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World’s Top Brands Led By Apple, IBM, Google

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 8:04 am

You may or may not have heard of Millward Brown, but you might not be surprised who they ranked as the world's top brand: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) took the ...
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Zynga’s 15% Stock Loss — Lemmings over the Cliff

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 6:16 am

Zynga’s (NASDAQ: ZNGA) shares are down 15% over the past two days, a little more than those of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) after its initial public offering. There are several critical difference ...
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Media Digest (5/22/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, Financial Times

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 6:15 am

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) cuts revenue forecasts for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) just ahead of its IPO. (Reuters) The U.S. allows China to buy treasuries directly without banker assistance. (Reuters) MF Global ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — May 15, 2012

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 4:05 pm

Two of the three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as investors reacted to the news from Greece that no government could be formed and that a second ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR) named Bear of the Day at Zacks. ...
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Investors Seeking Defensive Stocks Where 3% to Over 5% Dividends Rule!

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 1:14 pm

A stock market that sells off eight of nine days is not a good market.  Even the Facebook IPO is being viewed as a one-off item rather than a systemic ...
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America’s Hottest Brands

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 6:18 am

24/7 Wall St. asked CoreBrand to identify America’s hottest brands. We wanted to know the biggest brands that were the best known and most well regarded. Read: America's Hottest Brands ...
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Walt Disney Earnings: A Return of the Consumer

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 6:32 am

A great deal of the discussion about Walt Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) unexpectedly strong earnings revolved around the fact that movie bomb “John Carter” had not crippled overall earnings per share. And the ...
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The Market Where Defensive Shares Are Working Again (PEP, KO, BUD, TAP, AWK, MCD, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, KMB, CL, MRK, PFE, JNJ, T, VZ)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 12:07 pm

Blame whatever you want.  A weaker U.S. economy, a weakening and flailing Europe, a move to socialism in France and Greece, a weaker BRIC and emerging market story, commodity prices ...
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No Beef in Wendy’s Results (WEN, MCD, YUM, CMG, JACK)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 8:32 am

The Wendy’s Co. (NASDAQ: WEN) reported first quarter earnings this morning and managed to post another profit -- barely. The company reported adjusted EPS of $0.01 versus a consensus estimate ...
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Major Defensive Hit: McDonald’s Crushed In Latin America (MCD, ARCO, YUM)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 12:58 pm

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is supposed to be the king of defensive stocks. It pays a dividend of close to 3%, it was the best performing DJIA component in 2011, ...
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Media Digest (4/30/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 6:34 am

Philp Falcone receives extensions from creditors owed money by his high-speed wireless company LightSquared. (Reuters) Social gifting is a growing part of e-commerce. (Reuters) Barron’s says Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades Of The Week

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 7:01 am

This last week had many top analyst calls, but each week we review all of the calls looking for those which were very bold calls or that go against the ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AAPL, JCP, MCD, WMT, BWLD, AXE, EW, JNPR, NSC, NFX, AN, CWEI, GLW, HOG, LAD, LCC, CAT, CNH, BA)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 4:06 pm

Markets opened higher this morning, led by the Nasdaq which got a big boost from the strong report last night from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The report from the US ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, IRE, BWLD, CYMI, DPZ, ETH, FITB, ISRG, JCP, LEG, MCD, RF, SYMC, TWC, UTX, WMT)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 8:17 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Outperform at Scotia; Maintained Buy ...
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