Jon OggInvestors often get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms. What investors frequently do not get to see is when those same analysts issue downgrades or when they…
ThinkstockHertz Global Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) is joining the ranks of large companies with private equity backers selling out. A huge offering took place after the sale of a whopping 49,800,405 shares…
ThinkstockChinese for-profit education company Ambow Education Holding Ltd. (NYSE: AMBO) got some bad news earlier this week. A proposed buyout by private equity firm Barings Asia Private Equity Fund V L.P. was…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and continued a slow downward slide throughout the day. In Europe, flash PMI data from the eurozone came in below expectations on both manufacturing and…
U.S. equity markets opened flat to lower this morning as it waited for data on U.S. housing starts and producer price inflation. In Europe, markets got some downward signals from a higher-than-expected…
ThinkstockBarclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) will cut 3,700 jobs as the troubled bank restructures. (Reuters) Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) adds to its low-priced Asha line. (Reuters) A judge approves a request by Apple…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesMarket rumors and speculation has been about that other exchanges would either go private or would merger together after this mega-exchange merger between NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX)…
ThinkstockCorporate governance issues are sometimes a blessing for shareholders, but they also can crush the rights of shareholders in many cases. Tracking CEO pay of large public companies is now considered open hunting…
ThinkstockToday’s announcement from CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) that it will convert its outdoor advertising business into a REIT and seek buyers for the foreign properties owned by the company could fire up…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe stock market is mixed Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.25%, the Nasdaq up 0.16% and the S&P 500 up 0.09%. Today’s sole winner is…
U.S. equity markets opened flat to lower this morning as the clock ticked down to the final hours in negotiations related to the U.S. fiscal cliff. Share prices edged upward for most…
ThinkstockA group of private equity firms, including The Carlyle Group L.P. (NASDAQ: CG), announced yesterday that the consortium would acquire investment advising and banking firm Duff & Phelps Corp. (NYSE: DUF) for…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockPrivate equity took a bit of a bruising on its image during the presidential election in 2012. This sector of the financial services market was basically portrayed as the modern-day robber barons with…
ThinkstockFocus Media Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: FMCN) has announced that it has accepted an offer of $5.50 per ordinary share ($27.50 per American Depositary Share) from firms that will be controlled by the…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning, but by the end of the first hour stocks had turned south and remained in negative territory throughout the rest of the day. In…
