These are some of Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts. Inc. (NYSE: AAP) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) added…
National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is surging on news that banker Lucas Papademos has been named as the new Greek Prime Minister. The 64-year old will replace outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou…
If you have been following the flow of news in municipal bond land, you know all about Meredith Whitney’s grandiose calls for waves and waves of municipal bankruptcy fears. The good news is that…
Does the euro live or die? That is the question of a 24/7 Wall St. poll that we are asking our readers to participate in. This is a million dollar question (or maybe 5…
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) had a rough day with the equity markets today posting a drop of more than 4.6%, but the stock has been under constant pressure of late by…
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is trading higher after its earnings report. The leader in networking technologies and communications equipment reported earnings of $0.33 EPS net but the analyst equivalent adjusted figure is $0.43…
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings after the close of trading and Wall Street is expecting a better report than what it had heard from the company earlier this year. …
The movie industry grosses billions of dollars per year in box office sales. The amount of money invested on the top movie franchises is mind-boggling, but the largest films have yielded significant returns for…
These are some of Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ALSK) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML. Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Cut to…
Well, it used to be Greece taking us down daily, but now it is the much larger concern of Italy. The markets were supposed to be cheering that Silvio Berlusconi was going to step down…
The realm of global geopolitics is going beyond nerve-racking in many instances. It is not just the U.S. that is being held hostage by Europe as Japan has a pricey Yen against the Dollar…
Short sellers are an interesting lot, particularly when they go public and are vocal against a company. In many cases they can rack some serious damage to a share price. News is out today…
It has happened before, but it is rare. Very rare. A bankruptcy that is good for shareholders. Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) is seeing a sharp rise in its common stock after some of the financial…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) remains a key focal stock for many investors as it continues to take market share and as it continues growing international. This morning came a research note with a maintained…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is still going to feel like a lost company for a while. At first it was going to allow Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) to run wild in the PC market…
These are some of Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Aixtron SE (NASDAQ: AIXG) Raised to Equalweight at Morgan Stanley. Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Neutral…
Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is trading higher in the after-hours on news that it has completed the sale of its Image Sensor Solutions business to Platinum Equity. Our question is simple: Is Eastman…
Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) is facing yet one more tough reception of a company action after news that the electronics manufacturer is buying out its British partner of its U.S. mobile phone joint…
Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) has just submitted a SEC filing disclosing that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has now approved its acquisition of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSEA). The merger goes…
Warren Buffett and his team at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) went out buying stocks in this last quarter according to the firm’s quarterly report. Sadly, no one outside of Buffett, Combs,…