ThinkstockFriday’s nonfarm payroll number was a pleasant surprise. However, for real growth to return we need to consistently add 250,000 jobs per month. Our economy is sluggish at best, and corporate profit…
ThinkstockMuch of the research coverage on Wall St. from the bulge bracket firms is concentrated on the most liquid, best known stocks from the S&P 500. These names are recognizable to investors…
via Wikimedia CommonsBioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) is surging on news that a drug met its primary endpoint and that it will seek approval in early 2013. The company’s Phase III study of GALNS is…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are the top analyst calls of upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reiterated Buy with $264 target…
What usually happens when you get two mergers announced in drugs and biotech in the same day? Investors begin to wonder which other peers and competitors might be on the M&A block.…
More biotech mergers are on the way! That is the verdict of Wall St. There may be patent protection risks associated with future regulation under health care, but deals in the biotech…
The freshly announced multibillion biotech buyout of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN) for more than $5 billion in equity value may be a bit misleading if you consider that it is effectively…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning. Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Cut to Hold at…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $220…
These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQ: APWR) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Today’s BioHealth Business Daily has many new names and less followed companies, but there are some of the larger movers to consider today as well. We are seeing news-related moves in many…
Jon C. Ogg These are this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls early this morning: Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Cut to Sell at Collins Stewart. Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE:…
These are this Thursday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen in early research calls from Wall Street: ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Raised to Buy at Societe Generale. BioMarin…
Today is an unusually active day for many emerging biotech stocks in the news and we are seeing significant moves in response. We have more detail on each with appropriate links through…
These are the top 10 analyst calls we have seen this Wednesday morning with about two hours until the market opens: Altera (ALTR) and Xilinx (XLNX) Raised to Overweight at Global Crown.…
