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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, IRE, BWLD, CYMI, DPZ, ETH, FITB, ISRG, JCP, LEG, MCD, RF, SYMC, TWC, UTX, WMT)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 8:17 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Outperform at Scotia; Maintained Buy ...
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Options Gamers See Wal-Mart at $56.50 in June and $55.50 in September (WMT)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 1:39 pm

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) may have caused some irreparable damage to its investors.  This bribery scandal in Mexico looks very small if you just look at the raw dollars ...
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Dividend Hikes To Continue in 2012 (T, XOM, GE, PFE, CVX, JNJ, MSFT, PG, CSCO, JPM, WMT, KO, MMM)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 12:05 pm

Dividends have continued to rise.  Better yet, they are expected to keep rising for the rest of the year.  A study from Dow Jones Indexes showed a rise of almost ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (4/23/2012) Walmart Probe, Weak EU and China’s PMI

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 6:38 am

Any economic recovery in the eurozone that analysts and politicians might have hoped for will be put off for some time. PMI data for the first month of the second quarter was particularly ...
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Media Digest (4/23/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 6:37 am

Nestle to buy Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) baby food operation for $11.9 billion. (Reuters) China’s factory output rises slightly in March, but still not at levels of expansion. (Reuters) Vodafone (NASDAQ: ...
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Walmart Management In Trouble, As Mexico Probe Widens

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 6:14 am

The pressure on Walmart (NYSE: WMT) due to a report that bribery was wide-spread in its Mexico unit may cost the most senior executives at the parent company their jobs. ...
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Who Would Replace Walmart’s CEO and Its Chairman?

Posted: April 22, 2012 at 11:44 am

The Walmart statement of ethics is the core of the company’s values: Each business organization Walmart operates is expected to have a complete set of policies providing guidance to associates for whatever country they are working in. ...
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A Tempered Outlook of Key Earnings Expectations (AA, SNDK, CSCO, AAPL, GE, JPM, BAC, WFC, WMT, LUV, IBM, T, VZ, BAC, MCD, AAPL)

Posted: April 9, 2012 at 8:45 am

The first quarter earnings reports will start to dribble out this week and expectations have been tempered in recent trading days ahead of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) on Tuesday afternoon.  ...
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Q1-2012 Earnings Season Outlook, Lowered Expectations (AA, SNDK, CSCO, GE, JPM, WMT, LUV, IBM, T, VZ, BAC, MCD, AAPL)

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 11:00 am

Earnings season is almost upon us for the first quarter of 2012.  There is some growing caution over company expectations on the heels of a massive rally where the DJIA ...
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America’s 10 Largest Websites

Posted: March 12, 2012 at 6:34 am

The 10 most-visited websites in America may share a few characteristics, but interestingly enough, none are in the same business, with the exception of two portals. Each has a different ...
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Media Digest (3/7/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Posted: March 7, 2012 at 6:30 am

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) talks with cable companies about adding its services to their channels. (Reuters) The Institute of International Finance pressures Greek bondholders to make trades for new sovereign paper. (Reuters) ...
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What If Walmart Were Tesco?

Posted: March 5, 2012 at 6:37 am

Tesco (NASDAQ: TESO), the largest retailer in the UK, said it would add 20,000 jobs between now and 2014. It is the largest employer in the UK, with 270,000 workers. ...
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Media Digest (3/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 2, 2012 at 6:37 am

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV may buy China’s Kingway Brewery Holdings’ assets. (Reuters) The Department of Justice is expected to widen its probe of mortgage-backed securities. (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) sets new standards that will ...
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Wal-Mart Delivers Again on a Dividend Hike (WMT)

Posted: March 1, 2012 at 8:48 am

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is a member of our own 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio and now we are again seeing why that is.  The stock chart has been in ...
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Costco Prospers: Are Consumers Optimistic or Frugal?

Posted: February 29, 2012 at 6:33 am

Costco (NASDAQ: COST) issued extraordinarily strong February sales numbers along with its earnings for the period that ended February 12. Revenue for the quarter rose from $20.9 billion last year ...
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