AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGC), a maker of tractors and combines and farming equipment, reported that its fourth quarter earnings more than doubled to $85.2 million. This came to $0.88 EPS adjusted versus $0.35 EPS…
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) Started…
Media reports questioning whether the United States will keep its “Triple-A Rating” in the future are frequent. The fear of endless budget deficit spending and quantitative easing have only added fuel to the fire…
President Obama spoke to the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. What he said can be condensed easily. He will do what he can to cut unnecessary regulations and improve the corporate tax code. He…
Data released by comScore about mobile phone sales in December showed that trends from earlier in the year continued. Sales of Samsung handsets bested all of its rivals in the US with a market…
Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) posted mediocre results for its fiscal third quarter which ended on December 31, and the nine months which ended on the same day. The world’s largest car company also increased…
Regulators will push to keep Wall St. firms from side stepping regulations on financial firm pay. (Reuters) Toyota Motor’s (NYSE: TM) fiscal third quarter profits fell but it increased it forecast for production during…
The joint venture between Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) and L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. (NASDAQ: ERIC), aptly called Sony Ericcson, tantalized gamers with a commercial during yesterday’s Super Bowl for a device everyone’s been calling…
Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (NYSE: AIB) has been in trouble from top to bottom from the financial crisis. Things have become dire enough that now the bank has listing issues. The bank noted today…
Today’s announcement of a definitive merger agreement between Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) and Pride International Inc. (NYSE: PDE) is the first major deal among offshore drillers since the Macondo well explosion last April. The…
nationsonline.orgThe international media is full of reports about the battle between France and Germany on one side and the balance of the eurozone nations on the other. Germany in particular wants the economically weak…
When BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) made its $38.6 billion offer for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT), the size of the deal put a spotlight on the fertilizer makers, especially those that produce…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million…
By John Tamny of Forbes A recent story in the New York Post revealed that if Wal-Wart were allowed to open in the five boroughs, that New Yorkers would save 33% on a common…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OREX), Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PGNX), and Yongye International,…