These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street early this Thursday morning: AMAG Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMAG) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Outperform at…
The Labor Department has released its weekly jobless claims and the figure showed that there were -26,000 to 550,000 in weekly claims. The prior week’s initial figure of 570,000 was revised to 576,000. This…
By John Tamny of RealClearMarkets Peter Morici is a renowned economist and University of Maryland professor of economic means who believes that the “trade deficit” was the “principal cause of the Great Recession”. He…
The GM board, which was looking at four or give options for its Opel units, has apparently decided to sell it to Magna, one of the current bidders. According to an exclusive report in The…
A new report from the China Greentech Initiative, which is made up of several dozen alternative energy companies and government organizations, says that the potential for green technology sales in China is as much as…
The carefully watched monthly RealtyTrac data on foreclosures was released earlier today and it paints a picture of a national foreclosure situation that is not improving and is not likely to improve until a…
The Administration’s plan to help modify millions of mortgages to keep “worthy” homeowners in their houses is not working. A Treasury Department report shows that 360,165 people had their monthly payments reduced through August.…
GM may have learned something from its US-government backed bankruptcy in America. A car company can make it through Chapter 11 successfully and live to have its balance sheet better off and its operations…
BP (BP) last week said it found an oil field deep under the Gulf of Mexico that could yield as much as one billion barrels of oil and gas. Not to be outdone, yesterday Brazil…
Reuters: GM has made its decision on Opel and will announce it today. Reuters: Foreign car makers are having trouble with the affluent market in China Reuters: Steve Jobs made a presentation at Apple’s (AAPL)…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 2% to 10,514. The Hang Seng was up 2% to 21,263. The Shanghai Composite was off .7# to 2,925. At the open in Europe, the FTSE…
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) has come out in a mid-quarter update and raised its guidance. The new quarterly guidance is $0.37 to $0.41 EPS on $2.73 to $2.87 billion in revenues. The prior…
Generally speaking, success and intrigue in a new hot market brings on competition. It seemed to be a bit of an odd merger to many when Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) acquired the private…
The DJIA has rolled over a bit since the release of the latest Beige Book from the Federal Reserve, yet the market is still higher. Ditto for the S&P. The Fed’s Beige Book is…
There is a very silly notion being brought to you by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program’s Corporate Values Strategy Group and what is admittedly a rather impressive list of names joining it.…
There are many things that help solar power and orders for the sector, but arguably higher energy prices and tax incentives or subsidies probably dwarf the overall economic situation. There seems to be a…
Eighty-one million people visited federal government websites in July which is about four out of ten people on the Internet in America. There are several notable trends when the traffic is broken down by…
Here are Wednesday’s top day trader and active trader alerts with more detailed trading volume and price analysis in the links over at VSInvestor.com: General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) is challenging post-crash highs on an…
These are this Wednesday morning’s top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen from Wall Street: Cameco (CCJ) Cut to Sector Perform at Scotia. Check Point Software (CHKP) Cut to Market…
There are still many upgrades coming considering the light and shortened week. These are this Wednesday’s top early bird analyst upgrades and positive research calls that we have seen: Capital One (COF) Raised to…