This week’s Unusual Suspects are not just about earnings season, despite the deluge and onslaught we are about to see. We have a watch for events this week in shares of Acorda…
Graham Packaging Company Inc. is one of the most recent filings for a private equity-backed initial public offering. While terms were not given for this IPO, the company listed that it would…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. Update 12.50 PM EST: Boeing (NYSE:BA) could lose a $7.5 billion order for fighter planes to Brazil if the US Senate does not confirm Obama’s nominee to be…
Reuters: Senate Democrats unveiled their healthcare plan. Reuters: Hedge fund manage Griffin has rebounded from losses. Reuters: GM must pay its debt and become profitable before an IPO. Reuters: Kraft (NYSE:KFT) is…
Reuters: Two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were acquited. Reuters: Zucker, NBCU’s current CEO, will head the company when Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) buys a majority of the company from GE (NYSE:GE). Reuters: Dodd’s super-bank regulator…
These are this Monday’s top ten analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations in Wall Street research calls: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARIA)…
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: …
Reuters: The US economy is stable but risks remain according to Geithner. Reuters: JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) raised concerns about Galleon in 2001. Reuters: As many as five million Americans have been infected with…
We have two initial public offerings today. We have a poor pricing from Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) and a solid pricing from a Blackstone interest in the Vitamin Shoppe Inc. (NYSE:…
Reuters: The Nielsen survey shows consumer confidence up in the US for the first time since 2007. Reuters: Obama’s financial reforms are advancing in Congress. Reuters: The pay czar said his authority…
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…
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…
Updated throughout the day Updated 3.34 PM EST: Consensus figures for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) earnings may be significantly too high (Barron’s) Updated 1.14 PM EST: The whisper number for Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) is $1.47 EPS…
Reuters: US corporations are concerned about the weakness of the dollar. Reuters: Bernanke says that global imbalances in trade and cash flows must be addressed. Reuters: Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is attacking new markets…
It was just in August that practically every single initial public offering was trading above its IPO price. The market had rallied significantly, and still rallied after that to just this week…
