General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has seen at least some decent trading action today, despite the softness in the market. The stock was reaffirmed as “Overweight” at JPMorgan, but the research call sounded much…
It seems that the healthy banks will get to come up with new funds all over again to protect the unhealthy banks, or maybe it is the regionals and community banks which will get…
We have been given some exclusive coverage on the recent developments in special purpose acquisition companies and blank check companies from SPACupdate.com this morning. Exceed Co. (NASDAQ: EDS), the Chinese apparel maker brought public…
Updated throughout the day. Playboy (NYSE:PLA) may outsource many of its publishing operations. (WSJ) Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) may counter the Kraft (NYSE:KFT) big by making an offer for Kraft’s confectionery business. (NYPost) Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) board member Rajiv…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts seen in early pre-market trading. We have more details and analysis on each stock available in links over at VSInvestor.com: Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.…
This morning we just received the first revision to third quarter Gross Domestic Product. The original unrevised figure was reported +3.5% for Q3, and the revision came in at +2.8%. Bloomberg had a consensus…
These are this Tuesday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this morning in Wall Street research calls: Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo. Amylin…
Car sales may slip over the next few months, but not every company will be affected equally. New research from ChangeWave shows that the bankruptcy and turmoil around GM and Chrysler is keeping buyers…
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is the latest large American company to announce it would buyback many more of its shares. This has become popular once again among the cash rich in the Fortune 500. McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD)…
By Douglas A. McIntyre There have been a number of attempts to come up with a figure about how many U.S. home mortgages are underwater — in other words, the value of the home…
MasterCard Spending Plus, which tracks retail sales, says that consumer electronics products are moving off the shelves of stores but women’s apparel is not. A Wall Street Journal analysis of the data for the…
The rich will shop early this year. The poor will shop late. The edge will probably go to the poor when the amount of national holiday sales is tallied at the end of the…
The Fed wants the taxpayer’s money back. It has asked nine large banks, including Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), to give it a timetable for when they will repay TARP funds. All of these banks were…
Reuters: Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE:HPQ) profit was up 14% and the company will triple its share buyback. Reuters: Banks have been asked to give their TARP repayment plans to the government. Reuters: Rich people are likely to shop…
Market in Asia were broadly lowere with Shanghai B shares down 7.3%. The Nikkei dropped 1% to 9,402. Japan Air hit a record low. The Hang Seng was down 1.5% to 22,423. The Bank…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) had already given its guidance for today’s earnings two weeks ago when it announced the surprise acquisition of 3Com Corp. (NASDAQ: COMS). But that doesn’t keep traders from looking through…
Telegent Systems, Inc. has just become the latest company to file to come public via an Initial Public Offering. No terms were listed, but the initial prospectus filing is for up to $250 million…
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH) and most healthcare related insurers are trading higher today despite the coming health-insurance reform. The Senate voted over the weekend to open a debate on its version, or versions,…
Cadbury plc (NYSE: CBY) is effectively worth almost more than ever because of the merger interest. Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) has a cash and share bid worth roughly $16.4 billion already, and Cadbury…
Klausner Technologies which owns 25 patents some part of which it claims cover the basic visual voicemail feature in which users can selectively view and listen to their voice messages via their mobile phones or computers is suing…