Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) may have taken the title for the safest of the big money center banks away from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), but the bank is not…
Perhaps Portugal can be happy that it is not exactly at the same point as Greece, but things are continuing to look really bad. The national statistics institute in Portugal released data showing that…
Safety-Kleen Inc. looks like it will soon be public. The environmental services outfit has filed to sell up to $400 million in initial public offering proceeds. It will be a New York Stock Exchange…
The market is looking for direction and we are still on the heels of a rally that has gone for five consecutive weeks now. This makes those charts more important than ever. Today we…
Whenever you hear the words “Carl Icahn” and “son” together in news, the initial response is that Forest Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: FRX) is under attack by the activist investor. One of the many complaints…
Retail Sales for the month of July are now out after a much softer than expected report in June. We have already seen some of the same-store sales data with weakness. Or was there…
The Labor Department has reported the level of wholesale inflation measured by the Producer Price Index. The reading for the month of July came in at +0.3% on the headline report, but the core…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning. Changyou.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: CYOU) started as Buy at Citigroup. Eastman Chemical Co. (NYSE:…
The S&P 500 Volatility Index, also called ‘The VIX’ or ‘The Fear Index,’ is showing to be at some incredibly low levels. In fact, The VIX just dipped under 14.00 today at 13.97 to…
Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) was supposed to be fully funded and almost fully booked for its capacity. You would never know it if you just looked at the tape. Now we have some additional…
Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) may be surging on news that it is going to spin off its drug research unit, but now there is something else to consider. Elan could be getting closer and…
First it was the purchase of Zagat. Now from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JW-A), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is buying up the assets of a number of its consumer print and digital…
It was just last week that Bank of America/Merrill Lynch said it was reaffirming the Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) was looking good and reiterated its Buy rating after its new higher guidance after updating…
Outside of rivalry for eyeballs, maps, and all other things digital… What do Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) have in common? They are both within about 4% of their 52-week…
The focus for networking and communications equipment this week was supposed to be all about Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO). That may be true the rest of the week, but a call from Standard…
The market is trying to figure out what to do after 5 weeks of gains. That puts the chartists in charge on a day that is light with news flow. Today we are tracking the…
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) may soon be much closer to Ally Financial again. An SEC Filing this morning shows that GM, via its wholly owned captive finance entity General Motors Financial Company Inc.,…
Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is set to report earnings after the close on Monday. The online coupon website has not been without controversy after its shareholder losses have been massive, with losses of 60%…
SolarWorld AG may not have a primary market listing in the United States, but the German solar power systems outfit often is considered a key player in the solar sector. Now the German outfit…
Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) is surging this morning after the Eddie Lampert-run entity has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to spin out the Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. unit via…