While not breaking news at this point, there is something that is front and center in banking when it comes to overdraft fees. To many consumers, overdraft fees are simply nothing more than a…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has much interest because of a possible buyout, asset sales in Asia, and a continued restructuring. With shares down four cents on the day and under $16.00 it might not…
A company named Midas Medici Group Holdings, Inc. is aiming to join the companies moving from the OTC Bulletin Board to the New York Stock Exchange’s AMEX platform. On Monday night it filed to…
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) may raise all of this or none of it. The telecom giant filed its automatic shelf registration statement today with the SEC and the amount that the company can…
We are entering into the last waves of the normalized quarterly earnings reports for companies with December 31 quarter-end dates, and we are entering the first waves of the earnings reports from companies with…
DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) is seeing a second day benefit so far after a large rally on Monday. The gain was after news that its drilling unit, Ocean Rig UDW, has won a contract for…
MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) is still a relatively low dividend yield, but the company has made an effort to rectify that issue. The credit card processing giant has just doubled its dividend as the…
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings on Wednesday after the closing bell and all companies in telecom and communications will be watching handily. After a poor earnings report from Oracle…
OpenTable Inc. (NASDAQ: OPEN) is set to report earnings after the close today. This online restaurant reservation and information destination site has seen is stock fall massively from its 2011 highs as investors have…
Is it a worry when the percentage gainers are all low-priced stocks? For some it may be, others will just say it is the normal process. Cybex International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYBI) is up 23%…
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is having another big up-day on what appears to be no news. That implies short covering as the short sellers occasionally have to run for cover. While fundamentals stink…
Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke is testifying today in front of the Senate Budget Committee. His speech outline’s opening remarks appear identical to his speech in front of the House Budget Committee given last…
There is one ETF which many investors have forgotten about (or never wanted to know about)… The PowerShares Dynamic Media (NYSE: PBS) shares aims to track the Dynamic Media Intellidex(SM) Index which is composed…
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RAH) may still appear as though the stock was down significantly today on some quote systems. The problem is not bad news, but rather it is a spin-off of the Post…
ViroPharma Incorporated (NASDAQ: VPHM) is seeing its shares heading south after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a “complete response letter” to the company regarding the Cinryze (C1 Esterase Inhibitor) industrial scale manufacturing expansion activities. The…
BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) is trying to make anyone with any caution look rather silly all over again this Tuesday morning. The driver has been hope of its old cancer hopefuls but a…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning. AON Corporation (NYSE: AON) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup. AstraZeneca (NYSE:…
Zoltek Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZOLT) has been on fire in the last two trading sessions. During last week the stock was under $10 at $9.47 on Thursday… Then shares closed at $13.11 on Friday on…
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) has managed to beat earnings and shares are trading higher in the pre-market after the report. On an operational and normalized basis, Coca-Cola’s earnings hit $0.79 EPS and that…
BP plc (NYSE: BP) is trying to get into full recovery mode after the accident in the Deepwater Horizon nearly two years ago. Along with earnings this morning, BP is raising its dividend. BP…