In July, ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE: COP) announced that it would spin off its refining and marketing business into a separate company in the first half of 2012. Now, it seems, the company…
The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) may look like it has a huge portfolio of public stocks to many investors. While that is actually true, the bulk of this is due to…
It has happened before, but it is rare. Very rare. A bankruptcy that is good for shareholders. Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) is seeing a sharp rise in its common stock after some of…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Underperform at…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: MTGE) Started as Hold…
Yahoo.comNow that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has fired CEO Carol Bartz about as gracelessly as it could and set out on a strategic review of its business under interim CEO Tim Morse,…
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…
Another private equity giant is set to come public in an initial public offering. The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO), Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (NYSE: KKR),…
SABMiller makes a hostile bid for Foster’s Group. (Reuters) The Swiss National Bank says the franc is overvalued. (Reuters) News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) management under more pressure as a reporter says News…
The 2011 Class of Private Equity-Backed IPOs is really off to a rough start. The market conditions of late have all culminated to create a cautious IPO environment and even a cautious…
At the end of 2010, US ETFs held assets of $1.005 trillion. By the end of 2015 that number will more than double to $2.091 trillion. That’s a compound annual growth rate…
Freescale Semiconductor Holdings is closer to its IPO. It has now set the initial terms for the initial public offering and it plans to trade under the ticker “FSL” on the New…
Jon C. Ogg Updated throughout the day Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and Callaway (NYSE: ELI) may buy Fortune Brands (Reuters) Alcatel Lucent and Siemens may have an IPO of their enterprise joint venture (Bloomberg) Douglas A.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and ICE may make a hostile bid for NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) (Reuters) Silver and gold are near all-time highs (Reuters) The House Budget Chair favors a cut in oil…
Jon OggThese are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised…
