Jon OggEach weekend we review the many analyst calls we track during the week. Some turn out to be very insightful and some turn out to be not so great. For better…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (NYSE: ASX) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML. Apple Inc.…
Earnings season is still upon us. There are going to be many big earnings reports Thursday and we would consider Thursday as the climax for the companies reporting their normal fourth quarter…
Facebook will launch an IPO to raise $5 billion. (Reuters) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) says costs may drive it to a loss this quarter. (Reuters) Sony (NASDAQ: SNE) appoints Kazuo Hirai as CEO.…
The Carlyle Group L.P. is still planning to be one of the top private equity initial public offerings of 2012. We even named it as one of the Top 17 IPOs to…
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) will complete the capital raise for its $16 billion fund. (Reuters) The EU agrees to an embargo on Iranian oil. (Reuters) Citing defense cuts, Boeing (NYSE: BA) closes it…
Alibaba hires a Washington lobbying firm in case it decides to bid for all of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). (Reuters) Italian yields may fall because of European Central Bank injections of long-term funds…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse. Amazon.com…
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and Bain may bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) along with Asian partners Alibaba and Yahoo! Japan. (Reuters) China’s PMI contracts for the first time in three years. (Reuters) The…
In July, ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE: COP) announced that it would spin off its refining and marketing business into a separate company in the first half of 2012. Now, it seems, the company…
The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) may look like it has a huge portfolio of public stocks to many investors. While that is actually true, the bulk of this is due to…
It has happened before, but it is rare. Very rare. A bankruptcy that is good for shareholders. Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) is seeing a sharp rise in its common stock after some of…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Underperform at…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: MTGE) Started as Hold…
Yahoo.comNow that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has fired CEO Carol Bartz about as gracelessly as it could and set out on a strategic review of its business under interim CEO Tim Morse,…
