Reuters: Bernanke said Europe is committed to keeping the euro as currency. Reuters: Congress has begun the final stage of financial reform legislation. Reuters: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the new iPhone.…
MarketWatch: BP plc (NYSE: BP) opened down 12% after top kill failed. Reuters: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) turned down a deal from Prudential plc to cut the price of AIA. Reuters: …
Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) had warning signs of pressure on its Deepwater Horizon rig. Reuters: Geithner went to Europe to press for more reform. Reuters: The Qatar sovereign wealth fund wants…
This coming week has what seems like a tame or simple cast of characters in The Unusual Suspects. While there are earnings on deck, most of these are not considered earnings reports. …
Some of the top earnings next week are Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB), Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL), TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO),…
These are this Monday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Raised…
Virtually nothing has gone right at Boston Scientific (BSX) since it bought rival Guidant in a bidding war with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in 2006. With a year of the transaction closing Guidant had to withdraw…
Average: “an estimation of or approximation to an arithmetic mean”–Webster The smartest move that J. Raymond Elliot made in his career was to leave the Boston Scientific (BSX) board in 2009 after…
Reuters: Dubai said the market’s perceptions of its problems is “softening.” Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) could sell $20 billion in shares soon. Reuters: Hershey (NYSE:HSY) is near a decision on Cadbury (NYSE:CBY). Reuters: …
These are this mornings top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Thursday from Wall Street research calls: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A) was put on CreditWach (negative) on Wednesday afternoon, which…
Reuters: Ken Lewis will step down as CEO of Bank of America (BAC) Reuters: Cisco (CSCO) bought Tandbeg for $3 billion. Reuters: The IMF raised forecasts for US GDP but warned on…
There is a very silly notion being brought to you by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program’s Corporate Values Strategy Group and what is admittedly a rather impressive list of names…
Reuters: Obama says healthcare reform is essential to the recovery. Reuters: CIT (CIT) bond advisers will push for Chapter 11. Reuters: Democrats will fight with banks on consumer agency. Reuters: Amazon (AMZN)…
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: Obama proposed sweeping reform for financial industry. Reuters: A number of large banks repaid TARP. (JPM)(GS)(BBT)(COP)(STT)(AXP)(USB) Reuters: Consumer prices show inflation is in check. Reuters: China could still be a big…
