Alliance Data Systems (ADS) was informed by Blackstone that conditions likely won’t be satisfied to complete the merger; stock trading down close to 40%.American Express (AXP) reports earnings today with estimates at…
These are not at all the only key impact analyst calls, but these are the early bird calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at…
Genentech (NYSE: DNA) is set to report earnings after the close today. First Call has estimates pegged at $0.67 EPS on revenues of $2.97 Billion. This will also mark the end of…
Below is a snapshot of some of the key impact news affecting stocks in pre-market trading this Monday, January 7, 2008: AllianceBernstein (AB) noted as a hidden gem in Barron’s cover story.…
There are many other analyst calls today, but these are the main calls we are looking at this morning: Biogen Idec (BIIB) raised from Underperform to Neutral at Credit Suisse. BMC Software…
According to Reuters, Paulson says that China is picking up the pace of the yuan rise. Reuters writesThe Asian Development Bank cut growth rates for countries in Asia including China Reuters reports…
Biogen-Iden (NASDAQ:BIIB) is seeing its shares pummeled in after-hours trading. The company didn’t have another biotech drug crisis though. Biogen had been under a corporate strategic review where it was evaluating strategic…
We’ve had a lot of biotech stocks see their shares get the wrath of news over recent days. Now that the November-end NASDAQ Short Interest has been released, we wanted to see…
James Tobin, the CEO of Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) is likely to find himself in front of the shareholder firing squad in 2008. In early 2004 this stock was above $40 and had…
Biogen Idec (BIIB) announced an alliance with Neurimmune Therapeutics to develop treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease.BJ’s Wholesale (BJ) $0.35 EPS vs $0.33 est.Blue Coat Systems (BCSI) $0.30 EPS vs $0.24 est.; sees next…
Carl Icahn has done a lot for shared holders at close to a dozen companies over the last year or so. He continues to put pressure on Motorola (MOT) to increase its…
Biotech firm Biogen Idec (BIIB) has put itself on the block, another victim of shareholder activist by Carl Icahn. The company said that several firms had expressed interest. According to The Wall…
Douglas A. McIntyre It seems that the thoughts of 24/7 Wall St. aren’t alone in the opinion of Amgen’s (NASDAQ:AMGN) future. In this morning’s issue of Business Week’s "Inside Wall Street" segment, George Putnam of…
ACAD started as Hold at Citigroup.ALB raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.AMB raised to Buy at B of A.APD cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.BAC started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.BDN cut…
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) is seeing shares trade up another 2% pre-market after yesterday’s decision where an FDA panel rejected a proposal to set a specific target for red blood-cell levels in kidney-failure…
