AMR Trading Being Halted Too Frequently (AMR)
AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) may be bankrupt, but the company has announced more executive departures are part of its restructuring. Now there is hope that there could be some equity value left in the…
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Jon C. Ogg
Banking on General Electric (GE)
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is probably thinking “Now it Europe’s turn to lose the ‘AAA’ rating.” After all, the conglomerate still represents the broad economy by many standards. It saw the United States…
Make That Two LinkedIn Analyst Upgrades (LNKD)
LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) does not really depend upon the ratings of the United States or the European Union. Not unless business comes to a halt to the point that professionals do not even…
After S&P Euro Warning… EFSF Today, Banks & Insurance Companies Tomorrow
The entire world now knows about the European Union warnings from S&P on Monday. This morning came word that the ‘AAA’ long-term credit rating on the European Financial Stability Fund is now also being…
Southwest, Still Oversold & Flying Strong (LUV)
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) was recently called a grossly oversold stock by us as a turnaround stock price where the fundamentals of the business were not going in the same direction as the…
Olive Garden Hurting Darden Earnings Big Time (DRI)
Darden Restaurants Inc (NYSE: DRI) is finding its shares under severe pressure this morning after the company lowered its 2012 earnings and sales guidance. The company blamed deep discounts at its Olive Garden chain…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (MO, AEA, CCK, GE, HIBB, HBC, ITC, LNKD, PCS, SAP, SON, TSO, VZ)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank. Advance America,…
Veolia Sets Turnaround Goals With Huge Asset Sales (VE)
Veolia Environnement SA (NYSE: VIE) may be the world’s largest water utility, but the global volatility and being based in Europe have taken a toll on the company’s shareholders. The company has announced that it…
Recommended Gold Asset Allocations For Euro-Based Investors
The World Gold Council is calling on independent analysis as a diversification benefit for European investors. It seems as though someone wants to take advantage of the woes of a continent’s ailing currency merger. …
Another Sears Downgrade
You already heard about the E.U. coming “CreditWatch Negative” outlook being handed out to the European nations by S&P. Another key downgrade came to Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) ahead of Christmas as the…
Nations That May Lose AAA Ratings — and Those That Won’t
We have been covering the risks of the AAA rating risks far ahead of the curve on these formal credit ratings downgrades by the major credit ratings agencies. After the United States lost its…
Bankrate Shares Holding Firm Ahead of Secondary Offering (RATE, GS, BAC)
Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE: RATE) is actually holding up better than many secondary offering and post-IPO investors might have considered today. The company announced after the close on Friday that its underwriters agreed to waive…
NII Holdings Shines Over Sprint In Debt Offering (S, NIHD)
Unlike the operations of Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S), NII Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD) has managed to stay out of the red. Now it is showing that even when it raises capital that its investors…
Water IPO Filing From Mountain Valley (WATR)
Mountain Valley Spring Company is one of the oldest large format water delivery companies out there. It may soon be a public company as well if the initial public offering filing goes through. The filing…
Roundy’s IPO Filing… Midwest Grocery Store
A Midwest supermarket chain named Roundy’s has filed to come public via an initial public offering under the name Roundy’s Parent Company, Inc. No financial terms have been set, but the chain did note that…
U.S. Services Economic Growth Slowing, Worst Reading In Nearly Two Years
The U.S. services sector is seeing slower growth if the Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing data for November turns out to be gospel. The ISM non-manufacturing index fell to 52.0 for the month, which…
When Car Sellers Pan Electric & Hybrid Cars (AN, GM)
Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) was on a CNBC video this morning on the heels of news that the November sales figures were up 21% from a year earlier. The overall tone…
Is Veeco Set for a 40% Drop? (VECO, WDC, STX)
Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) is supposed to be one of the winners in the move to LED lighting in the future, but its exposure to the hard disk drive markets is being featured negatively…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AA, AMGN, ADSK, CVC, CBI, LFC, INCY, LNKD, THC, TWC, TIVO)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Cut to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs. Amgen Corporation (NASDAQ:…
Goldcorp Joins Gold Dividend Hike Brigade (GG, NEM)
Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE: GG) is chasing Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) with the wider ambition of being king of the dividends in the gold mining and production sector. The company has raised its dividend by 32%…