Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is making another acquisition to move into specialty retail areas, this time in the realm of babycare products. Jeff Bezos and friends are acquiring a company called Quidsi, Inc., which…
Irish banks are not newly in trouble, but fresh pressure is only going to further mount pressure on an already battered sector. On Sunday, Ireland’s main opposition party reportedly said that it will not…
These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Market Perform at FBR. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to…
Biotech and emerging pharma both seem to have almost no friends today despite a large stock market rally. It may take a resolution of the Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ: GENZ) merger, and a successful resolution…
It was largely expected that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) was going to have positive earnings trends. After all, Buffett’s stock portfolio has almost certainly surged along with the stock market, his derivatives…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) filed its quarterly report with the SEC today as its 10-Q. Generally speaking these filings are often nebulous and contain many factoids that are often taken as both…
Earnings season is winding down, but next week will bring several key earnings which could move the markets are can definitely move sectors. Top earnings we are watching are from priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN),…
If you have any doubt about whether or not coal is yesterday’s fuel and renewables are tomorrows, two IPOs should point you at the right answer. Italy’s largest utility, Enel SpA, spun off its…
This will not be a shock to many investors and it has been a highly telegraphed deal. Harrah’s is coming public, again. Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. has announced that it has commenced an initial public…
Is it ‘prime’ water or ‘cousin’ water? Either way, so far it is hot water. Primo Water Corporation (NASDAQ: PRMW) priced an initial public offering of 8,333,333 shares of common stock at a price…
The Fresh Market Inc. (NASDAQ: TFM) just became a challenger to this week’s review of the top 7 IPO’s of 2010. The company priced its initial public offering of 13,175,000 shares of common stock…
It’s been nearly three years since Entergy Corp. (NYSE:ETR) first said it would spin off its non-utility nuclear power plants into a new company called Enexus. The state of New York’s public service commission…
It is no surprise that after a stock market rally that investors want more of a rally. Dow Theory has been confirming the market rally with gains in transportation and industrial stocks, which you…
American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has some wide losses being reported, even if comparing these to any real estimates will be a challenging feat. Most headlines are keying on a $2.4 billion loss…
Before you were setting yourself to get overly excited about today’s jobs data, there is a camp that believes the jobs data was as relevant as gold to a dead man unless it came…
These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) Raised to Buy at Argus. Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) Raised to…
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is managing to do what many probably thought was not possible. It isn’t a shock that Starbucks beat earnings and raised guidance. The surprise is that the stock is running…
Money is short and times are hard, but the government is paid back and bank investors may find dividend checks in with their holiday cards. The Wall Street Journal broke news late in afternoon…
The most common method of valuing stocks is the good old P/E ratio that measures the share price versus the trailing 12-months earnings. For many tech and biotech stocks, that means that when some…
QE2, manufactured inflation, pumping more air into the economy… you get it. While stocks are higher this morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is hitting a 2010 high. The high back in April was…