Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is performing rather well when you consider that the bank’s dividend is not likely to rise as fast as some of the more healthy banks. The…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 31, 2010. That makes these his new 2011 holdings and there…
To make the cut onto the S&P Dividend Aristocrats Index, a company has to have paid a dividend every year for at least 25 consecutive years. The index includes at least 40…
Investors have tried for years to follow the strategy of Warren Buffett, considered by many to be the greatest investor in history. That’s ironic given how little he seems to care about…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2010. This list appears to have many more changes than…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 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…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Tuesday morning in Wall Street research calls: Aixtron Aktiengesellschaft (NASDAQ: AIXG) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan Cazenove. The…
Short sellers took huge positions in major banks and telecom companies in the two-week period ending December 15. The short interest in Citigroup (NYSE:C) rose 30% to 281 million ahead of the bank…
Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) will pay back TARP funds. Reuters: Kraft (NYSE:KFT) says it will be disciplined in its Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) buyout effort. Reuters: Some of AIG’s (NYSE:AIG) top staff…
Updated throughout the day. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will buy Opalis Software (Barron’s) Updated 9.47 AM EST The CEO of Bank of New York (NYSE:BK) is once again a candidate for the top jobs…
Reuters: The pressure is on big oil companies such as Exxon (NYSE:XOM) and BP (NYSE:BP) to find inexpensive oil reserves in Iraq. Reuters: Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) sees no threat to the US debt…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 1.05 PM EST: Las Vagas Sands (NYSE:LVS) will try to raise $2.5 billion though an IPO in Hong Kong (AP) Updated 11.12 AM EST: Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) is…
Reuters: Investors in the banking sector were disturbed by the CIT (NYSE:CIT) bankruptcy. Reuters: Summers will lead a high level meeting on the economy. Reuters: US companies are holding more cash. Reuters: …
Wall St. likes financial statements that give it deep insights into a company’s operations, especially its liabilities. It likes boards that make sure shareholders get as complete a picture as possible of…
These are the top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this Monday morning: Alliant Techsystems (ATK) Started as Buy at Jefferies. Celgene (CELG) raised to Outperform at R.W.Baird.…
