Gartner reports that smartphone sales grew in the first quarter and Samsung continued to gain share. (MarketWatch) The AP says the U.S. Department of Justice took some of the data ... Read Full Story »
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras for American investors, is on the verge of yet a second record corporate bond offering in the last few of weeks. The state-owned ... Read Full Story »
Investors and traders are always looking to find fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh analyst research calls to ... Read Full Story »
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that personal income and spending both rose by 0.2%, which was slightly higher than expected for ... Read Full Story »
Investors and traders are always on the lookout for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls to ... Read Full Story »
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and trickled lower most of the day as there was little news to follow generally good data from around the globe. In Japan, ... Read Full Story »
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but struggled to maintain even a flat performance compared to yesterday’s close. Before the markets opened this morning, the Mortgage Bankers Association noted ... Read Full Story »
The oil and gas industry increased its mergers and acquisitions deals in 2012 by 38% over 2011, according to Dealogic. M&A activity totaled $348 billion in 2012, the industry’s highest ... Read Full Story »
Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, announced today that it was cancelling an order for five new drill ships that had been placed with Ocean ... Read Full Story »
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. AK Steel Corp. (NYSE: AKS) raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. ... Read Full Story »
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) maintained Underperform at BofA/ML and maintained Hold ... Read Full Story »
U.S. stock markets were closed today as New York City and the entire East Coast of the country from the Carolinas to Maine prepare to deal with Hurricane Sandy. In ... Read Full Story »
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat this morning following a disappointing quarterly report from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) last night (more coverage here) which weighed on Asian tech ... Read Full Story »
The CEO of Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, says the company is "very near to closing a deal" for the sale of some $6 billion worth of assets ... Read Full Story »
Deepwater drilling company Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) said yesterday that Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice has granted a request from the country’s oil regulatory body partially to suspend the temporary ... Read Full Story »