A 30-second ad spot in this year’s Super Bowl costs an average of $3.5 million. That’s an 84% increase from 10 years ago and the highest amount advertisers have ever had to…
These are some of Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts. Inc. (NYSE: AAP) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Greece will announce its new government today. (Reuters) Inflation in China drops in October. (Reuters) Olympus investment losses may have gone above $1 billion. (Reuters) Silvio Berlusconi leaves as prime minister of…
On days when the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 200 points or more, we generally look at the defensive stock sector to see if these are holding up. Many investors want…
Everything about Australia’s Foster’s Lager seems big — starting with the brew’s over-sized can. Today the beer’s maker, Foster’s Group Ltd., agreed to be acquired by the world’s second largest brewer, SABMiller…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has signed agreements with a number of companies that will use GE’s technology to explore for energy, generate power, and make beer in China. The contracts literally…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABAX) maintained Underperform as Bear of the…
If Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI), Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD), and Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP) should keep an eye on efforts to legalize marijuana. The…
Today’s commodities news leads off with a quick look at how fertilizer stocks are doing. There’s also some bad news out of Europe on malting barley, which could be equally bad news…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML. Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) Reiterated…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) raised targets as Bull of the…
Kiss me, I’m Irish! That is what you’ll be hearing a lot of after work if you go out for the St. Patrick’s Day festivities after work (or during work) today. We…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to…
The discussion in the financial world has turned back to food inflation after several years of slow price growth. It has been hard to not notice how food prices have risen at…
These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $198 at BofA/ML. American…
