ConocoPhillips Corporation (NYSE:COP) has released its interim update for the first quarter of 2009. The news is mixed at best. Exploration and production was hit by low prices for both crude oil…
Douglas A. McIntyre ConocoPhillips Corporation (NYSE:COP) got a mixed blessing from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) this morning. The bank raised its rating on Conoco from ‘Neutral’ to ‘Buy’ based on Conoco’s valuation. That’s on…
These are ten of the top impact research calls with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street early this Friday morning: Amgen (AMGN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. ConocoPhillips (COP) Raised to Buy…
It seems that there is renewed interest in a Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) acquisition strategy for another large takeover. This has always been on the table, and as…
Chinese oil giant CNOOC Ltd. (NYSE:CEO) has begun production at a new field in Bohai Bay, off China’s northeast coast. The new field is relatively small, producing just 4,000 barrels/day, but production…
Douglas A. McIntyre Now that final numbers from 2008 have been filed for most large US companies, 24/7 Wall St. is picking several stocks that are likely to double off of their lows, almost all…
This week 24/7 Wall St. is picking several stocks from major sectors that are likely to double off of their lows. The time frame is by the end of 2010, which is…
Warren Buffett has been a much more reserved lately, although not as much as the recent performance might dictate. In the latest Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) annual report, he sounded like…
Everyone wants to know what the Oracle of Omaha is up to. The great Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) stock has proven to be far from immune to the woes of the…
We have actually seen a lot of analyst calls in the oil patch this morning. Some are conflicting against each other as you will see. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Started as Underweight…
It’s that time again. Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) have filed with the SEC showing what the Oracle of Omaha owns in public stocks as of the quarter or…
Corrections Corp (CXW) Weak earnings outlook. Plunges to $10.50 from 52-week high of $10.50. Lions Gate (LFG) US box office numbers drop. Shares down to $3.65 from 52-week high of $10.97. Capital…
Some of the companies that need to let people go have lost such a large portion of their sales that they have virtually no choice but to cut staff. That certainly holds…
Continuing jobless claims rose by 159,000 in the week ended Jan. 17 to a seasonally adjusted 4.78 million, the most since the government’s records began in 1967. The number of unemployed people…
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) is set to report earnings tomorrow morning. With what has happened to the price of oil over the last 6 months, it is with some surprise that shares…
