Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 1.6% to 10,908. The Hang Seng was off .2% to 21,717. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.4%. At the open in Europe, the FTSE was…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are this Wednesday morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in major Wall Street research calls: Baidu, inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank; Raised to Buy at…
Jim Cramer came out with his series of themes for 2010 on CNBC’s MAD MONEY this evening, and tonight’s theme was ‘Going Global.’ Despite the market being overbought and the negative news headwinds, today…
Reuters:  Merger activity will grow slowly in 2010. Reuters:  Bank of America’s new CEO said he would focus on execution. Reuters:  Profits at RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) topped forecasts. Reuters:  Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) posed a surprise…
Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 2.5% to 10,108. The Hang Seng rose .9% to 21,902. The Shanghai Composite was down .2% to 3,247. At the open in Europe, the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Market in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 3.8% to 9,978. The Hang Seng rose .13% to 22,554. The Shanghai Composite fell .2% to 3,265. At the open in Europe, teh FTSE…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Asia were sharply higher. The Nikkei rose 2.9% to 9,346. Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) fell. The Hang Seng rose 3.3% to 21,822. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) rose. The Shanghai Composite was up 3.2%…
Douglas A. McIntyre Market in Asia were broadly lowere with Shanghai B shares down 7.3%. The Nikkei dropped 1% to 9,402. Japan Air hit a record low. The Hang Seng was down 1.5% to 22,423.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. GE (NYSE:GE) and Vivendi are at odds over the NBCU valuation (FT) IBM (NYSE:IBM) is taking advantage of the delay in the Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) deal to be bought by Oracle…
Reuters:  The Senate is near its first vote on healthcare. Reuters:  Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) is betting on corporate spending for its recovery. Reuters:  Time Warner’s (NYSE:TWX) AOL showed that the worst is not…
Updated throughout the day. Citigroup (NYSE:C) will re-launch some of its least successful hedge funds (FT) The stock market is at risk of not holding 10,000. (TheStreet) AIG (NYSE:AIG) will not hold a…
These are this Monday’s top ten analyst calls from Wall Street for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations: BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) Started as Neutral at HSBC. Delphi Financial (NYSE: DFG) Started as Outperform…
Reuters:Â Â Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is having trouble justifying its huge bonuses. Reuters:Â Â Bruce Wasserstein, M&A giant and head of Lazard (NYSE:LAZ), died. Reuters:Â Â Congress will probe compensation at AIG (NYSE:AIG). Reuters:Â Â US…
Reuters:  International bank regulators are looking at Brazil as a model. Reuters:  John Mack will step down at Morgan Stanley’s (MS) CEO. Reuters:  The SEC vowed reforms after its report on Madoff revealed mistakes.…
These are the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street brokerage firms early this Tuesday morning: BHP Billiton (BHP) Raised to Buy at UBS. Coach (COH)…
