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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, BIDU, BHP, CVC, GOOG, HAL, INTU, NFLX, OPEN, QGEN, RVSN, SHLD, SZYM, TSO, WAC)

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 8:03 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Neutral at Collins Stewart. ...
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Week’s Biggest Market Losers: Motorola, Boeing, And More

Posted: June 25, 2011 at 9:46 am

Continued success of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and the chance that a new version of the smartphone would launch in September pressures Motorola Mobility's shares. A battle between Walgreen's ...
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Major S&P Index Changes Impacting Shares (MPC, RSH, HHS, HTCH, MRO, AMCXV, BYD, SRT, CVC, HOC, FTO, ENTR, GM)

Posted: June 24, 2011 at 7:46 am

We have some major changes announced by S&P for its three key indexes.  Changes are in the S&P 500 Index, S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index, and in the S&P SMall Cap ...
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Media Digest (6/24/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 24, 2011 at 6:52 am

The IEA and OPEC disagreed about the size of oil reserves. (Reuters) Greece has an agreement with the EU and IMF along with new austerity plans. (Reuters) A Reuters poll ...
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Media Digest (4/15/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 15, 2011 at 3:57 am

A sharp increase in costs hurt Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) first quarter earnings. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is expected to beat earnings forecasts but mortgage costs will hurt its numbers. ...
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Another Mad Rush To Control The TV

Posted: April 7, 2011 at 5:12 am

Dish Network bought the assets of Blockbuster to compete with Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), if the media is right. At about the same time, Netflix signed an arrangement to offer "Mad ...
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Media Digest (4/1/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 4, 2011 at 4:11 am

Data mistakenly released by Epsilon compromised the personal security of millions of people including customers at Citigroup (NYSE: C), Capital One (NYSE: COF), and Tivo (NASDAQ: TIVO) (Reuters). Tepco used ...
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Online News Growth Faces Challenges

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 6:30 pm

About the only good news in the news business is coming from the web.   The growth, though impressive, is not enough to sustain the profitability of newspaper publishers which are ...
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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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Comcast Trumps Cablevision in Earnings (CMCSA, GE, CVC, T, VZ, DTV, DISH)

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 9:56 am

Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) reported fourth quarter and full-year earnings this morning that both beat analysts' expectations. For the quarter, Comcast posted EPS of $0.36 on revenue of $9.7 billion, ...
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AT&T Deal for Dish Network Still Okay After EchoStar/Hughes Merger? (SATS, HUGH, DISH, T, VZ, DTV, CMCSA, TWC, CVC)

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 12:27 pm

EchoStar Corp. (NASDAQ: SATS) has agreed to acquire Hughes Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: HUGH) for about $2 billion, including debt, in a deal that would give EchoStar, which makes set-top boxes ...
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The Eight Big Spin-Offs To Watch For 2011 (AMR, MT, CVC, FST, FO, LORL, MOT, NOC, HHC, GGP, MSG)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 7:35 am

2010 has been a positive year for the markets.  IPOs and secondary offerings have been plentiful, debt offerings have been plentiful, and restructurings continue.  Many spin-offs have been announced and ...
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Media Digest 11/19/2010 (Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg)

Posted: November 19, 2010 at 4:11 am

Dell's (NASDAQ: DELL) margins rushed past expectations and shares moved higher (Reuters) Bernanke said a strong US recovery is essential to global economic health (Reuters) Lawmakers attacked regulators and banks ...
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Media Digest (11/1/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 1, 2010 at 4:02 am

China's PMI grew much faster than expected. (Reuters) China will not slow rare earth shipments. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sued Motorola (NYSE: MOT) over six patents. (Reuters) New search engine ...
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Media Digest (10/28/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 4:08 am

Mortgage investors have begun to pressure banks to buy back bad loans. (Reuters) China may use its rare earth stocks to help it move ahead with alternative energy.  (Reuters) Bank ...
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