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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ABB, BAC, BK, ABX, CVX, PLCE, KOF, COP, EBAY, ESLR, DD, HES, INTC, ITRI, JNPR, ERIC, NOV, PTEN, URBN, YUM)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 8:43 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse; ...
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Best Oil Field Services Stock for 2011 (SLB, HAL, NOV, BHI, WFT, GE, OIH)

Posted: December 31, 2010 at 9:33 am

With crude oil prices hovering around $90/barrel, exploration and production companies are expected to increase their spending in 2011 by about 11%, for a total of about $490 billion. Oil ...
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GE Grows Its Oil Bet, Wellstream and Deepwater Drilling (GE, WSHOY, NOV, PBR)

Posted: December 13, 2010 at 10:43 am

After a couple of failed offers, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has finally reached an agreement to acquire Britain's Wellstream Holdings plc (OTC: WSHOY) for $1.3 billion. The deal is ...
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The 21 Companies That Exclude Women From Leadership

Posted: December 13, 2010 at 3:26 am

More than half of the American workforce is comprised of women. It is well-known that they are paid less than their male counterparts. Several studies show that female workers make ...
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Today’s Top Rumors 12.1.2010 (BAC, NYT, GOOG, AMZN, GE, NOV, MSFT, AAPL, NRTLQ, ERIC)

Posted: December 1, 2010 at 8:01 am

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) dismissed speculation, per CNN, that it is the big U.S. bank that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told Forbes magazine will be the website's next ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AYR, ARBA, AFFY, AIPC, BIG, BVF, ETR, FTI, LNCR, NOV, RYAAY)

Posted: June 22, 2010 at 8:35 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Aircastle Ltd. (NYSE: AYR) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo. ...
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The 10 Worst Places For Women To Work

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 8:29 pm

Women make up over 50% of the US workforce now, but the Bureau of the Census shows that women make, on average, only 77% of what men do based on ...
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Driller and Services Firm Beat the Street (NOV, DO)

Posted: April 23, 2009 at 8:57 am

Two oilfield services players reported earnings this morning. National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV) and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. (NYSE:DO) both beat expectations, but only Diamond is getting a boost this ...
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Good News in Oil Field Services Continues (NOV, HAL, WFT, SLB)

Posted: February 4, 2009 at 9:11 am

National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NYSE:NOV) reported a solid beat of analysts' estimates for the fourth quarter. After last week's surprising earnings from Halliburton Co. (NYSE:HAL) and Weatherford International Limited (NYSE:WFT), ...
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Layoff Hurdles Make 9% Unemployment Look Optimistic (HD, S, CAT, IBM, NOV)

Posted: January 26, 2009 at 9:01 am

We have been tracking the layoffs and the weekly jobless claims to figure out what they mean for the economy.  Just this morning we noticed many job cut announcements from ...
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Analysts Downgrading Oil Patch (NOV, PDE, REP, SII, STO, SU, RIG)

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 7:56 am

It is probably no huge shock that downgrades are coming more than upgrades now that oil has come down so much.  Too bad these were not the calls several months ...
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National Oilwell Varco, Schlumberger Team Up (NOV, SLB, BP)

Posted: November 20, 2008 at 8:45 am

One oilfield services giant, Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB), and one large oilfield services and well manufacturing company, National Oilwell Varco (NYSE:NOV), have announced plans to form a joint venture focused on intelligent ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ATI, BIDU, DISCA, FHN, JNS, NOV, PTEC, RSH, SIGM, VRGY)

Posted: October 24, 2008 at 7:03 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we are seeing this Friday-crash morning:Allegheny Tech (ATI) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.Baidu.com (BIDU) Target Cut to $260 from $350 ...
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Has National Oilwell Varco Bottomed? (NOV)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 10:14 am

National Oilwell Varco, Incorporated (NYSE: NOV) reported earnings this morning, and if you have followed stocks in the oil patch you are quite aware that the company has been far ...
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Short Selling Very Mixed In Oil Companies (BHI, CVX, XOM, HES, MRO, SLB, HAL, NOV, RIG, VLO)

Posted: September 25, 2008 at 7:44 am

As you will see below, there were many key changes to short sales in oil stocks.  Some of these would have been expected to have gone up because oil was ...
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