Vantiv, Inc. has announced more details of initial public offering of 29,412,000 shares of its common stock. Vantiv calls itself “a leading, integrated payment processor differentiated by a single, proprietary technology platform.” Each share…
Facebook made its second amendment to its IPO filing on Wednesday evening. While many of the details are the same, the number of bankers is quite a lot. The largest social network claims 845…
President Draghi of the European Central Bank is out signaling some of the expected economic growth and inflation data. What is amazing is that they are not conceding that all of 2012 will be…
The U.S. Labor Department is out with its weekly jobless claims and this is effectively the last-look figure before Friday’s key unemployment and non-farm payrolls data. Jobless claims rose by 8,000 to 362,000. The…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs. Apple…
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is under a bit of pressure this morning, although the move is on top of something we had warned about in recent days. The United States Treasury Department…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is in a spot where it cannot win. That is certainly what the stock is telling you at any rate. It is sad if you pull up the negative…
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is still down almost 2% today despite the new Apple TV including it. The problem may be that there is a restreaming feature among various Apple devices from iTunes and…
Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE: KGC) is seeing some elevated options trading today out in April. Shares are up 1.5% at $10.74, but the action is out in the April call options in the $11…
News of the FDA approving the lung drug from Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSCO) may be a game changing event. The company’ Surfaxin for lung development in premature births has tried to get approved four…
Transcend Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRCR) is surging higher on news that Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is paying a premium to acquire the company. While many deals are a waste, this one looks to…
A report came out in our analyst summaries this morning showing That Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) had been raised to an “Outperform” from a “Neutral” rating and the new price target is $654.00 per…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is reaffirming its plan for continued double-digit sales gains in 2012 at Wednesday’s investor meeting discussing its global outlook and long-term global growth plans. As far as the double-digit…
ADP is releasing February jobs creation showing that private sector added 216,000 jobs. Dow Jones was calling for 215,000 and Reuters was calling for 216,000. This is a good figure and it should tame…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) named Bull of the Day and raised to Outperform with $654…
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) is looking a bit weak after an earnings warning. The semiconductor outfit reported that it has recently seen some order decreases, which it blamed as being mostly in certain wire line…
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) may be getting a boost as far as client names, if one contract can matter even if that one contract is from the greatest company around today. The Mercury News…
Pandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P) appears to have missed the mark on earnings with a wider loss than what was expected. Revenues grew 71% in the fourth quarter to $81.3 million. The net loss…
Usually for a small cap or micro-cap stock to double, it is because of a buyout. A move today in Vermillion, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRML) has the shares up over 100% after the company reported…
Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) has finally managed to enjoy one positive day after hiring financial advisory service from Stone Key Partners and BofA Merrill Lynch. The aim is not just assumed to be…