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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 17, 2013 at 6:43 am

The European Central Bank may begin to identify weak banks and deny them aid. (Reuters)Foxconn, once one of Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) largest suppliers, says it needs additional time to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (JNJ, JNPR, LLL, MCO, NOC, PEG, RBCN, SAP, SSNI, PLCE, TTS, MTN, VALE, VRTX)

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 8:35 am

Investors and traders remain on the lookout for new ideas for profits and income. 24/7 Wall St. looks over numerous research calls to find great ideas from value stocks to ...
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North Korea Rhetoric Acts as Defense Contractor Gift

Posted: April 3, 2013 at 2:28 pm

The rhetoric out of North Korea is acting as a drag to the broader markets, but don't tell that to the defense sector. Of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks, ...
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Merrill Lynch Identifies Leveraged Buyout Candidates (BAC, DELL, LO, GRMN, CA, NOC, ZMH, SIAL)

Posted: March 22, 2013 at 8:00 am

Investors love to track the world of mergers and acquisition, and careers have been made and shattered around the speculation of which companies will be acquired next. We saw a wave of deals come ...
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Top Defense Stocks for North Korea Conflict (LMT, NOC, GD, RTN, BA, T, CTL, BAH, IBM, HPQ)

Posted: March 21, 2013 at 2:36 pm

North Korean television this morning broadcast another thinly veiled threat against the United States. In a translation provided by the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper, North Korea said: The U.S. should not ...
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Ten Companies Profiting Most from War

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 5:38 am

The business of war is profitable. In 2011, the 100 largest contractors sold $410 billion in arms and military services. Just 10 of those companies sold over $208 billion. Based ...
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The Impact of Spending Cuts on Defense Contractors (LMT, BA, NOC, GD, RTN)

Posted: February 27, 2013 at 11:50 am

If most Americans had ever heard the term “sequester” before last fall, they probably thought it meant something like entering a monastery or convent. But in the doublespeak of the ...
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Apple’s Weak Board

Posted: February 22, 2013 at 6:13 am

For a company of its size and prominence in the global business and tech world, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) does not have much of a board of directors, in terms of ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 30, 2013: Markets Slide on GDP, Fed Stimulus (WBSN, JBLU, KBH, YUM, CSCO, AMZN, BRCM, RYL, RHI, BA, ADT, LLL, PSX, NOC, SO, CTXS, COP, EA, FB, JDSU, LVS, AET, MO, AN, CL, DNKN, MA, PHM, TWC, UPS, RIMM, CHK, VTUS)

Posted: January 30, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning following a depressing report on U.S. GDP growth, which turned out to be negative (more coverage here). Even a good jobs report from ...
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Northrop Grumman Tops Estimates, Wary of Defense Cuts

Posted: January 30, 2013 at 8:09 am

Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) reported fourth-quarter and full-year results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the defense contractor posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.14 on ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 29, 2013: Markets Shake Off Slow Start, Post Gains (STX, TSN, SBUX, ANF, CAT, YHOO, STX, STLD, BSX, DHI, F, BTU, PFE, VLO, AMZN, BRCM, RYL, RHI, ADT, LLL, PSX, NOC, SO, KERX, VMW, OCZ)

Posted: January 29, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning following not-much in the way of new data and a wait-and-see attitude until tomorrow’s meeting announcement from the FOMC, which began a ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMP, AZO, BHI, CELG, DDS, EMC, FRT, GNW, HAL, MYL, NOC, NYX, PNK, RTN, SNH, SBY, LUV, JBLU, MET, HIG)

Posted: January 8, 2013 at 8:16 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Tuesday. Ameriprise Financial Inc. (NYSE: AMP) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse. ...
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Massive Insider Selling Already Happening Before Higher Capital Gains Taxes Kick In

Posted: December 12, 2012 at 3:54 pm

Insider selling is starting to get massive before year-end when higher capital gains taxes will kick in. We continue to expect that corporate insiders, venture backers, private equity backers, and ...
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Defense Firms’ Earnings Mixed (GD, NOC)

Posted: October 24, 2012 at 7:53 am

Defense contractors General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) and Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) reported third quarter 2012 results before markets opened this morning. General Dynamics posted diluted earnings per share ...
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Defense Mergers Still Likely After BAE-EADS Failure (LMT, BA, NOC, RTN, GD)

Posted: October 12, 2012 at 2:07 pm

The defense industry has been warning about the effects of the coming fiscal cliff for several months now. If Congress fails to come to a resolution on how the U.S. ...
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