ICE Buying Interactive Data
Intercontinental Exchange has announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Interactive Data.
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Dallas Fed Shows Improvements in Manufacturing, but General Index Still Negative
While there is some weakness, the Federal Reserve noted that manufacturing activity in the Texas region has now increased after a nine-month slump.
Kinder Morgan Capital Raise via Depositary Shares
Despite Wall Street expecting that Kinder Morgan would seek an undefined and unspecified capital raising effort, it turns out that Kinder Morgan's filing shows how it is raising capital via depository shares.
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AK Steel, Apple, CONSOL, IAMGOLD, Juniper Networks, Tyson Foods and More
Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include AK Steel, Apple, CONSOL Energy, IAMGOLD, Juniper Networks and Tyson Foods.
How Berkshire Hathaway Escaped Warren Buffett Stock Picks This Week
White House Photo by Pete SouzaInvestors still love to watch every single move of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). It turns out that being the wealthiest individual and being considered the…
8 Fresh Analyst Picks Called to Rise 50% to 100%
ThinkstockThis last week was another solid week in the markets, led by promises of more quantitative easing from the European Central Bank, a rate cut in China, and strong major technology earnings here in…
AEP Slides Lower After Analyst Downgrade
American Electric Power may have done well after earnings this week, but apparently Credit Suisse thinks the valuation merited a downgrade.
Are Analysts Being Too Brave in the $1,000 Amazon and Alphabet Stock Race?
Earnings reports from Amazon.com and Alphabet, which most of us still call Google, sent shares to new highs on Friday.
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AbbVie, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Pandora, McDonald’s, Many More
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include AbbVie, Alphabet, Amazon.com, American Electric Power, Apple, Microsoft, Pandora Media and McDonald's.
10 Stocks Massively on the Move After Earnings
Earnings season is in full swing, and 24/7 Wall St. has tracked many big movers in the after-hours trading session.
Microsoft Delivers on First Quarter Earnings
Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has just released its fiscal 2016 first quarter earnings report. The software giant posted adjusted operating earnings of $0.67 per share and $21.7 billion in revenue. Thomson Reuters had…
Google Beats the Alphabet Soup on Earnings
courtesy of GoogleAlphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), you know it as Google, has reported its third quarter earnings for 2015. The search giant and maker of other great things reported that its adjusted earnings from…
2 Opposite Analyst Views of the American Express Earnings
American Express may be a big favorite of Warren Buffett, but a post-earnings reaction has taken shares even lower.
GNC Slammed on Oregon Attorney General Supplement Sale Lawsuit (Update)
ThinkstockGNC Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNC) is getting its turn in the negative news mill over the quality and legality of supplement sales. As you might have guessed, it is not in a positive manner.…
Rekindled Interest in Currency Hedged Equity ETFs
So-called hedged ETFs take all or most of the currency risk out of the equation. They simply trade in dollars and track the raw underlying equity market indexes on which they are based.
Merrimack Pharma Wins FDA Approval of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Drug
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals saw its shares halted for "news pending" due to an approval from the FDA.
Community Health Systems Rocked on Lower Guidance, Hospital Woes Continue
ThinkstockCommunity Health Systems Inc. (NYSE: CYH) is showing that the weakness in hospital and medical care facilities may not be over. Its preliminary financial and operating guidance has bushwhacked its shares on Thursday. Net…
Europe’s Market Gift, With Hints of More Quantitative Easing
If there is one thing that central bankers and politicians have proven over and over since the Great Recession, it is that they will do almost whatever they can get away with to steer…
Chicago Fed National Activity Index Remains in Negative Territory
ThinkstockThe Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) is a put together by a regional Federal Reserve branch, but the focus is on the national trends as a whole. While it looks backward for a…
Despite a Dividend Hike, How Kinder Morgan Is Weighing on MLPs
Kinder Morgan is no longer classified as a master limited partnership. That does not mean that its relevance to MLPs has vanished, and many closed-end MLP funds still own Kinder Morgan as a result.