U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, taking advantage of buying opportunities after yesterday’s slide in equities’ prices. In the U.S., the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index and the Conference…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning on better economic news out of Europe and basically good data in the U.S. In Europe, the eurozone trade balance came in better than…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, dragged down by weak economic data from Europe. Germany, France, Italy, and Greece all reported worse-than-expected GDP contraction for the fourth quarter of 2012, and…
ThinkstockThe Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) $28 billion buyout of H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) is already all over the news. What investors need to consider now is how this impacts other…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Friday. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) maintained Underperform but named Bear of the Day…
courtesy of Hostess Brands Inc.A couple of surprise names have popped up in the bidding war for bankrupt Hostess Brands Inc., makers of Twinkies, Ho-Hos, and Wonder Bread. Last Monday was the…
courtesy of Hostess Brands Inc.Today is the deadline for interested bidders to get their bids in for bankrupt Hostess Brands Inc. At last count, about 110 potential bidders had expressed interest. The…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and were never able to make a sustained push into positive territory. In Europe, the downgrade of French sovereign debt cooled the equity markets a…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following comments after Friday’s meeting between President Obama and Congressional leaders to discuss ways of dodging the fiscal cliff. Some were also expecting negotiations to…
Analyst calls often have many hidden gems in them, and sometimes the most interesting thing to take from these calls is what was not said. Credit Suisse came out this Tuesday with…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat to slightly lower this morning after the three-day holiday weekend. PMI readings from Europe came out weaker than expected yesterday (our coverage here), as…
Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB) reported adjusted fourth quarter 2012 earnings per share (EPS) of $0.41 on $1.61 billion in sales before markets opened today. In the same period a year ago,…
Paul Ausick Today’s issue of the “Closing Bell” is out early as we join many of you in an early start to the holiday weekend. Data in today’s report was compiled between 1 p.m.…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning but picked up some buying steam in the first hour or so of trading. The morning’s report on durable goods sales looked…
Jon OggThese are the top analyst calls of upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday morning. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) maintained…
