Reuters:Â Â Obama pushed his nuclear initiative and backed a new plant. Reuters:Â Â Oil moved toward $78 on hope of an improved economy. Reuters:Â Â Toyota (NYSE:TM) will cut auto output. Reuters:Â Â Fidelity says…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 1.6% to 10,371. Toyota (NYSE:TM) rose as it shipped parts to complete its recalls. The Hang Seng rose a fraction to 20,251. The Shanghai…
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 Monday morning’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Burger King (NYSE: BKC) Cut to Hold…
These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to…
It seems that the huge game-changing deal between Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and XTO Energy Inc. (NYSE: XTO) may have more than just one risk associated with it. The acquisition, announced…
Reuters:Â Â The pressure is on big oil companies such as Exxon (NYSE:XOM) and BP (NYSE:BP) to find inexpensive oil reserves in Iraq. Reuters:Â Â Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) sees no threat to the US debt…
Reuters:Â Â A $25 billion debt plan for Dubai World helped calm markets. Reuters:Â Â GE (NASDAQ:GE) and Vivendi agreed to value NBCU at a price which gives the French company $5.8 billion for…
There has been a heated argument for the last several years about when the world will start to run out of oil. The rate of oil production, after more than a century…
Reuters:Â Â Opel must now arrange for GM’s unexpected ownership Reuters:Â Â The Fed will probably keep its “easy money” program. Reuters:Â Â Toyota (NYSE:TM) will pull out of Formula 1 racing. Reuters:Â Â The IEA…
These are this Wednesday’s top 10 seen analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations which we have seen from Wall Street research calls: AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Apollo Group…
Reuters:Â Â The Nielsen survey shows consumer confidence up in the US for the first time since 2007. Reuters:Â Â Obama’s financial reforms are advancing in Congress. Reuters:Â Â The pay czar said his authority…
Reuters:Â Â UBS (NYSE:UBS) will put in a new US chief. Reuters:Â Â Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) says “dark pools” help investors. Reuters:Â Â The US is welcoming the rise of the yuan. Retuers:Â Â Nelson Peltz’s…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 10.53 AM EST Activision-Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) “Guitar Hero 5″ is selling poorly. (Barron’s) Update 9.47 AM EST: BP’s (NYSE:BP) new chairman will make significant changes to the oil…
These are this Wednesday mornings top Wall Street analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen early this morning: Anglogold (AU) Cut to Neutral at Nomura. BP plc (BP) Cut to…
