When Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) reported earnings, or rather, losses, yesterday, the company also included the dreaded “going concern” statement telling investors that unless the company could restructure its debt, Chapter 11…
Updated throughout the day. The SEC is examining the structure of small bank loans to see whether they mask weak balance sheets (WSJ) Blackrock may buy a Citigroup (NYSE: C) consumer credit…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) Started as Buy at Citigroup.…
For reasons that are hard to understand, Noble Energy (NYSE: NBL) was hit with a wave of bad news after it announced that the company had received a permit drill in the…
Updated throughout the day. Blackstone (NYSE: BX) will buy the American assets of Centro (Reuters) JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) may invest $450 million in Twitter (WSJ) A US tax evasion probe not…
The National Association for Business Economics said the deficit was its No.1 concern. (Reuters) Congress appears less likely to shut down the government because of budget problems. (Reuters) The high price of…
Updated throughout the day DST will put $100 million into online music firm Spotify (TechCrunch) China social network firm Renren will have a US IPO (WSJ) CIC and Blackstone (NYSE: BX) will…
A tender offer for Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) from an affiliate of Icahn Enterprise L.P. (NYSE: IEP) was supposed to have closed two days ago. Unfortunately, only 4.4% of Dynegy shares had…
Updated throughout the day. New pension finance treatment could change earnings at AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE VZ). (Bloomberg) Ally picked Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM),…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML. Anadarko Petroleum…
BP plc (NYSE: BP) may face US charges that it manipulated gas prices. (Reuters) Roche said that regulations in the US could harms its results. (Reuters) Borders Group (NYSE: BGP) may file…
BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE: BKU) is coming public again today, for the second time. The bank you used to know as “BKUNA” is now “BKU” and is far more healthy and more focused. …
The world of IPOs is getting off to a good start in 2011. We have two companies coming public this Wednesday morning after the deals have formally priced. The first to look…
The slate of 2011 initial public offerings is about to kick off into gear. We have three top IPOs we will be closely watching this week. In internet publishing we have a…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Hold at Jefferies. Apple…
