Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) is getting clipped this morning after its quarterly earnings report. As you have grown accustomed to, the ‘earnings report’ is really a loss report. The report starts…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has just pumped up the pressure on its competitors in the pharmacy business. The retailing giant has announced a joint program with Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) to…
Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) just can’t seem to get it right. Whatever the strategy is intended to be doing, it needs a real change in the world of a CVS, Walgreen,…
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Started as Hold at Citigroup. ATP Oil & Gas…
Even though the gap between executive and entry-level worker pay has shrunk ever so slightly in the past couple of years, it’s still not unusual for the CEO of a large public…
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) had been up over 6% but is now just up 2.5% at $0.80. The troubled company has a debt for equity exchange announced with certain holders…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is by a number of measures the most visited retail site in the US, the most successful e-commerce company in the world, and the online retailer with the biggest…
Sometimes little surprises are just as interesting as big ones. For example, Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG) has announced that it would not accept either new or renewal business from prescription drug plans administered…
Jon C. Ogg These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning: ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus. ArcelorMittal (NYSE:…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
These are this Thursday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: AmerisourceBergen (NYSE: ABC) Started as Buy at UBS. ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) Cut to Neutral at…
Reuters: The Wall St. insider trading probe lead to another 14 arrests. Reuters: Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) lost $19 billion and asked Treasury for money. Reuters: GM is readying its plans for Opel…
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
