Updated throughout the day. Updated 3.14 PM EST: STIC (NASDAQ:STIC) dropping on rumors that Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) database applications may hurt STIC sales (Barron’s) Updated 3.11 PM EST: Level 3 (NASDAQ:LVLT) is surging…
These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street firms we have seen with about two hours until the market opens: Citigroup (C) Started as Buy at…
Investors who have dumped CIT (NYSE:CIT) stock since September 29 are looking smart. The shares have dropped from $1.67 on the 29th to $1.04. It appears that debtholders of paper from the…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is within sight of the psychological 10,000 mark. Again. This is a price-weighted index rather than a market cap-weighted index, which makes the index not as representative…
Its fiscal year coming to an end, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is about to post record annual profits less than a year after the peak of the credit crisis. It is as if…
Reuters:Â Â E-mails and the credit crisis will be key to the trial of Bear Stearns workers. Reuters:Â The approval process for Tengzhong to buy Hummer has started in China. Reuters:Â Â Philips Electronics…
Thisis going to be a very key earnings week. The only DJIA component to report its Q3 period report so far has been Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA). But we have earnings this week…
The short interest in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) was steady in the period that ended on September 30 at 16 million shares.The bet being made against RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) rose 13% to 13% to 19.2 million.…
We may have had earnings season officially start with Alcoa this week, but next week will be the real week for the launch of earnings season. We now have an index to…
If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. That is what Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) has done over its Phibro commodities trading unit. Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) has…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 2:00 PM EST: American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) has traded higher all day and some are noting takeover chatter on this one. We have yet to see…
Reuters:Â Â Chinese investors are holding a large amount of gold. Reuters:Â Â Bernanke sees tighter policies as the economy improves. Reuters:Â Â The Congressional Oversight Panel says that the US plan to help homeowners…
Updated throughout the day. Updated at 4.24 PM EST: Xyratex (NASDAQ:XRTX) is up 14% today, another tech stock in the buyout rumor mill. (Barron’s) Updated at 2.12 PM EST: Euro Tech Holdings…
Reuters:Â Â GM says most of its cost cutting is done and its sales chief left. Reuters:Â Â Spot gold hit a record above $1,050. Reuters:Â Â The Senate healthcare bill weighs in at $829…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 2:44 Dell Inc. (NYSE: DELL) will launch a branded Android smartphone thru AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and possibly other carriers next year. Source today is from WSJ,…
