There is an ETF for just about everything, and now there is one geared solely around the consumption of food. Global X Funds has launched yet another niche ETF with the lauch…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Avalon Rare Metals, Inc. (AMEX: AVL) Started as Sector Outperform at…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML. CBOE…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Reiterated Buy and $12 price…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) may pay a larger portion of its bonuses in cash (WSJ) Hedge fund manager John Paulson made $4 billion last year (WSJ) Sara…
Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) has been a takeout candidate and restructuring candidate for what may be a decade now. In recent days and recent weeks, Sara Lee shares went skyward as…
Jon C. Ogg The IMF “Fiscal Monitor” and ratings agencies have both warned Japan and the US on their growing debt loads (Reuters) Ford Motor’s (NYSE: F) annual profit may be its largest since 2000…
Updated throughout the day Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) has no bid from Apollo and JBS SA (Bloomberg) After poor earnings Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may go through a restructuring (various) ‘Douglas A. McIntyre
Updated throughout the day. Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) rejected a private equity offer for the company (NYPost) Glencore may launch its IPO in both London and Hong Kong (NYT)
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. Several private equity firms have made bids for Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) (Reuters) Kamal Ahmed, of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is under investigation as part of the Galleon…
RockTenn (NYSE: RKT) will buy Smirft-Stone (NYSE: SSCN) for $3.5 billion. (Reuters) Assets in the Treasury’s toxic asset fund rose 27% in value last year to $6.3 billion. (Reuters) China will pass…
Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) plans to change the security of hardware on the iPhone 4 (Reuters) Lenovo and NEC may merge PC operations (Reuters) Hughes Communications is up for…
Updated throughout the day KKR may make a bid for Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) (Reuters) MySpace may be spun off by News Corp (NYSE: NWS) (WSJ) Douglas A. McIntyre
Updated throughout the day. Aol (NYSE: AOL) has hired investment bankers to look at strategic option which may include a bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) (WSJ) Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) is close…
