These are some of the top research calls for analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday: American Water Works (NYSE: AWK) Cut to Neutral at HSBC.…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has made many changes in portfolio investing approach through time. The one constant is his ‘forever’ strategy, which now only means a bit more…
Retailers are reporting August same-store sales numbers today, and on the whole the reports are positive after a very cautious and dismal July. August is prime back-to-school shopping time, the retailers second-largest…
Reuters:  GM’s IPO road show will begin in November. Reuters:  Costco’s (NASDAQ: COST) August sales rose 7%. Reuters:  Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTV is the latest effort to make a web-connected living…
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is in a virtual conundrum. The stock has been hitting 52-week lows after a new fresh low of $31.25 Wednesday versus a $32.48 close on the…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of June 30, 2010. Some may have changed slightly since the end of…
Free Wi-Fi has been a marketing tool at restaurant and beverage establishments including McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). Now Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has decided the service will help it attract…
Retailers are reporting July sales figures this morning, and so far there’s not a lot of excitement. July is the time when stores clear out summer merchandise to stock up on back-to-school…
One of three respondents in a recent survey said they would spend less on consumer goods over the next 90 days than they said they would in June. The drop was 6…
Analysts are moving stocks. These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Cut to Hold at…
These are some of the top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs Best Buy Co. (NYSE:…
Retail sales reports for the month of June are arriving thick and fast this morning, but the news is lukewarm at best and the outlook for the back-to-school season is soft. Consumer…
For a while there, during the economic downturn that started in the second half of 2008, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) looked like it had found a large number of new customers for…
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) announced very impressive earnings for the quarter ending May 9. Revenue rose from $15.5 billion to $17.4 billion. Net income jumped from $210 million to $306 million. Same-store sales…
This coming week has what seems like a tame or simple cast of characters in The Unusual Suspects. While there are earnings on deck, most of these are not considered earnings reports. …
