These are not the only key analyst calls coming out of Wall Street analysts today, but these are the key calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in pre-market hours: AU Optronics (AUO) raised to…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) hasn’t gotten off to a good 2008 as a stock. Shares closed at $198.08 to close out 2007 and shares very briefly traded north of $200.00 on the opening day…
Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) is set to report earnings today. First Call has estimates at $0.33 EPS on $6.92 Billion in revenues. Next quarter’s estimates are $0.60 EPS on $7.03 Billion in revenues. If…
According to the Countrywide (CFC) "Our fourth quarter ended with a number of positive operational trends," said David Sambol, President and Chief Operating Officer. "Total loan fundings were $24 billion for the month of…
Most of the news about private equity operations has been bad. Tight credit markets. Broken deals. Buy-outs closed but in trouble because of large debt loads. Silver Lake, one of the largest private equity…
Market in Europe were down at 6.20 AM New York time. The FTSE was off 1% to 6,295. Barclays (BCS) was down 3% to 458.75. BP (BP) was down 4.2% to 607. Marks and…
So much for the turnaround at Dell (DELL) and the two-year revival at Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). Even overseas PC companies like Lenovo are being hurt by the perception that US demand for computers is falling.…
At $100 a barrel, investors would think oil companies could not get crude out of the ground fast enough. Think of the huge profits now that the price of oil has almost doubled in…
Wall St. was taken by surprise when AT&T’s (T) chief said that the company was seeing soft home phone and internet business. So far, wireless spending seems OK. Since big company CEOs are trained…
John McCain and Hillary Clinton may have won in New Hampshire. Michigan and South Carolina are next. But, Wall St. does not care about the primaries. Their results won’t be reflected in whether the…
According to Reuters, Bear Stearns (BSC) replaced its CEO James Cayne who will remain chairman. Reuters writes that the CEO of Best Buy (BBY) sees the retail climate getting tougher. Reuters writes that shares…
Markets in Asia were mostly higher The Nikkei rose .5% to 14,599. NTT (NTT) rose 2.4% to 530000. Sony (SNE) rose 2.7% to 6190. The Hang Seng rose 1.9% to 27,616. China Life (LFC)…
After all of the bile that has passed between the European Union and Microsoft (MSFT) over Redmond’s monopolistic behavior in the region, the two may now be bedfellows. The European Commission, a branch of…
The credit default swaps market is turning on India’s Tata Motors (TTM). Concerns are mounting that the company will bite off more than it can chew by buying Jaguar and Rover from Ford (F).…
Perhaps the fact that Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) got into the bond insurance business just as it was falling apart was not entirely due to the genius of Warren Buffett. According to the FT, Mr.…