Those rummaging through the garbage of 52-week low lists are usually bottom-fishing investors or desperate CEOs. But, the list is so broad that it has become a tableau of the market as…
Below are the top 10 analyst calls we are focusing on this morning: Boeing (NYSE: BA) raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Omniture (NASDAQ: OMTR) raised to Buy at Jefferies. PepsiAmericas (NYSE:…
Boeing (NYSE: BA) calls it the Dreamliner but a name with "nightmare" in it would have been more appropriate. After two major delays, there are now press reports that Boeing will only…
Douglas A. McIntyre Boeing (NYSE: BA) made an official complaint with the Government Accountability Office about a $35 billion Air Force tanker deal which it did not get. The deal went to Northrop Grumman (NYSE:…
According to Reuters, central banks are uniting to ease the credit crisis. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) got EU approval to buy DoubleClick and its shares rose. Reuters reports that Caterpillar (CAT)…
According to Reuters, Goldman Sachs says the Fed may make an emergency rate cut. Reuters writes that Nokia (NOK) is likely to sell down now that information from chip company Texas Instruments…
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Airbus go toe to tor for almost very major commercial airline contract in the world. They haul each other into court over international trade practice questions. For pure…
Now that Boeing (NYSE: BA) has officially lost the bidding for a new Air Force tanker to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and EADS, parent of Airbus, it will probably make an official…
The management of EADS sits in Europe watching pork-eating members of Congress talk about the hearings they will hold in an attempt to change the Air Force’s decision to buy $35 billion…
According to Reuters, the NABE semiannual Economic Policy Survey show that the subprime crisis and heavy debt are still the biggest threats to the economy. Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) will expand…
The theater which is congressional politics would have missed an entire act if the porcine members who are re-elected for their ability to bring home the bacon to their districts had not…
A number of politicians and other patriots were worried that the US military awarding of a contract to build tankers may not have been good for US industry. The contract went to…
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and its stockholders were counting on getting the US military contract to build new refueling tankers. The deal is worth $40 billion, and Boeing is the incumbent. Things didn’t…
The US military’s aerial refueling tanker contract is up for bid. The deal is worth $40 billion and involves building 179 planes. Boeing (NYSE: BA) and its investors are counting on the…
Japan Airlines management is so upset about delays in the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 that it may turn to Airbus for planes. According to Reuters "JAL, which had planned to buy 55…
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