Today’s round-up of alternative energy news includes a new IPO filing from a well-known entrepreneur, some developments in batteries, and another federal loan guarantee for a large solar PV project. Biofuel maker…
Today’s commodities news leads off with report that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and its leading commodities strategist are recommending that investors abandon long positions in copper and platinum even as…
We have recently begun filtering out value stocks in a sector by sector screen ahead of earnings season. This latest batch is a commodities value screen, and we identified three clear value…
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) rejected a Nasdaq offer to buy it, which Nasdaq labeled as the best future for the older exchange. (Reuters) Corporate earnings may not be strong enough to support current stock…
The members of the Federal Reserve are more divided about what steps the central bank should take next to mute inflation and help the expansion. (Reuters) Americans are telling the Fed that…
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Swiss-based commodities trading house Glencore International AG is expected to conduct an IPO on the Hong Kong exchange around the end…
Swiss-based commodities trading house Glencore International expects to conduct an initial public offerin gon the Hong Kong exchange around the end of April. The company aims to raise $10 billion with this…
Japanese officials have confirmed 4,340 dead and 9,083 still missing as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country a week ago, according to London’s Daily Mail newspaper. Those…
Portugal’s debt was cut two levels by Moody’s (MarketWatch) Radiation levels rose at a reactor in Japan (Reuters) Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) will have a hard time taking over NYSE; Euronext (NYSE: NYX)…
There are several research upgrades and downgrades this morning that may feel meaningless in the overall scheme of things due to the international headlines coming from Japan and the Middle East. The…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Cut to Hold at Needham. Central…
Following the disaster in Japan, and particularly the explosions in one one of the country’s 53 nuclear power generating reactors, the reactions of other nations with nuclear power plants either built or…
This next week is going to be a very light one for earnings but will be a very active week for other news. The Japanese quake aftermath and many other more company-specific…
AIG (NYSE: AIG) suffered from news that it will buy back $16 billion of distressed securities. Del Monte (NYSE: DLM) received bad press because of concerns about poor weather effecting crops. Note:…
Japan was hit by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake. (Reuters) Chinese insurance regulators passed on details of the AIG (NYSE: AIG) disaster to local insurance companies, according to WikiLeaks. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
