These are ten of the impact analyst calls we are seeing this Friday morning: Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT) started as Buy at UBS. Advanced Energy (NASDAQ: AEIS) Raised To Overweight By JP Morgan. American…
The opinion of most oil analysts and economists is that OPEC will let prices go up and up. That may not be true Goldman Sachs has said oil could spike to $200 a barrel…
China will begin to encourage companies within its borders to buy farmland abroad. The world’s most populated country sees it as a way to lock in food supply. According to the FT "A proposal…
Venezuela president-for-life and psycho Hugo Chavez has been giving aid to rebels in neighboring Columbia. According to The Wall Street Journal "A cache of controversial computer files closely tying Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez to…
There is nothing like having cash when no one else does. The few large sovereign funds have big bags of money and have used them to pick up assets in the US and UK,…
Hank Greenberg, former chief of AIG (AIG), still walks the avenues of Wall St. at night, plotting how to get his old job back. He has been in a series of disputes with the…
The Boeing (BA) Dreamliner has been delayed so many times that it defies counting. The plane was to have been out already and delivered to some customers. It has been hit by three setbacks.…
According to Reuters, AIG (AIG) lost $7.8 billion in the last quarter and will have to raise money. Reuters reports that Google says it will have revenue enhancing products for YouTube soon. Reuters writes…
Markets in Asia were mostly lower. The Nikkei fell 2.1% to 13,655. Sony (SNE) fell 3.1% to 4620. Toyota (TM) fell Toyota (TM) rose 1.3% to 2305. The Hang Seng fell 1.7% to 25,014.…
The time has come, late. But, the time has come. Google (GOOG) says that its No.1 revenue priority for the year it to make money from it monster-truck video sharing site, YouTube. According to…
American International Group (NYSE: AIG) showed a wider-than-expected loss for the quarter. More importantly, it plans to raise more than $7 billion to buttress its balance sheet. Its net loss was -$3.09 per share,…
Shares of NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) are getting to see some pressure after its earnings report. The graphics giant reported net income of $176.8 million which generated $0.30 EPS, which compares with income of…
Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) has announced a new gimmick tying the coming tax checks with the high gas prices. The company said that new and current customers can stretch their tax rebates with…
Barr Pharmaceuticals (BRL) Says business pace is falling off. Down to $37.40 from 52-week high of $58.38. Tesoro Corporation (TSO) Broker downgrade. Dips to $22.92 from 52-week high of $65.98. Playboy Enterprises (PLA) Earnings…
Colfax Corporation (NYSE: CFX) is seeing a huge reception after its hot IPO came to market today. This IPO priced its shares at $18.00 for an amount of 18,750,000 shares. This was above the…
"Let’s get on down to the main attraction, With a little less talk and a lot more action."–Elvis AMD (AMD) CEO Hector Ruiz makes a few promises a year and keep none of them.…
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is set to post earnings right after the close today. First Call has estimates pegged at $0.38 EPS on $1.15 Billion in revenues. As far as next quarter, estimates are…
Gomez, Inc. has filed its intention to come public via an initial public offering. For filing purposes, it has filed to sell up to $80.5 million in common stock. Gomez will also take the…
In the 1990’s, carbon certificate trading was mostly unheard of. This has also been largely untapped by American companies and by the American public. Until Now. The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., the subsidiary…
After a period of deep concern by Apple (AAPL) investors, when the stock fell from $194 at the beginning of the year to $121 in early February and then languished for two months, the…