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Next Week’s Top Earnings on Deck (CIEN, URBN, AIB, DMND, DYN, FNSR, AEO, MCP, CWTR, FMCN, ARO, CLNE, NSM)

Posted: March 5, 2011 at 9:06 am

Earnings season has mostly come to a close but we still have many companies trickling out earnings which could easily move the needle on shares.  This coming week we will ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Best Buy Stumbles

Posted: February 22, 2011 at 10:20 am

The company which received the most negative press today is Borders Group which has not only declared Chapter 11 but is in the process of closing 200 stores. Google (NASDAQ ...
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Dynegy Begs Shareholders to Accept Icahn’s Offer (DYN, IEP, BX)

Posted: February 11, 2011 at 2:11 pm

A tender offer for Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) from an affiliate of Icahn Enterprise L.P. (NYSE: IEP) was supposed to have closed two days ago. Unfortunately, only 4.4% of Dynegy ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, BBVA, STD, CAP, CNW, DYN, INTU, KEY, LEAP, ODFL, PLXS, SWIR, SBUX, SNPS, TTWO, YUM)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 8:21 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Outperform as the Bull ...
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Utility M&A Wave Goes Into Overdrive (DUK, PGN, DYN, IEP, NU, NST, XLU, AEP)

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 8:44 am

Another deal has been confirmed in the land grab for utilities.  Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) has confirmed fresh reports that it was acquiring Progress Energy Inc. (NYSE: PGN).  Duke's ...
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Carl Icahn Buys the Electric Power Company (DYN, IEP, BX)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 8:44 am

Carl Icahn usually makes his headlines by criticizing management for not rewarding shareholders.  This morning he is in the news because he is buying Dynegy Inc. (NYSE:DYN) for a higher ...
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Is Chesapeake Ripe for Icahn-ization? (CHK, LGF, BX, DYN)

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 12:18 pm

If ever there was a plump target for a Carl Icahn-style workout it would have to be Chesapeake Energy Inc. (NYSE: CHK). Icahn's fight for control of Lions Gate Entertainment ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AGU, CPB, DYN, ELON, FIC, HRL, ITRI, LVS, MICC, MTB, OVTI, POT, SAP, SNDA, SNPS, TSL)

Posted: November 24, 2010 at 8:34 am

These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Campbell Soup ...
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New Frontier for Dynegy Post-Blackstone (DYN, BX, NRG)

Posted: November 23, 2010 at 10:49 am

Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) is one of the country's largest electric power producers. In August, the company's board announced an offer from the world's largest private equity firm, Blackstone Group ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, MT, COP, DYN, EP, GBL, LLNW, MON, PVH, RAX, SLW, CODE, UNH, UNP, WLP)

Posted: November 15, 2010 at 8:19 am

These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. ArcelorMittal (NYSE: ...
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The Unusual Suspects for the Week Ahead (ABKFQ, AAPL, BHP, BX, DYN, BSX, DELL, ETFC, GENZ, HGSI, JKS, MELA, NBG, PBR, RAI, STX, ST, WMT, HD)

Posted: November 14, 2010 at 9:42 am

The list of Unusual Suspects for the week ahead is a rather different list.  Some are due with earnings, some have FDA events, and others just have shareholder specific events ...
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Over $100 Billion in Buybacks and M&A in August (HPQ, INTU, LO, VRSN, DTV, DISCA, GPS, JWN, MRVL, RSH, PAR, GENZ, POT, INTC, SCHW, MMM, DYN, SNY, BHP)

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 7:57 am

$100 billion... That is roughly the combined tally of August share buyback announcements and merger announcements.  This may not be a record, but it has to be one of the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ATML, AEG, CNP, CHK, COCO, DYN, EM, NE, RIMM, TDC)

Posted: August 16, 2010 at 8:18 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) Cut to Market Weight at FBR. ...
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Private Equity Returns, Blackstone & Electricity (BX, DYN, KKR, NRG)

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 10:04 am

The Blackstone Group, L.P. (NYSE: BX) has agreed to purchase electricity generator Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN). Blackstone will pay $4.50/share in cash, for a total of about $543 million, and ...
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Implications of Major S&P Component Changes (MJN, MBI, V, CIEN, CLF, DYN, KBH, GMCR, BTH, CHP, CVG, ROST, CLF, SNH, ATW, DY, KELYA, ELY)

Posted: December 12, 2009 at 11:24 am

Standard & Poor's often makes S&P index changes for the S&P 500, the S&P Mid-Cap 400 and the S&P Small Cap 600 at the end of the year.  This probably ...
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