The US Environmental Protection Agency has released its expected increase in the ethanol “blend wall” from 10% (E10) to 15% (E15) for light vehicles built in model year 2007 and later. The…
So much for a double-dip recession, or at least that is what the waves of new share buybacks and dividend hikes from big key companies are saying. In recent days we have…
This week felt like the sudden snap-back for dividend hikes after a week or two of fewer news announcements from major companies. It was in big companies too, rather than just the…
Since the beginning of the year, Brazil’s ethanol industry has generated more than its share of news. Today brings the announcement of a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-A) and Cosan…
These are this morning’s top day trader alert and actively traded stocks. We have links through to each with more detailed price and volume data and analysis over at VSInvestor.com: CIT Group,…
These are the top pre-market downgrades from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning: Berry Petroleum (BRY) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan. Bill Barrett (BBG) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan…
Bunge (BG), which has a big business in finished corn products, is buying Corn Products International (CPO) for $4.4 billion. CPO’s name pretty much says how it makes its money. The price…
Below are the ten analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in pre-market trading this Wednesday morning: AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) raised to Overweight at HSBC Securities. Bunge (NYSE: BG) raised to Overweight…
When you see sectors that have been key leaders fall it’s often just another buying opportunity. But when you start seeing an exodus you have to wonder if letting the good times…
ABK cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.ADVNA cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.BBY started as Mkt Perform at Wachovia.BEN cut to Mkt PErform at FBR.BG cut to Neutral at HSBC.CC started as…
Morningstar has hit the market with "The Market’s Most Overvalued Stocks". They cover a wide range of industries, and some of them, like Schlumberger (SLB), would appear to be "buys" right now.…
