Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) has come out with its fourth quarter earnings. It has also hiked its dividend and accelerated its share buyback plan. The maker of communications chips reported earnings came to $266.2…
Blame it in part on the weather. The major gain in same-store sales that has been seen in recent months may be coming to an end. There were several factors to blame, and Retail…
FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is running higher this morning on news that Southern California Edison Company has ordered a 1.4 megawatt DFC1500 fuel cell power plant to install as a utility-owned fuel cell…
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Buy at Stern Agee. Automatic Data…
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is managing to keep its growth track on the same path as the investor path if the after-hours reaction is any true barometer of how investors will treat the stock…
Oil was hitting highs earlier today despite a recovery in the markets that fell the most on Friday. The situation in Egypt is not exactly getting better, but it has not yet erupted into…
Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ: GENZ) is getting closer to capitulating to the offer to be acquired by Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY). At issue this morning is that Genzyme has agreed to open its books to Sanofi-Aventis. …
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has been trying to recover and things seemed to be going well for its core business. A new issue has come up in a chipset design flaw, as it discovered…
coutesy of Exxon Mobile Corp.Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is helping to stabilize stocks this morning after Big Oil reported its 2010 and fourth quarter earnings. The largest fully integrated oil and gas giant…
These are some of this Monday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) Removed from Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List. Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:…
Analyst calls from Wall Street are sometimes great and sometimes not. We look each week for those standout research calls that are above the grain or are outside of the pack. Some calls are…
Friday was a sea of red in the markets, but earnings season creates many winners and losers. This last week brought on another interesting aspect: Many Stocks Got Hammered! It was no easy task…
Shares in Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) have more than doubled from their 52-week low of $10.01 in late August 2010. The company’s earnings were modest, but they were positive. Shares in competitors Robert…
Skullcandy is a company many investors and many adults may have never heard of. That may change as the company has now filed its S-1 paperwork with the SEC to apply for its initial…
Like demand for crude oil, demand for coal is being driven by China. The government’s recent decision to limit domestic production means that other coal miners will be sending more coal to China in…
Apache Corporation (NYSE: APA) is feeling a pinch from the riots in Egypt. The company is a very large independent oil and natural-gas producer and it has very large exposure to Egypt. The company…
Verizon Communications, Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has agreed to acquire Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMRK) in an all-cash deal worth about $1.4 billion. Verizon will pay $19/share for Terremark, which is no doubt good news…
Global violence and protests have moved from Tunisia to Egypt now, and the unrest may not yet be abating in the region just yet. These may matter little on the surface to Wall Street…
The Commerce Department has released the fourth quarter of 2010 figures for Gross Domestic Product, or Gross National Product as it used to be called. GDP came in on a headline figure at +3.2%…
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. AT&T, Inc. (NYSE: T)…