Regions Bank (NYSE: RF) had a very rough day as more and more pressure came out about banks in general and in banks that still have some past issues they are fighting through. There…
Bankrate, Inc. is about to be public again. This online personal finance content maker was taken private by affiliates of Apax Partners. The terms of the initial public offering are currently for some 20…
courtesy of Pandora MediaPandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) is getting a high valuation for its Music Genome Project ahead of its initial public offering. What is interesting is that many investors believe that Pandora…
Ollanta Humala, a left-leaning nationalist, won nearly 51% of the vote in Sunday’s presidential election in Peru and will take office in late July. Humala has promised to raise royalty payments on mining and…
Ally Financial Inc. has filed a second amendment to its S-1 filing as a mark that its IPO is likely closer rather than farther away. The company’s stock will be listed on the NYSE…
Today’s alt-energy news focuses on a change to Germany’s plans to cut back on subsidies for solar projects. Germany has had the most liberal incentive program of any country for solar PV installations. Last…
Fusion-io, Inc. is set to price its initial public offering this week. We currently have an expected pricing on or around Wednesday. The company’s latest amended filing shows that it will sell 12.3 million…
When the going gets tough, the tough often play defense — out of risky assets and into those assets that offer more security and some dividend upside. One choice is utilities, where investments are…
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) was already expected to have “a major product announcement” this week based upon the news from last week. Wall Street and Silicon Valley are interpreting this as one more…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) Cut to Sector Perform at Pacific Crest. Barclays…
Jon OggEach morning we give a quick hit to the top Wall Street analyst upgrades and downgrades that we see. As you might expect, some calls are much better, are much more aggressive, or…
Earnings season has all but ended as far as the great market-movers. That does not mean that there are not some interesting companies reporting earnings that need to be watched. The corporate earnings reports…
Today’s commodities watch offers some thoughts about the coming end of the Federal Reserve’s QE2 program and the effect that will have on commodity prices. One could make a pretty good argument that the…
Nokia Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) is hosed if 2011 becomes its own version of “Nokia’s New Normal.” It has seen more downgrades than the U.S. economic recovery in the last week. What is interesting…
Today’s alternative energy news is solar, solar, solar…. We have an acquisition in the solar PV project development business. A lawsuit has been filed in California to halt the construction of a 250-megawatt solar…
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., (NYSE: WMT) is hosting its annual shareholder meeting today. As this stock has been dead money for a decade, the heat is on and the company is trying to show its…
American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) and Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) are the two major players in the world of cellphone towers. Go ahead and include 4G too. This morning is not looking…
The Labor Department has confirmed the ghastly jobs data that the ADP figures and the weekly jobless claims figures were indicating. The unemployment rate came in higher at 9.1% and the change in non-Farm…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Career Education Corp.…
Groupon, Inc. has just filed for an initial public offering. No terms were disclosed other than that the sale is for up to $750 million in common stock. The company plans to trade under…