As expected, President Obama confirmed on Tuesday a case at the World Trade Organization where China was manipulating the price and access to rare earth materials. The President said that the United States wants…
Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) does not feel like its ‘situation’ is resolved yet. What may be coming to an end is the hugely negative overhand of the panic. If so, its stock may…
Today’s FOMC Meeting should offer very little new insight. We have recently had the testimony from Bernanke to the Senate and House, and last week’s employment and payrolls data were just not enough of a…
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) just hit a new all-time high… again. The prior high was $201.57 and now shares on Tuesday have even managed to get back above the $202.50 mark. With…
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is supposed to be one of the best airlines out there. It has a loyal customer base and it has a better safety record than many other carriers. Unfortunately,…
Business inventories in the United States rose by 0.7% in January. The report was a tad higher than expected against the 0.5% estimates. The reported sales component was up by about 0.4%, but the…
KBW, Inc. (NYSE: KBW) is the parent of Keefe Bruyette & Woods and there is a bit of a horse race on its future prospects in two very different analyst calls. JMP Securities called it…
Beam Inc. (NYSE: BEAM) is trading higher after an article in the Daily Mail indicated the chance of a potential “imminent mega-bid” for Beam. Now that this is a pure-play, it may make more…
Word of a case being filed at the World Trade Organization is going to have rare earths back in focus. The Obama administration is set to be bringing a case against China over its…
Argus has made some basic changes to its FOCUS LIST of its analysts’ best ideas. Those which were added were Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL), Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS), Enterprise Product Partners LP…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. ACE Ltd. (NYSE: ACE) Added to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs. Apartment Investment &…
Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL) is being punished in the after-hours session. The vide game maker reported earnings which are not looking as promising as shares were hoping for earlier today. Net quarterly revenues…
Tangoe, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNGO) is selling shares. The company filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell a total of 8,000,000 shares of common stock. The company is selling 2,200,000 shares of…
Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE: SB) is raising new capital. Apparently some things are still happening in Greece. The international drybulk marine transportation outfit plans to offer 5,000,000 shares of its common stock to the public.…
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) has now released its earnings for its fourth quarter and the mend continues to be mixed here on first look.While comparable retail segment net sales were up 2%, apparently…
Tranzyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: TZYM) is showing the dark side of the risks around biotech initial public offerings. After less than a year since its initial public offering, this stock just lost more than 40%…
Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ANTH) is now caught between a rock and a hard place. A near-50% drop in a share price is never a good sign, so we want to look further at the…
Eastman Kodak Co. (EKDKQ) is still trading as an equity despite its bankruptcy process. There remains a debate over whether or not the equity value will remain above the red-line or not, and perhaps…
The next wave of stress tests on the U.S banks is due to come out by the end of this week. The Federal Reserve is expected to show that bank balance sheets have improved,…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse. Approach Resources Inc. (NASDAQ:…