6:26am ET
Cars and Drivers
Why American Car Sales Must Go Up
Auto sales are likely to remain strong in the U.S. However, the stock prices of General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Ford (NYSE: F) are down 30% so far this year. October domestic…
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11:11am ET
Investing
Top 12 Earnings and Economic Events This Coming Week (ADM, DNKN, PFE, GM, F, CMCSA, KFT, QCOM, WFM, AIG, EK, LNKD, SBUX, GMCR, ALU)
Earnings season is still running strong and the economic readings keep coming out as well. As we come to the end of October, there is going to be plenty of news coming…
4:11pm ET
Investing
24/7 Closing Bell (F, NFLX, ITRI, V, RRC, PG, CL, XOM, OXY, ABX, JCI, BMY, MO, QUIK, KELYB, LDK, CENX, MDR, AVP)
The DJIA jumped above 12,000 in the opening minutes of trading this morning and had topped 12,200 by mid-afternoon. European Union leaders have agreed on a deal that would make up to…
8:29am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALXN, BAC, F, HSP, ITRI, KND, NFLX, PX, RRC, THI, URBN, V)
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.…
6:18am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/27/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Eurozone officials decide on a second bailout of Greece and a larger EFSF. (Reuters) Private financial firms have positive reactions to the Obama plan to aid more homeowners with underwater mortgages. (Reuters)…
6:20am ET
Investing
Media Digest (10/26/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
A deal to rescue the EU’s weak nations has stalled over political differences and objections by banks. (Reuters) IBM (NYSE: IBM) appoints Virginia Rometty as its new CEO. (Reuters) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN)…
7:41am ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades of the Prior Week (ALU, BIDU, CHTR, FSLR, F, NUE, STX, WMT, WFM, ZLC, WDC, AAPL)
Each morning 24/7 Wall St. issued a list of some of the key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. At the end of the week we review…
4:27pm ET
Investing
24/7 Closing Bell (BP, DRYS, STX, PETM, BHP, F, MCD, GE, CMG, FSL, APKT, CALX, GMCR, PCYO, SYNA, RCON)
A raft of good earnings reports pushed the markets higher at opening this morning, sending the Dow Industrials up about 200 points at mid-day. For some reason traders are hopeful that this…
11:00am ET
Investing
S&P Upgrade of Ford Signals Dividend Is Closer (F, GM)
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) may not yet quite be investment grade, but the company is getting closer and closer. Friday morning brought the news that Standard & Poor’s has raised the debt and credit…
6:23am ET
Jobs
Ford’s UAW Contract and Weak Consumer Spending
Ford’s (NYSE: F) new UAW contract is good news for the auto company’s financial future but bad news for workers, who will have a stagnant standard of living. It is another example…
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Media
Media Digest (10/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Slow sales of Windows keeps Microsoft’ s (NASDAQ: MSFT) revenue low. (Reuters) The Murdoch family will face voters angered about the UK paper hacking scandal at today’s annual meeting. (Reuters) Greece’s parliament…
1:37pm ET
Jobs
Huge Gains Expected for Automotive Sector Stocks (GM, F, HTZ, CAR, ZIP, AN, KMX, CRMT, ORLY, AZO, PBY)
New car sales in September are estimated to have risen 19% year-over-year, though down -5.5% sequentially. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of new car sales is now set at about 12.9 million…
6:20am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/19/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Moody’s downgrade of Spain puts more pressure on the EU to address its sovereign debt crisis. (Reuters) Several large shareholders may fight to oust part of the News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) board.…
6:18am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/17/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Philips Electronics may be unable to shed its TV operation and will fire 4,500. (Reuters) Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) to buy El Paso (NYSE: EP) for $21 billion and will save $250…
8:59am ET
Investing
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ALU, BIDU, F, GOOG)
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F),…