Goldman Sachs Slams Coal in Downgrade
Coal investors are getting coal put in their stockings early in 2014. Alpha Natural Resources is having a very rough end to its week as a result due to a nasty downgrade from Goldman…
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Less than three months after its rebirth, American Airlines is on pace for a record annual profit estimated at $3.5 billion putting it ahead of rivals Delta Air Lines and United Continental.
Why Safeway Buyout Makes Kroger Worth Twice as Much
Safeway's agreement to sell out to Cerberus Capital Management for as much as $40 a share says something about Kroger, the archrival of both Safeway and Cerberus's supermarket business Albertson's.
Coupons.com IPO Nearly Doubles Out of the Chute
In the first few minutes of its first trading day Friday morning, shares of Coupons.com were up about 90%. The promotions and coupon website company had priced its initial public offering Thursday at $16…
GT Advanced Technologies Basks in Apple’s Glow
courtesy of Apple Inc.GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT) has had its ups and downs over the past five years, as the solar PV industry for which it builds the equipment to make solar…
Biomet Is Coming Public via IPO, Again
ThinkstockWhat would appear to be an obscure initial public offering from LVB Acquisition Inc. is much more important than it might seem. This is actually the old medical devices company Biomet, and its name…
FuelCell Energy: Where $1 in New Contracts Equals $14 in Market Cap
FuelCell Energy announced Friday morning that it has received a continuation award of $2.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to "showcase" the capabilities of its Direct FuelCell power plant for industrial applications.
Windstream Pension Plan Selling Windstream Shares
An automatic shelf registration filed with the SEC shows that some 4,320,000 shares of common stock have been registered for a selling stockholder. Where this gets interesting is that the seller is actually the…
FireEye’s Secondary Offering No Help for Short-Term Profits
Network security hardware and software maker FireEye priced its secondary offering of 14 million shares at $82 a share last night, well below the stock's Thursday closing price of $89.55 and its post-IPO high…
Biotech Stocks to Buy After the Pullback
The biotech and specialty pharmaceutical groups got hit hard Thursday for a variety of reasons. The largest of which the analysts at Jefferies believe, is commentary within Washington's new budget proposal regarding tax inversion…
Labor Department Payrolls Bring a Pleasant Surprise
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsCan weather be to blame for poor jobs numbers for three consecutive months? After two disappointing Labor Department reports on monthly payrolls, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has determined…
Big Lots Soars on Earnings, Canadian Shutdown
Big Lots reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 earnings before markets opened Friday morning. The retailer also announced that it plans to shut down its Canadian operations.
Coupons.com IPO Going Out Strong
Promotions and coupon website Coupons.com priced its initial public offering Thursday night at $16 a share, above the expected range of $12 to $14. The company also added 500,000 shares to its original plan…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Nokia, Safeway, Sirius XM, Skull Candy, Teva, and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Friday, March 7, 2014. They include Nokia, Safeway, Sirius XM, Skull Candy and Teva Pharmaceutical.
Seven Top Tech and Data Stocks to Buy From Jefferies
In a new research report, Jefferies analysts point out that they expect an acceleration in cloud data center transformation to software defined networking. These seven top chips stocks may benefit the most from this…