ThinkstockWhile the U.S. economic data was decidedly mixed through the second quarter of 2013, the one major surprise from the gross domestic product (GDP) release was the increase in fixed investment spending,…
ThinkstockCredit Suisse has decided that some of the gains in the industrial segment are not over. Republic Services Group (NYSE: RSG) is rated Outperform and its target was raised to $38 from…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. With tomorrow being one of America’s top holidays, there will be no…
ThinkstockIn the most recent trading days, we have seen more companies turn to new or expanded share buyback plans. If the dividend tax rates rise too much, corporations may ditch the endless…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat this morning following a disappointing quarterly report from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) last night (more coverage here) which weighed on Asian tech stocks particularly.…
Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK) this morning reported higher fourth-quarter profit and reaffirmed its 2013 outlook. The Wisconsin-based truck maker posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.65 on revenues of $2.06 billion…
Trey Thoelcke The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following the report on new jobless claims, which rose by 369,000, less than the expected 375,000 (our coverage here). In Europe, GDP…
Softbank may seek $23 billion in loans from Japanese banks as it tries to buy a controlling interest in Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S). (Reuters) Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)…
Activist investor Carl Icahn said in a statement today that he will make a tender offer of $32.50 per share in cash for the outstanding shares of Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK). Icahn…
Paul Ausick The earnings warnings are spreading. Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) tried to masquerade a negative 2012 outlook update by hiking its dividend 25% to $0.50 per share per quarter. The engine-maker talked about…
At today’s Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK) annual meeting, shareholders rejected 12 of 13 of Carl Icahn’s nominees to the company’s board of directors. The remaining election is still too close to declare…
Paul Ausick At today’s annual meeting for shareholders of truck maker Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK), investor Carl Icahn will get an up-or-down vote on his slate of six candidates for the company’s board of…
Paul Ausick Now that it’s known that investor Carl Icahn is acquiring shares in Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK) it appears that the stock in the maker of specialty vehicles is going to break back…
Jon C. Ogg There are many stocks on the move for day traders and active traders to pick from this Monday morning. We are watching the key moves in Administaff Inc. (NYSE: ASF), Arena Pharmaceuticals,…
These are this Thursday’s top day trader and active trader alerts: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) rose after its Q1 profit rose 10% and announced a $150 million add-on to its stock…
