Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has found itself as the king of the mortgage mess after it decided to acquire Countrywide. By acquiring the company’s corpse rather than trying to just…
News that a drought in west Texas could undermine oil and gas production hit Halliburton, Anadarko, and KBR. Bank of New York Mellon was hit by negative coverage of a problem of…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) Reiterated Buy and $17 target at Gleacher…
Chiquita Brands (NYSE: CQB) was sued for supporting dangerous para-military groups in Columbia in 2007. The EU began what is likely to be a vigorous examination of the Western Digital (NYSE: WDC)…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Neutral at Credit…
We are seeing several key bank earnings now that our two DJIA component-banks have already reported earnings. We have briefly given note of the earnings report on each bank this morning, but our…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.…
We always look for standout research calls. The goal is not to just find bullish calls, but calls which have a longer duration of a single trading session or even a single…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Hold at Jefferies. Apple…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARIA), Datalink Corporation (NASDAQ: DTLK),…
These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Raised to Outperform at Leerink Swann. AON Corporation (NYSE: AON)…
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. This morning we have two key updates from late yesterday afternoon, followed by our…
You have to love it when there are two high profile calls on the same topic that effectively say the exact opposite of each other. That is the case when it comes…
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes this morning: Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Started as Buy at Jefferies. Barclays plc (NYSE:…
We have three secondary offerings of note today, with two having an impact in the stock. Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) is raising $800 million and Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUSQ) is raising…
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