Insider selling often does not usually offer any more insight than insider buying. But when you have a hot sector that is full of rumors about who the next storage, cloud, and Cisco-thwarting company…
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is getting a new CFO. The company has an SEC filing that shows that Thomas M. Schoewe will retire on November 30 as executive vice president and chief financial…
Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is down and out as a stock. At $48.50, its 52-week trading range is $44.61 to $87.06. This was also a $120 stock as recently as 2008. There is at…
The issue of intermittency is well-known in alternative energy circles. Solar panels don’t work when the sun doesn’t shine, nor do wind turbines when the wind doesn’t blow. But there is a more subtle…
Gold is a currency on fire. Currencies are losing their value against hard assets as it seems most nations are devaluing in a race to zero. Gold is now above $1,300.00 per ounce, which…
Active traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday. We are tracking news and moves in shares of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG), BP plc (NYSE: BP), Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE:…
The proposed merger and acquisition of Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ: GENZ) by Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) is about to get interesting. There is a building collective thought that a higher bid price than $69.00 in cash…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Started as Neutral at Susquehanna. AstraZeneca plc (NYSE: AZN) Cut to…
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) may have just seen a change on how investors are going to treat its growth story ahead. The company’s latest SEC filing disclosed accounting and SEC issues…
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) just released slightly better-than-expected guidance. The company just noted: H-P released information about the company’s revenue and earnings per share outlook for its 2011 fiscal year. For the full fiscal…
Despite the known problems of ethanol, ethanol lives! After the closing bell on Tuesday came word that Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRE) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Global Ethanol,…
The end-game reward on how much MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) will add for shareholder value via a Hong Kong IPO of its MGM China Holdings Limited in Macau is still a work in…
In March 2009, the five ethanol-producing plants owned by a subsidiary of Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEIX) filed for bankruptcy protection. The plants exited bankruptcy in June 2010, under ownership of several banks. Pacific…
BP plc (NYSE: BP) is set to raise a few billion dollars in cash after a bond offering has been filed with the SEC this morning via its BP Capital Market plc unit. This…
Active traders and day traders have several key stocks to watch. We are tracking moves in Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE), Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB), Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD), DryShips…
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is raising cash. The turnaround retail giant is selling $500 million in senior secured notes due in 2018, and concurrently it is selling $165 million in notes in a…
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: AirTran Holdings (NYSE: AAI) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Cut to Neutral at UBS; Cut to…
Looks like it is time for Brazil to shine again. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, managed to get off the world’s largest stock sale. This appears to be a good event for…
Active traders and day traders have several key stocks to watch. We are tracking moves in Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY), Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), Novell,…
There are many research calls this Thursday morning and these are just some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Cut to…