thinkstockAnalysts at Credit Suisse today have initiated coverage on what they call the North American Agricultural Sciences sector with a look a seven fertilizer makers. Some of the companies have performed well over the past…
ThinkstockBy Jen Alic of Oilprice.com Prices at the US pump are on the rise again for the first time since October, but the good news is—according to analysts—this year should see overall lower gas…
ThinkstockMining giant Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE: RIO) said this morning that the company expects to take a noncash impairment charge totaling $14 billion in its full-year 2012 results. Rio Tinto’s CEO, Tom Albanese, and…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department is out with its weekly jobless claims and the news looks rather good on the surface. In fact, if this can be repeated for two more weeks, it is very…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported this morning that new housing starts in December rose to an annual seasonally adjusted rate of 954,000, a sharp increase of…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far from Wall St. research calls this Thursday: ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) cut to Sell at UBS but raised to Neutral…
ThinkstockCitigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) shared its fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The bank reported adjusted diluted quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $0.69 on revenues of $18.66 billion. In…
ThinkstockAfter a strong year of relative performance for pharmaceutical stocks in 2012, the analysts at Jefferies Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) predict that 2013 could show more of the same. However they are careful to…
ThinkstockWe recently did a story on stocks that perform well in a rising interest rate environment, a scenario that appears set up to be in play down the road. For the time being, the…
Brian Katt / Wikimedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation LicenseBank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The mega-bank reported diluted quarterly earnings per share…
ThinkstockUnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The health insurance and benefits management firm reported diluted quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $1.20 on revenues…
courtesy Dell Inc.Private equity firm Silver Lake Partner’s rush to fund a buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has accelerated. And investors have begun to ask if founder Michael Dell has a conflict of…
courtesy of General MotorsGeneral Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) said it will offer better prices on the next generation of Chevy Volts, the car company’s flagship electric car. Since almost no one buys Volts now,…
ThinkstockThe brief optimism that a resolution to financial problems in the European Union would begin a process that would resurrect the economy is over. Both economists and national leaders believe that low consumer demand, unemployment…
ThinkstockMichael Dell and the Dell Buyout Private equity firm Silver Lake Partner’s rush to fund a buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has accelerated. And investors begin to ask if founder Michael Dell has…