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American Express Is Going Shopping For Acquisitions (AXP, MA, V, EBAY, GOOG, AAPL, PAY)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 8:30 am

The number of ways consumers can spend their money is poised to get larger. The familiar credit and debit cards are threatened by all manner of electronic payment methods, and ...
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Credit Card Debt Is Rising… Or Is It? (C, JPM, MS, BAC, AXP, V, MC, COF)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 11:02 am

This morning's report that Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) has downgraded its fellow banks' earnings was based on fears that the European banking system is facing severe pressure from economic weakness ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (BAC, BBY, BIIB, BCSI, GOOG, LXK, MMI, NOK, ODP, ORCL, PAAS, RIMM, RVBD, S, SBUX, TEVA, VRSK, V)

Posted: August 20, 2011 at 7:45 am

We won't bother telling you what hard week this was, but we will tell you that at least some smart-money investors are out looking for bargains right now since stocks ...
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BofA Sheds More Credit Card Business… Changing the Credit Sector (BAC, TD, COF, WFC, RF, C, BK, AXP, V, MA)

Posted: August 15, 2011 at 9:40 am

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) is selling more assets as it raises capital in an effort to stem the drop in the company's share price related to its purchase ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, AIXG, CTSH, FFIV, GDOT, HFC, ITW, IBM, LXK, MWV, NTAP, OPTR, ORCL, PIR, TYC, UA, UIS, V, VMW, GWW)

Posted: August 15, 2011 at 8:18 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Reiterated Buy with $51 target at ...
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The 25 Companies Spending Billions On Buybacks (ACE, AKAM, ABC, AOL, AVT, CBOE, CHTR, CSCO, COV, DISCA, DLB, XOM, CVX, HRS, HUN, JASO, JAH, NWSA, RDC, LUV, STJ, BSX, MSI, V, HPQ)

Posted: August 11, 2011 at 12:56 pm

It is no secret that the market volatility has many investors rattled.  What is very counter-intuitive is that many companies are continuing with most or all of their investor friendly ...
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Media Digest (8/10/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 10, 2011 at 6:18 am

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) says QE3 was likely after the Fed's recent comments. (Reuters) HSBC (NYSE: HBC) sells its U.S. credit card business to Capitol One. (Reuters) China not likely ...
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High Unemployment Could Provide a Lift for Some Stocks (V, MA, DFS, AXP, MCD, YUM, WEN, COST, DG, WMT)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 9:23 am

Many economists don't believe that the US debt ceiling is the biggest problem the country faces. In their view the most compelling issue is unemployment, currently at 9.1% and, given ...
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Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (BIDU, NFLX, MMM, AMZN, BIIB, FSLR, F, JNPR, COP, GMCR, V, WFM, ALU, CHK, S, SBUX, TYC, AMGN, ITT, MRK)

Posted: July 22, 2011 at 1:48 pm

Earnings season is in full throttle and many major companies are due to report in the week ahead.  Some of the key reports we are featuring for detailed earnings previews ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, ACP, STD, EL, GERN, GOOG, HCBK, IART, RIMM, SMP, TJX, TSCO, V, WNR)

Posted: July 8, 2011 at 8:27 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy and raised target to ...
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The Week’s Market Winners: Ebay, Nike, And More

Posted: July 2, 2011 at 7:10 am

Visa gained over 14% during the week on news that "the Federal Reserve would increase its proposed cap on interchange fees charged to by large banks to merchants to process ...
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Long Live Swipe Fees and Interchange Fees (JPM, BAC, COF, C, V, MA, FAS)

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 4:10 pm

Banks were already having a good day, but a new ruling has come out from the Federal Reserve on interchange fees.  Maybe the proper description would be "less bad" of ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARUN, CECO, CENT, DRYS, ETN, FDO, FRX, FRO, MPEL, PANL, UTI, V)

Posted: June 3, 2011 at 8:34 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADS, BSBR, BGFV, C, COST, DK, FSLR, IBKR, JDSU, JNJ, OKE, ORCL, PEP, PCLN, SPR, SBUX, V)

Posted: May 6, 2011 at 8:17 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS) Cut to Sell at ...
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Top Earnings Previews For Thursday (ARG, CTL, CVS, DMD, DTV, EP, KFT, PMI, PCLN, V)

Posted: May 4, 2011 at 4:13 pm

Earnings season may have peaked but we still have some key sector moving stocks due to report earnings on Thursday morning.  We have offered previews and some basic color on ...
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