Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
A 404-point move up in the DJIA and a near 49-point run in the S&P 500 sounds massive at 3.9% and 4.4% respectively. When you look at the international markets, particularly some…
Standard & Poor’s just hit the brakes on the markets, a day after cutting Greece and Portugal. The PIIGS are taking another toll, with the cut today being the long-term rating of…
These are this Wednesday’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls early this morning: Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Raised to Buy at Needham. Banco Santander (NYSE:…
You saw the bank bailout in the U.S. in 2008 to 2009, now it seems that the great bailout is heading the way of Greece if the reports and if the rumors…
Douglas A. McIntyre First it was Iceland, then came the PIIGS… This is of course the acronym for Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain…. although this is really an issue of PIGS front and center…
Barclays Capital’s banking research department has been busy going into the new year as it has issued new coverage on many of the European and global banks. Some of the ratings are…
If today’s price action is of any indication for the full year, it seems that 2010 may be poised to be the year of the Irish banking sector. Today’s big winners were…
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