The Merrill Lynch Endeavor list offers their top small-cap picks. 24/7 Wall St. went through the list to find not only their top stocks to buy, but the names that had the highest profile…
Thursday brought two economic reports. First was the weekly jobless claims, followed by January retail sales. Oddly enough, weather was not really cited for any weakness. Stocks were already weak, and they have drifted…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, February 13, 2014. They include Angie's List, Itron, NVIDIA, Regeneron and Sempra Energy.
Both Merrill Lynch and UBS have added stocks to Sell to their recent research reports. More and more, big Wall Street firms are trying to stay ahead of the curve, not behind. It helps…
The announced merger between the largest U.S. cable operator, Comcast, and the second largest, Time Warner Cable, will create a media goliath with 33 million cable subscribers. But this is in an era when…
courtesy Ford Motor Co.The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Thursday that 1.85 million passenger vehicles were purchased in China in January, a record for monthly sales in the world’s largest auto market. However,…
As Hewlett-Packard and Dell have struggled as personal computer businesses besieged by the success of tablets and smartphones, China-based Lenovo has taken the spot as the world's most successful PC maker.
ThinkstockGasoline prices continue to rise, mostly in lockstep with oil, which has surged to more than $100 per barrel. The price for a gallon of regular moved above $3 in all 50 states several…
ThinkstockIn a sign that the housing recovery may still be uneven, January foreclosure rates moved higher by 8% when compared to December. The primary causes were increases in foreclosure starts and foreclosure auctions. However,…
Thinkstock Apple Supplier Responsibility 2014 Progress Report Apple is deeply committed to expanding opportunities for the people who make our products and ensuring these workers are treated with respect and dignity. We will continue…
Whole FoodsWhole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) is seeing its stock drift lower after earnings and guidance. Despite the trends toward healthier foods, the company could not escape the wrath of other food retailers…
courtesy of Cisco SystemsCisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has now reported its second-quarter earnings report. We suggested in our earnings preview that the bar was set very low because of the poor report last…
thinkstockFebruary 12, 2014: Markets opened higher on Wednesday, but not by much. A report on a big jump in China’s trade balance from earlier in the day may or may not have been accurate,…
The U.S. Treasury released its Budget statement for January 2014 on Wednesday afternoon. The deficit of $10.4 billion was far narrower than the $30.8 billion deficit expected by Bloomberg. It even came close to…
ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) may finally be on the verge of changing its method of acting like a non-profit entity. With margins running at close to zero, or sometimes negative, now it seems as…