Jon OggThis was the first week after the holidays and many analyst calls were made this week with updated outlooks for 2012. 24/7 Wall St. saw many influential analyst calls this week…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Friday morning. AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO) Maintained Outperform as Bull of…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Cut to Sell at Goldman…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: MTGE) Started as Hold…
Investors couldn’t have missed seeing the recent waves of new corporate share buyback plans. What they may have not noticed as clearly is the increasing trend in “legal insider trading” — when…
It is no secret that the market volatility has many investors rattled. What is very counter-intuitive is that many companies are continuing with most or all of their investor friendly plans regardless…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Aixtron SE (NASDAQ: AIXG) Cut to Sell at Canaccord Genuity. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company…
The key analyst calls are a little light this Monday morning ahead of the flurry of earnings. These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall…
This was a wild week, and perhaps a disappointment that the news did not propel stocks even higher. There were many key movers though, and we have a very active panel of…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 1.17 PM EST: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) may sign up Sprint (NYSE:S) and T-Mobile to market the iPhone in the US (Barron’s) Updated 11.29 PM EST: Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) may…
Apollo Management’s Hexion Specialty Chemicals offered $6 billion to buy chemical company Huntsman (HUN) in July 2007, a bid which would have given stockholders $27.25 a share. Over the course of the…
Reuters: The head of a Congressional watchdog committee is pushing for a consumer protection agency. Reuters: China defended its export policies against a WTO complaint. Reuters: Citigroup (C) intends to raise the…
Reuters: The heads of the emerging markets, the so-called BRICs, held their first global summit. Reuters: Obama will be tested this week on financial reforms. Reuters: Rich nations are working on an…
Huntsman (HUN) Merger deal falls apart. Drops to $2.82 from 52-week high of $25.74. Nortel Networks (NT) As company fights debt problems, Moody’s lowers earnings. Sells down to $.32 from 52-week high…
Douglas A. McIntyre Standard & Poor’s debt ratings group is raising a red flag which could cause some added skepticism over the Apollo-backed Hexion Specialty Chemicals’ acquisition of Huntsman Corp. (NYSE: HUN). S&P has lowered…
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