to Neutral from Sell at ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 17, 2013: Markets Open Higher and Continue Climbing (VVUS, YUM, ADTN, GLW, MDT, EBAY, KMP, BAC, BLK, C, PNC, UNH, AXP, COF, GE, JCI, MS, COL, SLB, STI, CBS, KSWS, LEAP)

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following the report that new claims for unemployment benefits had fallen by 37,000 to a level not seen since 2008 (more coverage here). ...
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Key Bank Earnings Previews: Book Value Vs. Price Targets In Focus (JPM, GS, BAC, C, USB, BK, SCHW, CMA, MTB, BBT, BLK, COF, MS)

With banks having been the best DJIA sector in 2012, the outlook versus the valuation has started to play a game of catch-up as we are getting deeper into earnings ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AXP, ARMH, COF, CSCO, DE, EMC, FB, HPQ, HUN, IBM, OKE, PM, S, VZ)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far from Wall St, research calls this Monday: American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) cut to Neutral on ...
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Credit Card Delinquencies Back on the Rise

For all practical purposes, credit card delinquencies have been improving and improving for close to the last three years. That is perhaps coming to an end. It was in October ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 19, 2012: Markets Dominated by Sellers Today (VZ, NVDA, GOOG, NOK, SNDK, MCD, COF, CMG, MSFT, RVBD, BHI, HON, KSU, SLB, EW, CAT, FCX, HAS, BTU, STI, VF, AMD, MRVL, AONE)

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, but the blame goes to some poor earnings report from U.S. firms rather than to international news. European markets were ...
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