Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is set to report its first quarter earnings for 2011 after the close of trading today. Thomson Reuters has consensus estimates of $8.11 EPS and $6.32 billion in ex-TAC revenues. …
American Depository Receipts, or ADRs, are generally called American Depository Shares, or ADSs, now. We found after some routine screens that there were many 3%, 4%, and 5% or higher dividend yields available for investors. …
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has already been under pressure and now the company is losing another key executive. Bruce Sohn, President, Operations, is leaving First Solar. The company’s filing said the firm and…
Arcos Dorados (NYSE: ARCO) will begin trading today and it is also coming out at a premium. Arcos Dorados translates to ‘golden arches’ and it is the largest franchisee of McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) fast-food chain…
Zipcar Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIP) is looking to be a hotter IPO than its pricing. The offering for the car sharing rental model sold shares at $18.00 per share versus what had been a $14.00…
This morning we had two key economic readings, and the trend is for higher prices and a re-weakening of the employment situation. The Labor Department released weekly jobless claims for the last week and…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Maintained Underperform at Credit Suisse. Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB)…
Rare earth materials, rare earth oxides, rare earth elements… Whatever they are called by whichever outlet is writing about them that day, these have become the trading stocks where fortunes have been made. The sector is probably…
Our commodities coverage today looks at the bounce in prices following yesterday’s across-the-board drop and reports on a review of Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide. We also note some positive news on iron ore and coking…
Today’s round-up of alternative energy news includes a new IPO filing from a well-known entrepreneur, some developments in batteries, and another federal loan guarantee for a large solar PV project. Biofuel maker Kior, Inc.…
Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) is trading up this week on continued talk that Schneider Electric may be buying the company. Whether you believe that this report comes true depends upon which source you…
Valley National Bancorp (NYSE: VLY) was recently featured in our dividend watch for the already-high dividend yields that came out before the rest of the TARP banks were allowed to reinstate their payouts. We had noted…
ZOOM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZOOM) is surging this morning and what is interesting is that there could still be room above if the China syndrome of reverse mergers doesn’t act as a continued overhang. …
Jon OggThese are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Buy…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has just started the earnings season for the banks and financials. Jamie Dimon and friends reported that the bank made some $2.37 billion. The results were tallied…
Sirius XMWhy are short sellers attacking SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) harder and harder? This morning when we saw the short interest reports on about 300 companies, SIRIUS XM did not stand out at all…
On Wednesday morning will come the highly anticipated news regarding the first quarter earnings announcement from none other than Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). This single earnings event may not…
Today’s commodities news leads off with report that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and its leading commodities strategist are recommending that investors abandon long positions in copper and platinum even as the bank…
Chef’s Warehouse Holdings, LLC will likely soon be public as The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. It has filed to come public via an Initial Public Offering and plans to list its common stock on The…
Staffmark Holdings, Inc. has filed to come public via an Initial Public Offering. The staffing services provider plans to sell up to $125 million in an equity offering. The plans to list on the New…