ACGL raised to Outperform at Wachovia.ALGN raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.AMZN cut to Underperform at Piper Jaffray.ANGO raised to Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.BOT cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.BTU raised to Buy…
Stock Tickers: NDAQ, NYX, BOT, GFIG Goldman Sachs has a research call this morning on exchanges and a financial player this morning. Goldman Sachs is raising its views on the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.…
(ABN) ABN AMRO is being acquired by Barclays in largest international banking deal ever.(ABI) Applied Biosystems announced a new proteomics tool for biomarker research.(AGIX) AtheroGenics has been notified that its collaboration of AGI-1067 has…
Markets in Europe were modestly lower at 6.30 AM New York time. Th FTSE fell a fraction to 5,484. Barclays (BCS) dropped 1.6% to 737.5. BP (BP) rose 1.3% to 577.5. The DAXX fell…
According to Reuters, Barclays (BCS) will merge with ABM Amro (ABN) is a deal worth $91 billion. Reuters writes that Astra Zeneca will buy MedImmune (MEDI) for over $15 billion. Reuters writes that Research…
Markets in Asia were up modestly. The Nikkei rose a fraction to 17,455. Canon (CAJ) was flat at 6,560. Honda (HMC) was up .7% to 4120. NEC (NIPNY) was down .2% to 647. NTT…
Just think. Biotech firm MedImmune (MEDI) only put itself into play two weeks ago. Former raider turned activist Carl Icahn had threatened the company with a proxy war if its did not offer itself…
Barclays (BCS) finally closed the deal to buy ABN Amro (ABN). Together, they will become the fifth largest bank in the world. Sort of like Citigroup (C), but without the bad management. As part…
On the way to being up 25% over the last year, ExxonMobil (XOM) paused. In mid-December, the stock hit $79. By mid-March, it was below $70. But, that was short-lived. The shares now change…
On the way to being up 30% over the last year, shares in CBS (CBS) took a break in early March and slipped. But, after a slow week, they pushed back up again. And,…
Being in the midst of the sub-prime mortgage crisis has done a lot of harm to a number of lending institutions and some will not make it out alive. Washington Mutual (WM), the big…
Halliburton (HAL) has not had a distinguished year. Over the last twelve months its shares have fallen about 21%. Investors did not seem to be impressed that the company spun off its construction unit,…
The short interest in Motorola (MOT) rose from 22.8 million shares in March to 125.8 million in April. Motorola’s earning, announced this last week, were pathetic, so the increase is not surprise. Rival handset…
Motorola (MOT) is encouraging it shareholders to vote against Carl Icahn joining its board of directors. The raider has a 2.9% position in the big handset and telecom equipment company. Some observers would argue…
From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat
From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat
From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat
From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat
by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.com
From BioHealth Investor