Below are some of the top issues affecting biotech shares today: AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAG), a biopharmaceutical company developing iron compounds to treat anemia, saw shares rise 4% to $56.00 after brokerage firm…
On Wednesday morning, we’ll get to see earnings out of IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI). Frankly, this one has more questions than answers today. We do not know if Barry Diller is going to be able…
Owning a toll bridge or a toll road would seem like a license to steal. It is, if you can get the asset at a good price. With real estate and financial assets going…
On Wednesday after the close of trading, we’ll get to see earnings out of Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM). The estimates from First Call for the internet content enhanced-delivery technology provider are $0.37 EPS…
On Tuesday, we’ll get to see earnings out of Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS). The estimates from First Call for the entertainment giant are $0.52 EPS on $10.04 billion in revenues. Estimates for fiscal September…
On Tuesday morning, we’ll get to see earnings out of Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE:BSX). The estimates from First Call for the medical device developer are $0.09 EPS on $2.13 billion in revenues. Estimates for…
Itron Inc. (NYSE: ITRI) shares are being given a positive note this morning. Analyst Sanjay Shrestha of Lazard Capital Markets is maintaining his Buy rating and $115.00 target. This number is based on a…
American Technology Research is removing Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) from its FOCUS LIST this morning. AmTech is still maintaining its official Buy rating and its $27.00 price target on the stock and noted that the…
Goldman Sachs is making a ratings change on Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) this morning. Google has been removed from the Goldman Sachs Technology Framework Favorite Growth List after seeing shares drop some 14.1% since being…
These are not the only upgrades and downgrades affecting shares in pre-market trading today, but these are the initial calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: American Express (NYSE: AXP), Capital One (NYSE: COF), and…
Markets in Europe were modestly higher at 7.05 AM. The FTSE was up .6% to 6,066. Barclays (BCS) is up 2.2% 482.5. Vodafone (VOD) is down 1.7% to 178.2. The DAXX is higher by…
News Corp (NWS) would probably love to own Yahoo! (YHOO). In December, in the US, Murdoch’s online properties had 81,8 million unique visitors. Most of that is due to MySpace. Yahoo! had 136,6 million…
With all those subprime write-downs hitting bank and investment house balance sheets it would be nice for them to off-load some of the LBO debt they have taken on over the last year. No…
If Yahoo! (YHOO) wants to remain an independent company, it can always do a deal with the devil–Google (GOOG). According to a number of reports, the largest search company has already approached Yahoo! and…
According to Reuters, Aluminum Corp of China has no plans to increase its stake in Rio Tinto (RTP). Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) is considering a business alliance with Google (GOOG) as one way…