The U.S. Labor Department is out with its weekly jobless claims, and so far there are no real changes despite the numbers being slightly lower than what had been historic trends. The jobless claims…
These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Underperform…
NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) was all the buzz during the tech M&A boom of late-Summer. The storage giant reported that its profit gained over 70%, beating estimates. Non-GAAP earnings were $0.52 EPS and revenue…
The world of business and politics has had very few times where the two were as against each other as they are today. Who will run under the Republican ticket in 2012 is still …
For years now, The Economist has computed its Big Mac index, a measure of purchasing power parity in the countries in which Big Macs from McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) are sold. The October 14th…
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) is presenting at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference in New York. An SEC filing shows that Chairman & CEO Louis Camilleri is reaffirming last month’s…
The end of this week and next week will be an interesting period for the Irish banks and for the country of Ireland. Officials from the European Union, the European Central Bank, and even…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is actively investing in new technology companies again. Its venture unit is Intel Capital, and the unit just announced late-Tuesday a series of new fresh investments it has recently made. …
Oil is off the peak again, the markets went soft, and governments are going to have to review spending on all fronts… including most subsidies. All of this aligns rather poorly for the solar…
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Market Perform at JMP Securities. Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has recently released its quarterly holdings and the changes were more than in any recent quarter. This morning CNBC has been interviewing Warren Buffett about his opinions on taxes,…
Plains All American Pipeline LP (NYSE: PAA) is raising cash. The LP grew the size of the offering and this discount appears to be about 2%. The oil and nat-gas transporter and storage facility…
Sometimes buybacks are smart, sometimes they are not. Last night we saw two entirely different buybacks, one of which was a smart version of a buyback and one of which is nothing short of…
This morning brought earnings from two key DJIA components. The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) are seeing similar trends and the two are seeing similar reactions so far…
These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs. Bucyrus International (NASDAQ: BUCY) Cut…
It is 13F season and investors are looking to see what their favorite gurus are up to. While everyone is looking at the slew of Buffett portfolio changes, it is John Paulson of Paulson…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on September 30, 2010. The changes were big on the first two lists but more static on the Third…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on September 30, 2010 and the changes continue be much more extreme than in prior quarters. These…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2010. This list appears to have many more changes than what we…
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is a turnaround which just may never turn around. If you see some of the caution issued by Moody’s today on the corporate debt side, the hopes for a…