10:41am ET
Investing
Today’s Market Winners
Stocks Monday are down slightly, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.59%, the Nasdaq down 0.05% and the S&P 500 down 0.39%. But while there were several big stock winners, there weren’t…
BBY Coverage Page 46
8:14am ET
Investing
The Next Mergers & Buyouts For 2012
As of late last week we had many potentially imminent buyouts that could have hit the market. When we were just finishing the report draft on Friday is when the Amylin Pharmaceuticals,…
6:25am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/28/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT
Stockton, Calif., is about to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) wins a court decision to stop shipments of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet into the United States. (Reuters)…
4:00pm ET
Investing
Best Buy Rumors Ignite
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) has been a rumored buyout target for some time now that its woes began to go into overdrive. When the Chairman and Founder Richard Schulze announced…
Jon C. Ogg 10:04am ET
Retail
What Happened to the Sears Rally? (SHLD, JCP, BBY, BKS, WMT, TGT, COST)
Over the last three months shares of Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) have lost about a quarter of their value, falling from near $85 to around $52. In the three months preceding…
6:34am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/18/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The pro-austerity party wins the election in Greece and will try to build a coalition. (Reuters) India surprises analysts by keeping its rates as is, despite a slow economy. (Reuters) The FCC…
4:06pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — June 14, 2012 (CS, ADBE, BBY, EAT, TSLA, BP, KR, PIR, SFD, WGO, CPST, RBY, NOK, LSCC, QCOM)
The three major US stock indexes opened slightly higher this morning following the data on new US unemployment benefits claims (more coverage here) and 10-year Spanish bond yields that topped 7% (more…
11:59am ET
Retail
Research Call: Best Buy Bottomed Out (BBY, RSH, AMZN)
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) may have finally seen the bottom. That is at least what one analyst is calling today. Today’s rating change shows an upgrade at Citigroup to “Neutral”…
8:28am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ABB, ADBE, BBVA, BBY, BOKF, BP, EAT, CBS, HGSI, IRG, NAV, BPOP, RF, TSLA, XNPT, ACI, DD, SRE, HES, FSLR, CHSI, STX, QCOM, CVS, EXC, CCE, HIG)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday. We also have many changes to the Argus Model Portfolio. ABB Ltd.…
10:10am ET
Investing
Best Buy: When Ratings Agencies Talk Up Rumors Of Buyout
How often do ratings agencies talk about buyout rumors? That is what we are faced with this morning after a report was issued by Fitch Ratings covering Best Buy Co, Inc. (NYSE:…
5:37pm ET
Retail
RadioShack, Left For Dead, Dies
RadioShack (NYSE: RSH), at 90 years old, operates in over 7,200 locations. Even with those advantages, the company might as well fold. The company stands as a fine example of how better-run…
10:05am ET
Retail
Best Buy Founder and Chairman Quits
The founder and board chairman of Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY), Richard Schulze, resigned today, just more than a month before his previous plan to step down as chairman at the…
Paul Ausick 7:36am ET
Companies and Brands
Retailer Earnings Up Most in Two Years (WMT, DKS, HIBB, BBBY, WSM, BWS, FL, BBY, GME, WTSLA, GPS, ANF)
With 80% of the 120 companies it tracks having reported first quarter 2012 results, research firm Retail Metrics says that retailers who beat earnings estimates are up 5% year-over-year for the period,…
6:33am ET
Investing
CalSTRS: The Dogs Turn on Walmart
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), by many measures the second largest pension in the United States, has taken the advice of and has joined proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis in…
4:06pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — May 22, 2012 (GPS, DRYS, DPZ, LYB, TSLA, AZO, BBY, RL, WSM, EXPR, AEO, BIG, HRL, NTAP, P, STP, TSL, PCX, BNHN, FB)
The three major US stock indexes opened slightly higher this morning following their European and Asian counterparts, none of which were the least concerned about a downgrade to Japanese debt or dire…