Several stocks are on the move for day trader and active trader alerts ahead of the three-day weekend. Today’s big movers are Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA), BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP),…
These are ten of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised estimates and Target to $348.00 at Piper…
Despite earnings warnings and lower guidance throughout 2009, analysts and investors chased up the potash and agriculture names due to the various potash and agriculture companies talking up forward shipments and an…
The Australian government's proposed 40% super profits tax has caused a considerable uproar among mining companies operating in that country. BHP Billiton has said it would use all its influence to defeat…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning: BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. Dean…
China consumed 864 million metric tons of coal in the first quarter of 2010. Thermal coal consumption to generate electricity totaled 444 million metric tons and metallurgical coal consumption, primarily used in…
There are many pre-market movers this morning, and most are still from earnings but not all… Those on the move this morning include Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH), BHP Billiton Ltd.…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
During the first quarter of 2010, Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RTP) boosted production of iron ore by 39% compared with the same period last year. The primary driver, as expected, is China, where the still-booming…
For the past 40 years, the price of iron ore has been set annually in a negotiated deal between miners and buyers. Typically, the first large customer to cut a deal with…
Reuters:  Peabody Energy made a bid for Australia’s Macarthur Coal. Reuters:  Some Yahoo! (YHOO )email accounts were hacked in China and Taiwan. Reuters:  Japan export orders hit a six-year high.
These are this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls during the pre-market hours: Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Ann Taylor (NYSE:…
Stocks in Asia jumped. The Nikkei was up 2.1% to 10,586. The Hang Seng rose 2% to 21,197. The Shanghai Composite was higher by .7% to 3,053. At the open in Europe,…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters:Â Â Honda (NYSE:HMC) expanded its recall by 440,000 as more Toyota (NYSE:TM) models were probed. Reuters:Â Â ArcelorMittal sees a slow improvement in steel production in Q1. Reuters:Â Â IMF aid for Greece may…
Markets in Asia fell sharply. The Nikkei dropped 1.8% to 10,325. The Hang Seng fell 2.1% to 20,157. The Shanghai Composite dropped 2.4% to 3,019 as the Chinese government put in new…
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