Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American International Group (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein. Bazaarvoice Inc.…
Michaels Stores, Inc. has just filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to come public again via an initial public offering. Todays move confirms recent reports and speculation that private…
Jon C. Ogg Markets opened slightly higher this morning, expecting good news from today’s report on existing home sales. Alas, the number came in lower than expectations and sent the DJIA to a daily low…
Cheniere Energy Inc. (AMEX: LNG) increased the size of its secondary stock offering from 17 million to 21 million shares and priced the offering at $15.10/share this morning. Credit Suisse, the sole…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to launch a new iPad next week. (Reuters) Blackstone (NYSE: BX) says CEO Stephen Schwarzman made $213 million last year. (Reuters) The Justice Department is looking at whether banks…
Cheniere Energy Partners L.P. (AMEX: CQP) has announced an agreement with affiliates of Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) under which Cheniere will receive $2 billion in financing for the first two of…
Jon OggEach weekend we review the many analyst calls we track during the week. Some turn out to be very insightful and some turn out to be not so great. For better…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (NYSE: ASX) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML. Apple Inc.…
Earnings season is still upon us. There are going to be many big earnings reports Thursday and we would consider Thursday as the climax for the companies reporting their normal fourth quarter…
Facebook will launch an IPO to raise $5 billion. (Reuters) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) says costs may drive it to a loss this quarter. (Reuters) Sony (NASDAQ: SNE) appoints Kazuo Hirai as CEO.…
The Carlyle Group L.P. is still planning to be one of the top private equity initial public offerings of 2012. We even named it as one of the Top 17 IPOs to…
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) will complete the capital raise for its $16 billion fund. (Reuters) The EU agrees to an embargo on Iranian oil. (Reuters) Citing defense cuts, Boeing (NYSE: BA) closes it…
Alibaba hires a Washington lobbying firm in case it decides to bid for all of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). (Reuters) Italian yields may fall because of European Central Bank injections of long-term funds…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse. Amazon.com…
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and Bain may bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) along with Asian partners Alibaba and Yahoo! Japan. (Reuters) China’s PMI contracts for the first time in three years. (Reuters) The…
