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America’s Shrinking Corporate Giants

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:48 am

It is rare for one of America’s largest companies to lose a third or more of its sales in a brief time. When it happens, it is usually either because ...
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The 24/7 Wall St. 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio (AEP, AWK, T, GE, GOV, KMB, SNH, WMT, JNK, AMJ, AMLP, PGF, MO, DLR, EPD, KMP)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 2:41 pm

It seems that most investors have started adding income or dividend reinvestment plans to their portfolios by using dividend stocks. With the yields of the 10-Year Treasury close to 2% ...
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Media Digest (12/28/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 6:24 am

Obama nominates Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell to take seats at the Federal Reserve. (Reuters) New York Times (NYSE: NYT) sells its regional media group for $143 million. (Reuters) The ...
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Best Ideas For 2012: Mostly Dividends & Value (BRK-A, CMCSA, FCX, MET, PG, STX, RDS.A, VOD, SNY, AAPL, GOOG, IBM)

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 12:59 pm

This last weekend brought the first waves of picks for 2012.  Barron's issued its "10 Favorite Stocks For 2012" and the stocks were just about all lower on Monday with ...
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Most Valuable Stadiums in America

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 6:36 am

Corporations can spend hundreds of million dollars just so they can put their name on a major league sports stadiums. 24/7 Wall St. looked that the 13 largest stadium-naming rights ...
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Media Digest (10/26/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 6:20 am

A deal to rescue the EU’s weak nations has stalled over political differences and objections by banks. (Reuters) IBM (NYSE: IBM) appoints Virginia Rometty as its new CEO. (Reuters) Amazon.com ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Most Bad Press (7/25)

Posted: July 25, 2011 at 9:39 am

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) has been hurt by high commodities prices. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) damaged by drop in PC sales worldwide. The Flame Index started as a ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACN, CATO, FVE, FIG, HCBK, MET, SHLD, SINA, SPRD, VIV, THI)

Posted: June 27, 2011 at 8:03 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) Reiterated Buy and Raised target at ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AONE, ACM, ALXN, AEP, LFC, CLNE, COP, CVA, CREE, ENOC, FXCM, IRM, MET, NYX, PCLN, SD, LEDS, VLO, WFSL)

Posted: May 17, 2011 at 8:23 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML. AECOM ...
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Top Earnings Previews for Wednesday (AGN, AOL, GRMN, GG, JDSU, MET, NWS-A, PCG, TSLA, TWX, RIG, VG, WFMI)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 3:56 pm

This week marks the beginning of the end of corporate earnings season for the first quarter of 2011.  Many off-calendar quarters will be seen starting next week or the week ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AFL, CPLA, COO, HIG, IBM, IFF, LVS, MET, NUE, PAYX, UHS, SHI, KBH, LEN, RYL)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 8:11 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Reiterated Buy and $83 target at ...
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Media Digest 3/3/2011 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 3, 2011 at 4:17 am

The Treasury expects $6.4 billion from the sales of AIG's (NYSE: AIG) sale of its MetLift share (Reuters) The government is examining a number of small banks to see if ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAP, ALU, ATK, BWEN, BRCD, CLWR, CVH, CUB, DISH, EOG, INTC, MET, PCS, SPG)

Posted: November 8, 2010 at 8:04 am

These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Market Perform at FBR. Alcatel-Lucent ...
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With Profit On AIG, US Should Buy More Troubled Banks

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 6:07 am

The Treasury Department says it will make a profit on the investment it made for taxpayers when it bailed out AIG. That leads to the question of whether the US ...
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AIG Closer To Paying Back Taxpayers (AIG, MET)

Posted: November 1, 2010 at 11:36 am

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is one step closer to being out of debt with Uncle Sam and the U.S. taxpayers.  Two recent transaction have AIG now with about ...
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