These are some of this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday: BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. CKE Restaurants Inc.…
Reuters: The US will suspend Arctic drilling. Reuters: Lehman sued JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) for billions of dollars. Reuters: The Fed’s Bullard said that promises of low rates for long periods have…
The bets made for and against banks and tech companies were mixed for the period ending April 14. Short selling showed no particular pattern for the two huge industries. Shorts were out…
Dell Computer (NASDAQ: DELL), usually late to market with new products such as handsets and netbooks, will challenge Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) with a new tablet PC. It is called the Streak.…
Reuters: Stocks around the world continue to fall on euro concerns. Reuters: The bailout of Spanish banks is not over. Reuters: S&P says a “herd” mentality could drive European stocks down. Reuters: …
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is trading up better than the broad market’s current losses and far better than the nominal gains seen at NASDAQ today. The reason is an aggressive analyst call…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has unveiled the new release dates for the latest installment of the insanely popular Halo franchise. Bungie has developed this exclusively for the Xbox 360 and it will…
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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been in the mobile software business for over a decade. Its Windows Mobile operating system has never done well. That may be because the Nokia Symbian OS has…
Reuters: Senate Democrats are fighting over financial reform. Reuters: Fishing bans are growing in the Gulf. Reuters: GM will stop paying union employees who quit. Reuters: The euro fell after Germany banned…
What exactly is that device that you can hold in your hand and use to read a book, surf the web, and send an email or text message? Industry analysis firm IDC…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management strength…
Video game sales in the US were decimated in April. It is not clear whether this is due to the growth of free games, especially online and on social network sites, or a…
Sony (NYSE: SNE) said that its numbers for the fiscal year ending on March 31 were better than last year. They were, but only marginally. And, in several key segments of its…
NYT: NY Attorney General is investigating eight banks for allegedly providing misleading information about mortgage instruments to rating agencies: The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS), Morgan Stanley(NYSE: MS), Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB),…
