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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, BA, FTO, HANS, IACI, MA, MDT, OMX, VRSN)

Posted: March 22, 2010 at 7:42 am

These are this Monday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Boeing Co. (NYSE: ...
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No Signs Of Intelligent Life At Boston Scientific

Posted: March 15, 2010 at 10:31 am

Virtually nothing has gone right at Boston Scientific (BSX) since it bought rival Guidant in a bidding war with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in 2006. With a year of the transaction closing Guidant had ...
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The Below Average CEO: J. Raymond Elliott, Boston Scientific

Posted: March 10, 2010 at 11:25 am

Average: “an estimation of or approximation to an arithmetic mean”–Webster The smartest move that J. Raymond Elliot made in his career was to leave the Boston Scientific (BSX) board in ...
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Media Digest 12/10/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 10, 2009 at 3:54 am

Reuters:   Dubai said the market's perceptions of its problems is "softening." Reuters:   Citigroup (NYSE:C) could sell $20 billion in shares soon. Reuters:   Hershey (NYSE:HSY) is near a decision on Cadbury ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (BRK-A, CMCSA, MDT, TAP, NVAX, LNUX, THQI, YMI)

Posted: November 5, 2009 at 8:23 am

These are this mornings top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Thursday from Wall Street research calls: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A) was put on CreditWach (negative) on Wednesday ...
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Media Digest 10/1/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 1, 2009 at 4:08 am

Reuters:   Ken Lewis will step down as CEO of Bank of America (BAC) Reuters:   Cisco (CSCO) bought Tandbeg  for $3 billion. Reuters:   The IMF raised forecasts for US GDP but ...
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The Lame Blame on Short-Termism

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 12:10 pm

There is a very silly notion being brought to you by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program’s Corporate Values Strategy Group and what is admittedly a rather impressive list ...
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Media Digest 7/23/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 23, 2009 at 2:57 am

Reuters:   Obama says healthcare reform is essential to the recovery. Reuters:   CIT (CIT) bond advisers will push for Chapter 11. Reuters:   Democrats will fight with banks on consumer agency. Reuters:   ...
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Media Digest 6/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 24, 2009 at 2:53 am

Reuters:   The head of a Congressional watchdog committee is pushing for a consumer protection agency. Reuters:   China defended its export policies against a WTO complaint. Reuters:   Citigroup (C) intends to ...
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Media Digest 6/17/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 3:07 am

Reuters:   Obama proposed sweeping reform for financial industry. Reuters:    A number of large banks repaid TARP. (JPM)(GS)(BBT)(COP)(STT)(AXP)(USB) Reuters:   Consumer prices show inflation is in check. Reuters:   China could still be ...
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Imminent Change to DJIA 30 (GM, F, CSCO, ORCL, AAPL, GOOG, CL, HON, PEP, TGT, AMZN, MDT, ABT, GS, BRK-A)

Posted: May 29, 2009 at 2:15 pm

Word is out that the Dow Jones Indexes team is set to release the name of the replacement for General Motors (NYSE: GM) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  We ...
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DJIA Component Replacement Candidates for GM (GM, F, CSCO, ORCL, GOOG, AAPL, CL, HON, PEP, TGT, MDT, ABT, GS, BRK-A)

Posted: May 27, 2009 at 11:05 am

The bets are on that General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) is done as far as the current stock is concerned.  While it seems that the equity holders of today will ...
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Media Digest 2/25/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 25, 2009 at 3:59 am

According to Reuters, Obama set out his goals in an address before Congress. Reuters reports that UAW leaders are urging members to vote for the new Ford (F) contract. Reuters ...
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Media Digest 2/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 24, 2009 at 4:05 am

According to Reuters, JPMorgan (JPM) cuts its dividend. Reuters reports that AIG (AIG) got bids from Met Life and Axa for its life unit. Reuters says that healthcare spending is ...
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Medtronic Adjusts Long-Term Goals (MDT)

Posted: January 12, 2009 at 3:12 pm

Medical devices was supposed to be recession-proof, or at least was supposed to be recession-resistant.  But we have seen over and over how this notion has not been the case.  ...
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