The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat to slightly lower again this morning even though word leaked out of the European Central Bank’s likely bond-buying scheme (our coverage here). Official word…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) started as Buy at Jefferies. Adtran Inc. (NASDAQ:…
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks rose by a total of 66 billion cubic feet, higher than the 61 billion cubic feet that analysts were…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and bounced around the flat line for most of the day. It seems that everyone is waiting to hear what Ben Bernanke…
Jon OggThese are the top analyst calls of upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning. AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS) cut to Sell…
The chemicals industry is not ordinarily thought of as action central, but there have been some recent moves, including one today, that are stirring things up. Two private equity firms, First Reserve…
With the exception of Chesapeake, which is seen as primarily a natural gas company with lots of problems, the oil and gas firms are not heavily shorted. Nobody really thinks the price…
  The short interest in the stocks with the largest positions as of August 15: Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) down 2% to 220 million shares. Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) up…
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the US natural gas stocks rose by a total of 47 billion cubic feet, higher than the 38 billion cubic feet that analysts were…
While M&A activity might be slower this year than it was last, there is one buyer that has picked up the pace. Actually, a number of buyers from one country: China. And…
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks rose by a total of 20 billion cubic feet, lower than the 24 billion cubic feet that analysts were…
The New York Times ran an extremely impressive article that alleged huge bribery actions by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) in Mexico. That was on April 21. Immediately afterward, a flurry of investigations…
Energy exploration & production firm Midstates Petroleum Co. (NYSE: MPO) today announced that it would pay $650 million in cash and stock for 109,000 acres net acres of producing, developed, and undeveloped…
Natural gas was doing such a great job at staging a recovery. The trend was recently looking more and more like natural gas was going to get a good heel in the door…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning on a report from Europe that German chancellor Angela Merkel now backs bond buying by the European Central Bank.Even a larger-than-expected drop…
