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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — April 18, 2013: Markets Cool on Jobs, Manufacturing Data

Posted: April 18, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning following the report on U.S. jobless numbers (more coverage here). In Europe, the only data out today showed that U.K. retail sales ...
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Lower Volume Hurts Philip Morris Results

Posted: April 18, 2013 at 7:40 am

Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) reported first-quarter results before markets opened this morning. The tobacco products firm posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.29 on revenue of ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — April 17, 2013: Markets Open Down, Track Lower All Day

Posted: April 17, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a downturn in Europe and mixed markets in Asia. Data releases were limited everywhere today as well. In Asia, a weaker yen ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADBE, ABC, AGCO, AAPL, BBY, BBRY, COF, CAH, DE, PM, PLCM, SPRD, SYMC, PAY, WAG, WAC, WFM, ZNGA)

Posted: March 20, 2013 at 8:30 am

Investors always seem to be looking for new good research-driven investing ideas for stocks to buy and for stocks to sell. Some of these come from independent research shops and ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 13, 2013: Markets Get No Direction Today (CLWR, GE, GRPN, CLF, PM, RATE, BWLD, CLWR, RAX, CMCSA, DF, DE, TOT, AMAT, CAR, CTL, CSCO, CLD, IPI, KGC, MET, NTAP, PXD, TRIP, Z, ANR, ABX, DTV, PEP, RSOL, BBRY, PPHM)

Posted: February 13, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a closely watched report on U.S. retail sales came in about as expected (more coverage here). U.S. business inventories rose less than ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AVP, BBVA, RATE, BPL, CLWR, CLF, CMCSA, CXO, DELL, FOSL, GE, GRPN, PM, PXD, SD, ZMH )

Posted: February 13, 2013 at 8:35 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) raised to Neutral at UBS. Banco Bilbao ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 7, 2013: Markets Flat to Start, Then Slide (BBRY, MCP, NOK, ABBV, GOOG, FMC, GMCR, IACI, TSO, V, YELP, ALU, BG, CI, MWW, NYT, PM, S, TEVA, ATVI, CSTR, LNKD, RVBD, SPWR, AOL, APO, MCO, XONE, SUTR, AKAM)

Posted: February 7, 2013 at 4:02 pm

U.S. equity markets opened flat this morning, largely due to a slew of data from Europe that essentially cancelled any good news with an equal dollop of bad. U.S. unemployment ...
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Philip Morris International 2013 Guidance Differentiates It from Altria

Posted: February 7, 2013 at 10:35 am

Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) is out with its fourth-quarter earnings, and the international tobacco giant is still growing. Earnings per share increased by almost 16% to $1.25, and ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 6, 2013: Markets Waver With Little New Data to Chew On (FSLR, JCP, WFC, ACI, ITRI, CMG, EXPE, GNW, TTWO, DIS, ZNGA, CVS, MRO, NUS, RL, SYT, TWX, FMC, GMCR, IACI, TSO, V, YELP, ALU, BG, CI, MWW, NYT, PM, S, TEVA, BCC, GDP, VOCS)

Posted: February 6, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning before bouncing into positive territory briefly and then turning south again. As happened yesterday, the focus was on Europe, where Italy’s oldest bank ...
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BofA/Merrill Lynch: Three Reasons to Own Stocks Now (GSK, BMY, SNY, ABBV, PM, MSFT, INTC, BP, KRFT, GE)

Posted: January 25, 2013 at 11:11 am

Stocks have rallied sharply during January after the last-minute congressional compromise on the fiscal cliff. While the deal was far from perfect, it averted not only a disaster for the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AXP, ARMH, COF, CSCO, DE, EMC, FB, HPQ, HUN, IBM, OKE, PM, S, VZ)

Posted: January 14, 2013 at 8:42 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far from Wall St, research calls this Monday: American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) cut to Neutral on ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADTN, AIG, AAPL, CPB, CTRN, DNDN, DPS, EA, GIS, JCP, MMM, NOK, PM, RIMM, THC, VIAB, WYNN)

Posted: January 11, 2013 at 8:40 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Friday. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) maintained Underperform but named Bear of the ...
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Are Big Tobacco’s Dividend and Earnings Plans Too Rosy?

Posted: November 13, 2012 at 9:29 am

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) shareholders have enjoyed a steady stream of higher and higher dividends through time. The question that needs to be asked now is if those returns ...
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Russia Closer to Joining Other Nations Against Tobacco

Posted: November 12, 2012 at 3:47 pm

Tobacco giants like Philip Morris International, Inc. (NYSE: PM) and others may be facing some catch-up on the international regulations front. Russia's possible smoking ban in public places could easily ...
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The 10 Countries Where People Smoke Most

Posted: November 1, 2012 at 5:08 am

According to data released earlier this year, tobacco is responsible for slightly less than one in four deaths in the United States. In some countries, it is even more -- ...
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