They don’t call it a bidding was no reason at all. Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has just raised its offer for 3PAR, Inc. (NYSE: PAR) again. After Dell went to $24.30, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:…
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is in a virtual conundrum. The stock has been hitting 52-week lows after a new fresh low of $31.25 Wednesday versus a $32.48 close on the same day…
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) has telegraphed filing with deep implications. The company withdrew its earlier shelf registration statement with the SEC that would have allowed it to sell mixed securities. This time…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has just announced that it is retaliating against a Dell inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) bid to acquire 3PAR, Inc. (NYSE: PAR). The new offer is $27.00 per share, above HP’s $24…
What happens when Dow Jones Industrial Average components have dividend yields on the common stocks that are above the yield of the 10-year Treasury Note or even the 30-Year Treasury Long Bond? In the…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) is trying to make yet another deal in a portfolio holding from its entire public stock holdings. Warren Buffett and friends are offering to acquire the rest…
Last February, Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS-A) and Brazil’s Cosan Ltd. (NYSE:CZZ) signed an agreement to create a joint venture to distribute and sell cane ethanol in Brazil. The two companies have now ironed…
National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is trading higher this morning on a key analyst upgrade. The problem is that the upgrade is hardly an endorsement. Goldman Sachs raised the rating on the…
The IPO market has not been so kind in 2010, and it has been far from predictable in general. There is a stealth IPO this morning that is flying under the radar of most…
Active traders and day traders have several big movers to choose from this morning. Stocks on the move are 3PAR, Inc. (NYSE: PAR), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), Guess? Inc. (NYSE: GES), Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.…
The Labor Department’s weekly jobless claims fell a sharp 31,000 to 473,000 in the last week, something which which may be a relief to many hoping that the trend can reverse. Last week’s preliminary…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) Target raised overseas by UBS. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Maintain Conviction…
Thank you Nouriel Roubini! There was weakness in equities after more dismal economic data from durable goods and new home sales had stock markets weak all day. Well, almost all day. Somehow stocks managed…
General Growth Properties, Inc. (NYSE: GGP) may soon need to change its name to General Break-Up. The mall REIT operator Spinco, Inc. (“Spinco”), has filed a registration statement with the SEC for its Spinco,…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may have a new application for Gmail that is another one of those things that won’t make the company that much more money. Still, it is going to be just…
3PAR, Inc. (NYSE: PAR) went from a boring technology stock to a hot technology stock. If reports are accurate, It ma get even hotter as the rival bids keep trumping each other. CNBC has…
Many traders and investors love the active penny-stocks and low-priced stocks, and the short interest is often used as a measure for or against the shares of the active cult stocks. The short selling…
Active traders and day traders have several big movers to choose from this morning. Stocks on the move are Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB), Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE), China Agritech Inc. (NASDAQ:…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Overweight and $340 target at Barclays. Applied Materials Inc.…
Things may still be difficult in America, but Germany’s Info Institute gave a German sentiment reading that was not just above expectations. It grew to the highest level in 3 years. This briefly helped…