We have many movers in the after-hours session. Stocks on the move are Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD), Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDX), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL), Hot…
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) reported earnings after the close, and shares are retreating away from any endorsement of Dell over rival Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ). The PC-maker said earnings were 0.22 GAAP EPS but…
Oil has fallen off the proverbial cliff into the roll date and as the concerns that the eurozone’s weakness is going to spread enough to really hurt the recovery of the global oil demand. …
The market might feel like it is in free fall mode as suddenly 1,100 on the S&P500 has been taken out and now the DJIA is within 2% of challenging the DJIA 10,000 mark. …
It is no secret that suddenly the U.S. dollar is back as the king, and more importantly that the Euro could be changed to the peso. The euro was over $1.50 just at the…
This morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts are part on earnings and part on other news. The cast of characters this Thursday morning are BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX), China Techfaith Wireless…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus. ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Cut…
It felt like the pace of dividend hikes was slowing down. Wrong. There were at least six big hikes today that came from the likes of ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE), Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX),…
200,000 jobs… That is the new ‘independent study’ estimate on how many jobs can be created by the solar industry by the year 2016. The Solar Energy Industries Association is touting this figure today. …
The minutes from the latest FOMC meeting are indicating a more optimistic group that controls the monetary policy. The higher GDP forecast for 2010 is now at 3.2% to 3.7% with core inflation forecasts…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is still on the path toward a higher dividend. It is also may begin buying back stock, taking other shareholder-friendly initiatives, and maybe even making acquisitions. CEO Jeff Immelt…
Novell Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is trading higher today on hopes that a higher buyout offer will be heading its way. There is at least some caution despite the notion that the company is a…
If you want to know who is ultimately on the hook for the biggest part of catastrophic losses from natural (and man-made) disasters, look no further than reinsurers. They are on the hook for…
We have many stocks on the move this morning pre-market. Some of the big percentage changes are being seen in Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (NASDAQ: IMOS), Deere & Co.…
These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls early this Wednesday morning: BP plc (NYSE: BP) defended at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Charles Schwab…
Calling for a stock to double has its risks. That is especially the case when the heady market has turned into a cautious one. Worse still, we have already seen many key companies double,…
The after-hours session tonight is not exactly littered with the largest and most liquid companies out there. We are seeing moves in Photronics Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAB), Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.…
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) keeps beating and raising estimates. The PC and technology giant just reported earnings of $1.09 in non-GAAP EPS on revenues of $30.85 billion. Thomson Reuters had estimates at $1.05 EPS…
The initial public offering for the CBOE is coming closer. CBOE Holdings, Inc. had an amended filing today. While some of the terms are still outstanding, we now know how much is being sold…
Cleaning up messes has grown into a big business since the 1970s. There are a lot of small and medium-sized businesses that get involved in environmental remediation for everything from cleaning up EPA-designated Superfund…