March 2012

Paul Ausick | Mar 29, 2012 at 11:35 AM EDT

Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey Slightly Weaker

The March manufacturing index for the region of the country served by the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank fell slightly…

Jon C. Ogg | Mar 29, 2012 at 11:34 AM EDT

Obama Speech Attacks Oil & Gas Subsidies (XOM, VLO, CHK, FSLR, USO)

In a “we versus them” speech today, President Obama again called for the end of subsidies for oil and gas…

Paul Ausick | Mar 29, 2012 at 11:24 AM EDT

Oracle Rejects Google Offer in Patent Dispute (ORCL, GOOG)

In August 2010, Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) filed suit against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) for patent infringements on the Java…

Paul Ausick | Mar 29, 2012 at 10:57 AM EDT

PulteGroup Sinks Homebuilders Shares (PHM, DHI, KBH, MHO, XHB)

Homebuilder PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE: PHM) is leading homebuilding stocks into another trough today following a downgrade from S&P Capital IQ…

Jon C. Ogg | Mar 29, 2012 at 10:41 AM EDT

Neostem Pounds Holders In Capital Raise (NBS)

If there is one sector you can count on to raise capital either after opportunistic share price gains or at…

Paul Ausick | Mar 29, 2012 at 10:32 AM EDT

Total’s Costs for North Sea Leak Could Reach Billions (TOT, BP, RDS-A)

A natural gas leak discovered last Sunday at the Elgin field in the North Sea could cost France’s Total SA…

Jon C. Ogg | Mar 29, 2012 at 10:23 AM EDT

Full 360-Degree Earnings Preview for RIM (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG)

Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to report earnings after the closing bell on Thursday afternoon. The troubled smartphone maker…

Paul Ausick | Mar 29, 2012 at 10:14 AM EDT

Oracle Buys Drug Trial Software Firm (ORCL)

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) has announced that it will acquire ClearTrial, a maker of cloud-based Clinical Trial Operations applications for…

Paul Ausick | Mar 29, 2012 at 9:37 AM EDT

US, European Economic Growth on Different Trajectories

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released its latest economic assessment for the G7 group of the…

Jon C. Ogg | Mar 29, 2012 at 9:20 AM EDT

Potential Deathblow for Chelsea (CHTP)

Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHTP) is being beaten hard this morning. News hit that the FDA has now rejected…

Paul Ausick | Mar 29, 2012 at 8:52 AM EDT

Best Buy to Shutter 50 Stores, Go Smaller (BBY)

Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) reported fourth quarter and full year earnings this morning. For the quarter,…

Jon C. Ogg | Mar 29, 2012 at 8:45 AM EDT

Jobless Claims Revision Skews Report Ahead of Unemployment

The Labor Department’s report on weekly jobless claims is out and the report showed a drop of 5,000 to 359,000…

Jon C. Ogg | Mar 29, 2012 at 8:36 AM EDT

GDP Revisions… When Poor Growth Never Looked So Good

The revision for Gross Domestic Product is out and investors need to keep in mind that this is the third…

Jon C. Ogg | Mar 29, 2012 at 8:23 AM EDT

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, AMZN, APOL, MT, T, CY, DK, EBAY, ESRX, GOOG, HFC, JNS, LVS, LOGI, JWN, POT, VZ, WPO, WFM, YHOO)

Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday.…

Paul Ausick | Mar 29, 2012 at 8:12 AM EDT

Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Lower

US index futures are down this morning as investors await the weekly report on new US unemployment benefits claims. Economists…

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Month: March 2012

Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey Slightly Weaker

Obama Speech Attacks Oil & Gas Subsidies (XOM, VLO, CHK, FSLR, USO)

Oracle Rejects Google Offer in Patent Dispute (ORCL, GOOG)

PulteGroup Sinks Homebuilders Shares (PHM, DHI, KBH, MHO, XHB)

Neostem Pounds Holders In Capital Raise (NBS)

Total’s Costs for North Sea Leak Could Reach Billions (TOT, BP, RDS-A)

Full 360-Degree Earnings Preview for RIM (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG)

Oracle Buys Drug Trial Software Firm (ORCL)

US, European Economic Growth on Different Trajectories

Potential Deathblow for Chelsea (CHTP)

Best Buy to Shutter 50 Stores, Go Smaller (BBY)

Jobless Claims Revision Skews Report Ahead of Unemployment

GDP Revisions… When Poor Growth Never Looked So Good

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, AMZN, APOL, MT, T, CY, DK, EBAY, ESRX, GOOG, HFC, JNS, LVS, LOGI, JWN, POT, VZ, WPO, WFM, YHOO)

Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Lower

SMH ETF Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance at July Earnings Calls

The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity’s 2026 Study Finds

Apple Will Run Advanced AI Model on Nvidia GPUs via Google Cloud, Ditching Private Infrastructure

The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity's 2026 Study Finds

Fidelity's 2026 Study: 76% of Boomers Are Counting on Social Security While Younger Generations Lean on Workplace Plans

SMH ETF Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance at July Earnings Calls

The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity’s 2026 Study Finds

Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey Slightly Weaker

Obama Speech Attacks Oil & Gas Subsidies (XOM, VLO, CHK, FSLR, USO)

Oracle Rejects Google Offer in Patent Dispute (ORCL, GOOG)

PulteGroup Sinks Homebuilders Shares (PHM, DHI, KBH, MHO, XHB)

Neostem Pounds Holders In Capital Raise (NBS)

Total’s Costs for North Sea Leak Could Reach Billions (TOT, BP, RDS-A)

Full 360-Degree Earnings Preview for RIM (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG)

Oracle Buys Drug Trial Software Firm (ORCL)

US, European Economic Growth on Different Trajectories

Potential Deathblow for Chelsea (CHTP)

Best Buy to Shutter 50 Stores, Go Smaller (BBY)

Jobless Claims Revision Skews Report Ahead of Unemployment

GDP Revisions… When Poor Growth Never Looked So Good

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, AMZN, APOL, MT, T, CY, DK, EBAY, ESRX, GOOG, HFC, JNS, LVS, LOGI, JWN, POT, VZ, WPO, WFM, YHOO)

Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Lower

SMH ETF Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance at July Earnings Calls

The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity’s 2026 Study Finds

Apple Will Run Advanced AI Model on Nvidia GPUs via Google Cloud, Ditching Private Infrastructure

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The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity's 2026 Study Finds

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