Many research firms and brokerage firms maintain a list of best ideas for the year, and these often get updated quarterly or as companies reach a target or as they fall out…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.…
Time for our daily look at the world of commodity prices and key developments. Corn futures continue their seemingly inexorable march toward $8/bushel as wet and windy weather in the US Midwest…
Chocolate lovers, who are facing price hikes in the wake of record cocoa prices, can take solace in one thing: the cost of their deliciousness likely will never reach the level of…
No matter what legislation comes out of the frenzied health care debate, economists say that it will cost the American taxpayer a great deal. Estimates run the gamut from the Obama administration’s claim…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
Large consumer companies spend a great deal of marketing money on creating, preserving, and increasing the image of their brands. If a product has problems, the process does not always work. Toyota…
2010 is turning out to be the year that big companies return to hiking dividends. In just the last week we have seen dividend hikes from Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), Boardwalk…
These are this Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls: Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Raised to Market Perform from Underperform at BMO Capital. American Express (NYSE: AXP) Raised…
Reuters: China battle back at US charges about cyber attacks. Reuters: Under the new Obama proposal, banks may drop private equity assets. Reuters: Hershey (NYSE:HSY) will not make a counter bid for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) Reuters: Toyota…
Reuters: Obama said he will not let companies who owe the US taxes to bid for government work. Reuters: Republican Scott Brown won the Senate race in Massachusetts putting the Obama healthcare…
The Kraft (NYSE:KFT) deal to buy Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) was concluded today at a purchase price of about $19.44 billion. That was all it took to close the deal–a rich offer made and…
Douglas A. McIntyre This week’s Unusual Suspects are not just about earnings season, despite the deluge and onslaught we are about to see. We have a watch for events this week in shares of Acorda…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 1.14 PM EST Leap Wireless (NASDAQ:LEAP) may have hired a banker to put itself on the block (Barron’s) Updated 1.14 PM Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) may fire 50% of…
Reuters: China defended itself against Google’s (GOOG) censorship changes. Reuters: Regulators will face the panel looking at the credit crisis causes. Reuters: The capex outlook in Japan is weak. Reuters: US foreclosures…
