After Moody’s downgraded Ireland, there may be more of a buffer ahead in place than additional negative catalysts working against its two key banks of Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) and The Bank…
Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) shares are up today on news that the Nokia-Siemens JV, owned by Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and by Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), is paying about $1.2 billion for Motorola’s network…
There are many stocks on the move for day traders and active traders this Monday morning now that earnings season has launched. We are seeing key moves in shares of ATC Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:…
These are some of this Monday’s top analyst research summaries of upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street firms: ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) Cut to Sell at Benchmark. ADC Telecommunications (NASDAQ: ADCT) Cut to…
This weekend’s edition of The Unusual Suspects includes mostly non-earnings events that will be on deck this coming week and/or some of the carry-over issues from last week. Our list of Unusual Suspects to…
This week brought about 5 of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components that have reported earnings this earnings season. We have a mixed fanfare so far, but next week we have a larger…
Of the $787 billion federal stimulus bill passed in 2009, more than $3.4 billion was targeted at modernizing the US electricity transmission and distribution systems and promoting investments in smart grid technologies. When corporate…
Continental Airlines, Inc. (NYSE: CAL) may still be trying to score on its UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA) merger, but earnings season features almost every major airline next week. The news out of the earnings…
With all of the trouble in drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, we wanted to look at the most recent weekly rig count data just released from Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI). We are…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is starting to feel the heat in the aftermath after having become the biggest and best for new hot products along with a cult stock following. Steve Jobs has made…
BP plc (NYSE: BP) managed to get a cap on the well disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Pressure continues to build and it is unknown if the cap will hold. But over the…
We have many names on the move, some tied to earnings and some not. This Friday’s top day trader alerts and active trader alerts have been seen in Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA), AVI…
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: Athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Cut…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has another round of earnings which are not going to be good enough for many. The search behemoth posted earnings of $6.45 EPS on ex-TAC revenues of $5.09 billion. Thomson…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is on deck for earnings after the close. We have given a full review and preview for earnings, along with what analyst targets are, what the chart reading is, what…
There are many stocks on the move for day traders and active traders this Tuesday morning now that earnings season has launched. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is trading lower after Bank of America/Merrill Lynch…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH) Raised to Buy at UBS. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Reiterated Buy…
The latest and M&A deal in the world of technology and communications came to ADC Telecommunications Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) this week, where Tyco Electronics, Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) is paying $12.75 per share in cash…
We’ve been watching the Baltic Dry Index, BDI, for a while now as it slides further and further down. The index, which measures freight rates for ships carrying commodity cargoes such as iron ore…
The newest minutes from the June 22 to 23, 2010 FOMC meeting is a lowering of economic growth estimates from the Federal Reserve for the rest of 2010. The market has already reflected this…