This week, we will have the real start of the earnings onslaught for Q1-2008 earnings season. We compiled many estimates Friday evening to see which pairs of companies and which actual leaders were coming…
AMR (NYSE: AMR), parent of American Airlines, will return to 100% service tomorrow after FAA-mandated inspections of it MD-80 fleet forced the cancellations of over 3,000 flights. AMR management has said that the incident…
The New York Times brutalized the accounting industry today by suggesting that auditors should have caught bad numbers on the books of financial companies much earlier. The paper reports that "attention is turning toward…
With all of the write-offs it has taken in the past and all those it is likely to take in the future, the market rubbed more salt in the wounds of Citigroup (NYSE: C).…
Citigroup (NYSE: C) is expected to post write-downs of as much as $12 billion in first quarter and have a loss of over $3 billion. Merrill Lunch (NYSE: MER) could show write-offs of $5…
Citigroup (NYSE: C) cannot syndicate its EMI loan, AMD (NYSE: AMD) has lost its CTO, Fedex’s (NYSE: FDX) CEO sees a slowdown in the economy, and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) can’t sell phones with TVs.…
This week on CNBC’s MAD MONEY, Jim Cramer highlighted how Russia has many very promising prospects for emerging markets investors. He gave many ways to play the country with ADR’s of public Russian companies…
Journal Register Co. (NYSE: JRC) has been given notice by the NYSE that its shares are slated to get booted off of the prestigious exchange. The NYSE said in its statement that the company…
These are far from all of the lows, but these are many highlighted stocks that traders will care about. The prices for today are based on the last hour of trading and prior ranges…
National City Inc. (NYSE: NCC), has fallen on reports that the Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS), the second largest Canadian lender by assets, has offered an minority investment in the troubled bank. National…
If you have followed shares of Revlon, Inc. (NYSE: REV), you already know what a long-term let down this stock has been. Despite years of having top models pedal its wares, it’s stock has…
AOL Money & Finance (TWX) moved ahead of Yahoo! (YHOO) Finance in both total visits and page views during March. For the period, AOL had 409 million page views and 85.3 million visits. Yahoo!’s…
Sirius (NASDAQ: SIRI) hit a new 52-week low today at $2.45. While The Justice Department gave its plan to merge with XM Satellite (NASDAQ: XMSR) an OK, there has been no news from the…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) poor earnings report may be a shock to most. When you consider that the annual preview was just given one month ago, this flies in the face of the…
Import prices surged in March and some of the price jumps are a record for modern trading history. Even the Labor Department’s reputation for under-reporting inflation statistics can’t mask the high inflation. Oil is…
TriZetto Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TZIX) is being acquired. Private equity firm Apax Partners will acquire health-care software company for $1.4 billion, or $22.00 per share. This represents a 25% premium to Thursday’s closing price,…
MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MXB) has filed to sell up to 30,861,235 shares in a secondary offering. Unfortunately, all of the shares are from selling holders. Those selling holders are Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and…
Below are the top 10 pre-market analyst calls that 247wallst.com is focusing on: Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) cut to Neutral at JP Morgan. BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) Cut to Market Perform from Outperform at…
It is time for Jeff Immelt to leave. His plans for GE’s long-term future are a wreak. GE’s pitch that being in many businesses is better than one and being in businesses in many…
New refineries will be opening soon in China and some countries in the Middle East. This may force other facilities in the US and Europe out of the business. The older plants are not…