These are Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Outperform at FBR. Comerica (NYSE: CMA) Raised to Outperform at…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) had a great day ahead of its earnings report today based upon expectations that it would beat earnings and raise guidance. The processor and chip giant just proved…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is probably going to set the tone and set the bar of expectations for most large technology stocks this earnings season. Thomson Reuters has estimates for this afternoon…
It is the first week of January, which means one thing for lovers of consumer electronics: CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, takes place in Las Vegas. The event kicks off on January…
Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may move some of its operations out of London to avoid high taxes on banker bonuses (London Telegraph) Kraft (NYSE:KFT) will raise its bid for…
Reuters: Novartis (NYSE:NVS) will buy the part of Alcon (NYSE:ACL) that it does not currently own for $39 billion. Reuters: JAL may receive a bailout from the Japanese government. Reuters: The Fed defended it…
The year 2009 is in the books and some of the most troubled companies of the last decade made the biggest returns among S&P 500 firms in 2009. Among S&P 500 stocks, Ford (NYSE:F), which two…
Many investors use the last few weeks of each year to sell stocks on which they have posted losses to help their tax position. Other investors simply clean the dead wood out…
Reuters: Merger activity will grow slowly in 2010. Reuters: Bank of America’s new CEO said he would focus on execution. Reuters: Profits at RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) topped forecasts. Reuters: Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) posed a surprise…
The FTC has brought a case against Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) which has now been accused of monopolistic behavior in Europe, the State of New York, and the United States. The FTC claims that…
M&A activity picked up in the second half of 2009 as the market moved up and access to capital for big companies improved. Corporate debt offerings soared and banks began to make…
Shares in Sprint (NYSE:S) were up more than 10% at one point yesterday after Barron’s argued that the stock was undervalued. One article and the telecom company’s market cap was up almost $1.5…
CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI) rose over 5% to a yearly high of $33.84 after Goldman Sachs said that managed-care providers are cheap and that the danger posed to the category by health-care…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts. We have more detailed data and analysis over at VSInvestor.com via links on each story and stock: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
You might think that companies tend to repurchase fewer and fewer shares in their share buyback plans when shares rise and rise. When you compare the moves from the March 9 close,…
