Beacon Power Corporation (NASDAQ: BCON) is generally too small to cover because of its low share price but the company has announced the pricing of a capital raise. The advanced energy storage systems company…
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Raised to Buy at Stern Agee. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Started…
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) is making its shareholders fell as though they bought Cry-Linx rather than Xilinx this evening. Investors need to know that there may be much more to the story than what…
For the second time in two weeks, Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) has announced a deal with a Japanese company to help expand Molycorp’s Mountain Pass rare earth element mine. Two weeks ago it was…
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) is experiencing what investors need to recognize as an equilibrium imbalance between unrealistic expectations and the growth realities of the economy. Last night the company met earnings estimates but…
Since the CEO of Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) resigned earlier this month, the odds improved that the company would either be acquired or that it might go through a reverse takeover. The Wall…
Tucked neatly away in the recently passed tax bill was a renewal of the $0.45/gallon subsidy for corn ethanol. The subsidy renewal also includes a continuation of the $0.54/gallon tariff on imported ethanol and…
There are several rumors and developments happening this morning. We are tracking these and other situations, with updates throughout the day pending developments. China is considering a tightening of credit by tightening capital requirements…
These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEIS) Started as Hold with $14 target at Auriga (late-Monday call).…
Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) has just reported earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter, and the company is highlighting that this is the record revenue quarter and its first $1 billion quarter. Its earnings…
Michael Dell is trying to show that all is well inside Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL). An SEC filing (Form 4) shoed that Michael Dell spent $100 million to acquire some 7.37 million shares of…
Zipcar Inc. is closer to becoming a public company. The company’s amended S-1 filing with the SEC was filed on Friday. While we still have no pricing data, updated information has been provided about…
Moody’s is at it again with yet another debt rating downgrade in the lands of the PIIGS. Today came a debt rating cut to four Irish banks and an Irish insurer, and the cut…
The troubles that Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) has had getting a worthy competitor into the smartphone market are pretty well documented. The company’s N8 smartphone was released after many delays in early October with…
Apparently it seems that getting coal in your Christmas stockings is now a good thing. FBR Capital Markets has a research report this morning that is highlighting some select coal names and the impact…
Since hitting a new high of more than $1,430 on December 7th, the price of gold has settled down again (sort of) to around $1,385. There appear to be several factors at play here,…
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) has found a new way to raise cash, in part out of a product flop. The company has announced the sale of licenses it holds for 700 megahertz spectrum here…
These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray. American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC)…
This last week had many headline news events and we saw many key moves from news and from research. We already track many of the key daily analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations each morning. …
It is almost hard to say it, but the world of exchange-traded products (ETFs, ETNs, etc) hit an almost unbelievable milestone. The exchange-traded market is now over $1 trillion in assets. ONE-TRILLION…. We have…