White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett has released the highly anticipated Annual Report for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A), which also contains the highly visible Annual Letter to Shareholders. Buffett is often considered…
ThinkstockNII Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD) is not trading like a company that simply reported a wider loss than expected. The Latin American wireless Nextel telecom provider i sin trouble and signaled that it will…
Credit Suisse's analyst Christian Buss has put out a new warning on Lululemon. The firm already had a Neutral rating, but the price target in this call was lowered to less than Thursday's closing…
ThinkstockThe Chinese renminbi, or yuan, is still pegged to the U.S. dollar. China has been accused of being a currency manipulator in the past, even though almost every nation is a currency manipulator these…
Friday's markets had been in limbo and were looking for direction, and the Chicago PMI acted as an unusual and unexpected catalyst for the stock market. Sometimes the market manages to run on small…
Compugen is raising close to $60 million in a secondary offering, but at a punishing price to any new shareholders who bought into this week's strength.
Carl Icahn, unsurprisingly, is not letting up on his attack on eBay. The billionaire and activist investor has released a response letter (to a response of a response) to eBay shareholders on Friday morning.
The technology analysts at UBS have spotted five red-hot stocks that may be poised to move much higher. All of these stocks are solid business leaders in their various fields, not hype or smoke…
ThinkstockFriday’s key economic report was the first revision to fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP). The Commerce Department’s numbers were expected to be revised down, and they were revised slightly more than expected. GDP for…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on the final day of February 2014. The include Deckers Outdoor, InterMune, MarkWest Energy Partners, Medivation and Pan American…
ThinkstockAirline stocks have soared higher and higher. The age of consolidation is allowing the airlines to charge whatever they want, but 2014 is getting off to a rough start – a very rough start.…
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve is under a new chairman, and the new policy is still one that will come with ongoing bond purchase tapering. Still, the Fed’s balance sheet keeps growing and is moving further…
courtesy of 3D Systems Inc.3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) is set to report earnings on Friday morning. As a reminder ahead of this preview, 3D Systems had issued a profit warning in recent weeks…
The markets are way up, but for some reason this just does not feel like a market at the all-time high. That being said, 24/7 Wall St. wanted to evaluate the conglomerate sector for…
ThinkstockWestport Innovations Inc. (NASDAQ: WPRT) has a lot to be thankful for after what was a poor earnings report. The quarterly report was nothing stellar, and this year is going to be one of…
Baidu was hitting new all-time highs in the after-hours trading session Wednesday night. The problem is that we have seen one key upgrade and one key downgrade from Wall Street analysts on Thursday.
Merrill Lynch issued a note on Aegerion Pharmaceuticals in the wake of its earnings report that both maintained a Buy rating and maintained its $102 price target. This target implies about 70% upside.
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThursday’s economic report calendar seemed to be good when you consider that the decline in durable goods was better than expected, but the Labor Department has released a skunk of…
ThinkstockThe Commerce Department’s reading on durable goods is one of the most volatile economic reports issued each month. Then there is the notion that weather in much of the Midwest and Northeast has kept…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, February 27, 2014. They include Baidu, First Solar, J.C.Penney and Chinese oil companies.