Alcatel-LucentAlcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) is trading marginally higher on what is probably being packaged and sold as a management reshuffling but what may just be a mild switch of a product focus. Today’s continued move seems…
The markets are all a bit soft this Monday with the major indexes trading marginally in the red. After last week’s negative employment surprise and with Draghi’s efforts to buy bonds from troubled nations, now…
These struggling social media players are looking more and more silly by the day. Over the weekend came news that Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) was losing its cloud technology expert, Allan Leinwand, as he…
If you made as much money in shares of luxury apparel and accessories-maker Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: KORS) as the insiders have, chances are high that you would want to lock in at least…
The bankruptcy implosion at Eastman Kodak Co. is going from ugly to uglier. How Antonio Perez has been able to remain CEO is more than just a mystery. Perez is naming the leadership for Kodak’s…
Geron Corp. (NASDAQ: GERN) has spent much of the past decade migrating from the key stem cell research player into a total dud. Now we have more news that may act as a further…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.…
courtesy of BP plcBP PLC (NYSE: BP) has confirmed some news reported earlier by Reuters on an update of its planned asset sales. BP is selling its interests in a number of oil and…
Audience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADNC) is now the worst IPO of the year. News surfaced last night from the company that its main customer, one Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was unlikely to use its technology…
In recent days we could not help but notice how Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) made some significant reductions to its holiday layaway plans to make it more affordable and available. We also said…
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM) is surging on news updating its non-small cell lung cancer trial. The company said that interim results were presented from its 121 patient randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase IIb trial in patients…
Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) has just released its key weekly rig count data. The report shows that the United States is -30 from last week down to 1864 rigs, while Canada’s rig count…
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) has announced that the company’s board of directors has declared a $0.17 per share quarterly dividend on its outstanding common stock. Our take is that this will likely be…
Quantitative easing is back on the table and back in traders’ pockets. Forget about what Ben Bernanke said at Jackson Hole about vigilance. This is after Mario Draghi’s bond buying news this week from the…
MIPS Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS) has been on a major run of late, and shares hit a new 52-week high this morning. We have seen four consecutive days of gains, as this closed at…
The markets are looking for direction after the dismal jobs report this morning. Now the question is whether or not the report was bad enough that it will force Ben Bernanke into another round of…
So what if the jobs numbers were a huge disappointment. There are many stocks on the move this morning after the huge Chinese stimulus package and on the heels of yesterday’s bond-buying plans from…
The Labor Department has released its highly anticipated report on the employment situation for August. With this being one of the last reports ahead of the key presidential election and with the stimulus packages…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) named Bear of the Day at Zacks. Apollo…
Monster Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: MWW) has released its Monster Employment Index for August 2012 showing that the United States grew by 6% year over year, and one that also rose by 6% month over…