The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as investors appeared to be reacting to a temporarily stronger euro, which indicated some confidence in the Eurozone generally. But the dollar…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Cut to Hold at Argus. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Reiterated Buy with a target price of $55…
Markets opened a few ticks lower this morning after a poor report on new claims for unemployment benefits in the US (our coverage here). The report that pending home sales jumped 4.1%…
Markets opened about flat this morning but lost ground almost immediately as new home sales data came in weaker than expected. Then came a report that Iranian crude shipments were falling as…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Altria Group,…
Now that it’s $3.8 billion acquisition of Healthspring Inc. is completed, insurer Cigna Inc. (NYSE: CI) is looking at either a sale of its pharmacy-benefits division or the outsourcing of the division’s…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Monday morning. AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) Raised to Buy at Goldman…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning, following on a positive debt sale by Portugal and some improvement in PMI numbers from Europe. ADP employment data did not meet…
Earnings season is still going strong and Wednesday will have many big earnings reports to watch. These are not the only earnings reports coming from big companies, but these are the ones…
Health insurer Wellpoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) is changing its fee schedule for primary care physicians. Like other insurers Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET), Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), and Cigna Inc. (NYSE: CI), Wellpoint’s…
Several lists of the highest paid CEOs in America are published each year mostly by the business media and shareholder groups. All are based on proxy statements. Long before the lists are…
When it comes to executive pay, the amounts paid to today’s highest paid CEOs equals the GDP of a small emerging nation. The ten most highly compensated CEOs according to a recent…
These are some of Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Aetna, Inc. (NYSE: AET) named Bull of the Day at Zacks. Big Lots Inc. (NYSE:…
Markets opened lower this morning, and continued to fall before holding at around -150 points for most of the day on the DJIA. Japan’s yen sale pushed the dollar sharply higher and…
