Neostem Raising Cash For It and Holders (NBS)
Neostem, Inc. (AMEX: NBS) is a bit soft this morning after making two separate share sale filings with the SEC. The company has filed to sell shares for existing holders and it has filed…
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Jon C. Ogg
SIRIUS XM Growth Meets Headwinds (SIRI)
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) may have to take a breather after the satellite radio monopoly gave a mixed earnings report. The company Reported Q1-2011 earnings of $0.01 EPS and revenues rose…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACI, DNDN, RE, GM, HERO, JBLU, ERIC, POOL, REE, X, VIA-B, VVUS, WFC)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Raised to Buy at Brean Murray; Reiterated Buy…
M&A Watch: Biotech Deals Keep Rolling, Who Is The Next Buyout Target? (TEVA, VRX, CEPH, CRA, ALXN, DNDN, CBST, HGSI, UTHR, CADX, AMAG, SGMO)
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) has trumped Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX) after it agreed to acquire Cephalon Inc. (NASDAQ: CEPH) in a $6.8 billion deal. The merger will give the mostly-generic Teva a portfolio…
Easier Bank Lending and Higher Loan Demand: Fact or Fiction?
Banks are more willing to lend to consumers and businesses alike, or at least that is what they claim. A study released today from the Federal Reserve outlined the bank lending environment from April…
Commodities Watch: Pullback in Silver; Cotton Prices Continue Slide; Grains Also Lower (SLV, SIL, GLD, GDX, GDXJ, RL, GPS, LTD, LIZ, CORN, DBA)
Today’s commodities news reflects on the sharp drop in silver, continuing softness in cotton prices, and another fall in grain prices. The fall in silver prices immediately following the announcement of the death of…
Nortel Patent Sale Progress, Closer to Becoming No-Tel (NRTLQ, GOOG)
Nortel Networks Corporation (NRTLQ) was one of our Unusual Suspects this weekend for issues to watch this week. The death of Nortel has been years in the making and this company became one of…
Alternative Energy Watch: All is Not Bright for BrightSource; A Geothermal Bankruptcy; Mexican Biofuels; First Quarter Venture Capital Funding (GOOG, RZTI, FSLR)
Today’s roundup of alternative energy news covers a potential stumbling block for BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah solar thermal plant, the expected bankruptcy of a geothermal company, a shortfall in Mexico’s biofuels production, and a nice…
Troubles With Verizon’s 4G Network, Again (VZ, T, S)
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) had already suffered one outage of its new heavily marketed 4G network. It appears that the data portion of that 4G network is suffering yet another outage today, although…
Gabelli Changes All ‘Focus Five’ Stock Picks (ASCMA, CCE, CVS, NAV, YHOO, BLK, ITT, MSG, NFG, NIHD)
Gabelli & Co. is rather well-known for looking at companies for their value in special situations and in possible mergers, to the point that Mario Gabelli is known as “Dr. Love” by the investment community. …
Dividend Watch: ClickSoftware vs. ‘Others’ (CKSW, AMSWA, MSFT, QADA)
It was just last week that ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CKSW) managed to beat earnings, but what the company also did was begin a dividend policy. The company has a mere $301 million market cap…
Merger Bonanza, The Shrinking Coal Sector (ACI, ICO, ANR, MEE, WLT, RIO, RFLMF, CNX, BTU, PCX, JRCC, KOL)
Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) has finally pulled the trigger on an acquisition that has probably been in the works for months. The coal miner has announced an all-cash acquisition of International Coal Group,…
Bin Laden ETF Move Muted: Dollar, Silver, Gold, Oil, Bonds (SLV, SIVR, GLD, USO, UNG, UUP, TBT)
The reaction to the death of terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden has had what feels like a very limited impact on key financial markets, particularly if you go back and relive the week after…
M&A Watch: The Good & Bad Of Tenet Getting Higher Buyout Price (THC, CYH)
Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) has good news and bad news this morning. Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) has done what many expected by raising its buyout offer for Tenet. The company raised…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIR, AA, AMAT, BWLD, CAT, OFC, DNDN, EMC, MRH, NFLX, SANM, SGEN, S, UNH, VFC, WFMI, YMI, ZBRA)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR) Maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks. Alcoa…
Key Stocks To Watch For the Week Ahead, The Unusual Suspects (AAPL, BRK-A, BRK-B, BJ, C, F, GM, GPRO, IP, KND, N, NRTLQ, ONTY, SPPI, YRCW)
Jon OggThis last week marked another solid week for investors and many stocks were on the move. We have compiled a list of stocks we are looking for event-driven trading moves in the coming…
Berkshire Hathaway & Warren Buffett Add More Wells Fargo Shares (BRK-A, BRK-B, WFC)
We took a look through more of the earnings data from the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A; BRK-B) annual meeting this morning and there was one key change in the stock holdings. We detailed Buffett’s full holdings…
Berkshire Hathaway Earnings: Insurance Losses Cut Income By More Than Half (BRK-A, BRK-B)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A; BRK-B) is hosting its annual meeting of shareholders today and the company has just released its preliminary earnings report for the first quarter. As a reminder, Warren Buffett is…
The Top 5 Analyst Calls of the Week, Plus Bonus (DNDN, INSP, MCP, SIRI, VICL, SLV, SIVR)
Jon OggThis last week brought many reactionary calls from analysts after earnings. Our goal in the top analyst calls of the week is not to highlight after-the-fact research but to highlight those research calls…
IPO Rethink… Groupon Faces Mountains of Competition (GOOG, TZOO, KNOT, AMZN, OPEN, RLOC, REDF, LOCM, SPMD, WMT)
Groupon is supposed to be one of the 24/7 Wall Street Top 17 IPOs to Watch in 2011. That hasn’t changed, but our skepticism is growing at the same time that internet valuations for…