These are not the only pre-market analyst calls that are moving stocks, but these are the calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: ADC Telecom (NASDAQ: ADCT) and Arris (NASDAQ: ARRS) raised to…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer noted that selling stocks today isn’t a good idea and that this will be good for retail stocks and others too. You have to…
It is going to be hard to get traders to care about mere upgrades and downgrades on a day when the Federal Reserve did an inter-meeting emergency rate cut to stave off…
These are not the only key analyst calls that may impact stocks this Monday, but these are the ones that 24/7 Wall St. is focusing on: Affiliated Computer (ACS) raised to Buy…
Shares of Lowe’s (LOW) are off 4% before the open, and no wonder. The company reported net earnings of $643 million for the quarter ended November 2, 2007, a 10.2 percent decline…
Douglas A. McIntyre ACA cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.ACW raised to Neutral at UBS.AMSC started as Buy at Jefferies.ATPG cut to Underperform at RBC.BSC cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.BSY cut to Neutral at…
Sears Holdings (SHLD) was supposed to be the next Berkshire Hathaway. It does not seem to be working out that way. After a poor earnings performance and rough same-store sales, SHLD hit…
Lennar posted earnings and as expected these were just ugly. The loss was $3.25 per share after charges, although this includes charges of $3.33 per share. Revenues were $2.34 Billion. Lennar’s home…
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) launched its Halo 3 game which is essential to driving Xbox sales. Reuters writes that the UAW struck GM (GM) as contract negotiations failed. Reuters reportst that…
Lowe’s (LOW) management must not have wanted the Target (TGT) people to feel all alone when they cut their same-store sales forecasts. Lowe’s chopped its earnings estimate after the market closed. The…
Target’s (TGT) forecasts for September were off, way off. Instead of a 4% to 6% increase in same store sales, the big retailer is giving out a number of 1.5% to 2.0%.…
Douglas A. McIntyre A recent survey showed that home improvement customers like Lowe’s (LOW) better than Home Depot (HD) when it comes to including product selection and customer service, according to the Dow Jones News…
The August short interest numbers show that Home Depot (HD) and Lowe’s (LOW) had spikes in shares sold short. At HD that number hit 61.8 million, up 20.8 million. At LOW the…
(AXP) American Express is selling its private banking unit.(CFC) Countrywide is laying off loan originators and support staff as applications are down and to cut costs.(CHINA) CDC Corp. announced a $225 million…
Lowe’s (LOW) beat Wall St. forecasts and is trading up over 5% in the pre-market. LOW reported net earnings of $1.02 billion for the quarter ended August 3, 2007, a 9.0 percent…
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