Groupon, Inc. has just filed for an initial public offering. No terms were disclosed other than that the sale is for up to $750 million in common stock. The company plans to…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to…
The origins of Memorial Day date to the aftermath of the Civil War when people would decorate the graves of fallen soldiers to honor their service. Though the holiday still retains its…
Douglas A. McIntyre The May 13 , 2011 short interest data is now out and there were some significant changes in many of NASDAQ’s high-priced leaders. Some short selling went up and some went way…
Experts say a Greek default would harm other EU nations and banks. (Reuters) Several insurers face large losses because of US weather damage. (Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) will price shares to be…
Liberty Media offered $1 billion for Barnes & Noble. (NYSE: BKS) (Reuters) Tepco lost $15 billion. (Reuters) Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) expects to receive a summons from the US government shortly. (Reuters)…
Howard Stringer, the disgraced CEO of Sony (NYSE: SNE), made the remarkably disingenuous or perhaps naive comment that all Internet systems have the same weaknesses as the hacked PlayStation network. “It’s the…
NYSE (NYSE: NYX) was thrashed as Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and ICE pulled their buyout offer due to regulatory concerns. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was savaged by the press as information from its CEO…
The government may stop the sale of $9 billion in AIG (NYSE: AIG) shares if it does not do well. (Reuters) Taketa may take over Nycomed for $14.2 billion. (Reuters) Cisco (NASDAQ:…
The April 29, 2011 short interest data is now out and there continues to be a very mixed bag as far as trends in many of NASDAQ’s high-priced leaders. Some short selling is…
It is almost every day that we take a look at the market capitalization rates of some of America’s largest public companies in our own Real-Time 500 reading. The recession killed many stocks…
AAA Daily Fuel Gauge: Regular $3.985. The ripple effects from the sharp rise in gas prices have grown tremendously in the last week as regular gas has risen from $3.886 seven days…
A bipartisan group of Senators will meet once more to work out a compromise on the budget. (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Facebook have considered a purchase of Skype. (Reuters) The Federal…
Harris Interactive came out with its new “Reputation Quotient” list. The research firm has conducted the study for 12 consecutive years. The poll is based on views about the “60 most visible…
Groupon is supposed to be one of the 24/7 Wall Street Top 17 IPOs to Watch in 2011. That hasn’t changed, but our skepticism is growing at the same time that internet…
