AFL raised to Overweight at Lehman.AMGN raised to Hold at Citigroup.ASBC cut to Underweight at Lehman.BUD raised to Hold at Citigroup.CKR started as Neutral at JPMorgan.EMN raised to Buy at Citigroup.EOG cut…
BRKR raised to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.CYT raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.FFIV cut to Neutral at Baird.FIRE raised to Buy at Jefferies.KSS raised to Outperform at Baird.MLNM raised to Mkt…
Valero (VLO) had refineries in Houston and Krotz Springs, La., down for two weeks this month. Chevron (CVX) closed its El Segundo, Calif., refinery. That could be down for two months. ExxonMobil…
Stock Tickers: VLO, XOM, CVX, COP, SLB, HAL, OIH, HES, PBR, MRO, BHI, RIG, BJS, WMB, GSF, BP, VLO, WFT, NOV, HES Higher and higher oil prices got you down? They definitely…
The NYSE released short interest in stocks traded on the exchange. The figures are as of June 15 and are compared to the comparable numbers at of May 15. Largest Shares Short…
Stock Tickers: BP, VLO, MRO, BHI, RIG, XOM, CVX, COP, SLB, HAL, OIH The short interest for MAY 2007 is out and the oil and energy patch names is fairly mixed. The…
Stock Tickers: APA, BHI, BJS, CHK, DVN, ESV, XTO, VLO After digging through the Barron’s list of "under-dividend" companies, something else came back to mind again: there are too many energy companies…
AMGN cut to Neutral at Baird.AOG cut to Hold at Jefferies.BEAS cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.BHE started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.CLS started as Underperform at Credit Suisse.COGO started as Overweight…
Jim Cramer talked about refiners and an IPO on today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC. He says he is shifting from a Buy to a Sell on the refiners because margins may…
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A) may be setting its sights lower as far as the size of a merger it would pursue. Reuters has reported that Warren Buffett gave an interview to a Swiss…
Stocks to Watch: BRK/A, MRO, TRV, WM, ALL, LEH, CHA, REP, OXY, DOW, VLO, E, MET, BF, DB, SNP Warren Buffett was noted this weekend as saying he is tempted to find…
