Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) is not getting what would be considered a ringing endorsement from Wall Street analysts after its quiet period expiration has ended. In fact, it looks outright cautious in the research…
Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) is what Scarface might call a pig which won’t fly straight. The company’s stock is getting punished all over again after things looked as though they were on the…
More debt downgrade warnings are looming on the horizon. This time for Puerto Rico, a nation which many consider the unspoken fifty-first state in America. Moody’s Investors Service has now placed certain ratings of…
Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ: TZOO) is up for sale. At least that is what Reuters is reporting with a ‘citing sources’ of those familiar with the situation. The Internet travel information and booking site offers…
Before you panic about inflation in this reading, you might want to consider that many commodity prices have already backed off in recent days. Still, the reading for commodity import prices rose by 1.3%…
Alcatel-LucentAlcatel-Lucent, S.A. (NYSE: ALU) doesn’t have many friends when it comes to research analysts on Wall Street after a series of ongoing disappointments. That may be changing if today is any indication. The team…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Started as Buy at Maxim Group. Cepheid, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is raising its sequential guidance for the first quarter earnings when compared to the fourth quarter. The company noted that upstream results are projected to improve from higher crude oil…
Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) has managed to pull a rabbit out of its hat and it is the good kind. The aluminum giant and DJIA component just reported earnings of $94 million or $0.09…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) was facing a nearly busted IPO situation just yesterday. No 52-week low worries. Try nearing the worst of the worst as its shares were danger-close to that $20.00 price. …
Oil demand is being revised lower in a new forecast by the Energy Information Administration. The reality is that the demand erosion is modest at a mere 70,000 barrels per day in the United…
Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) is set to report earnings after the close on Tuesday and this will both be the first DJIA component to report earnings and it may set the tone for earnings…
VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) was trying to recover this morning and briefly spent some time in positive territory after an obvious concern for shareholders that the FDA is not quite as ready on an…
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has such a low share price that it has often been called a bit of a call option rather than a normal stock. It is between $2.00…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) did something more important than just hitting a new 52-week high today. It did something more important than hitting an all-time high today. For a brief period Apple’s stock market…
National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is not just up this Tuesday. It is up huge on a day where most investors would have assumed it would have been down. While many Euro-nation…
Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) may be the third largest supermarket chain operator in America, but this one has been down and out before this fresh earnings report. Shares are surging on better than expected…
ViroPharma Incorporated (NASDAQ: VPHM) is getting crushed on news that the Food & Drug Administration has denied the petition filed by ViroPharma on March 17, 2006 related to the FDA’s proposed in vitro method…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo. Dell Inc.…
This week will be the start of earnings season as we get to start reviewing some key earnings for first quarter of 2012. The banking sector is going to be of particular interest since…