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 Wednesday’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street morning research calls: Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein. Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:…
Chevron (CVX) said it would lay-off 2,000 people. The company issued a press release describing its plans which had the title “Chevron Well-Positioned For Future Growth” Firing employees must be integral to that. Chevron…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from this Tuesday’s research calls from Wall Street: Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan. Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK)…
Reverse discrimination is alive and well among large corporations which offer access to women’s businesses that results in a high volume of commerce for female-controlled firms. The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council “Top Corporations” program honors companies…
Reuters: Obama said he will not let companies who owe the US taxes to bid for government work. Reuters: Republican Scott Brown won the Senate race in Massachusetts putting the Obama healthcare…
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced poor earnings and its stock fell more than 11% ending the session on January 12th at $15.52. Some superstitious traders believe that because Alcoa is the first large American…
The notion that an integrated oil giant is issuing an earnings warning with oil above $80.00 per barrel may seem ludicrous to most on the Street. Yet that is exactly what is…
Aluminum Corp. of China Limited (NYSE: ACH) rose over 5.7% to a yearly high of $34.27 after the company rose alumina prices for the second time in a week. Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:…
These are this Monday morning’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Burger King (NYSE: BKC) Cut to Hold…
Yesterday’s report from Reuters that some OPEC member nations are cheating on their quota agreements is unique only in that the news agency has apparently got a document outlining what the cartel…
Jim Cramer came out on CNBC’s MAD MONEY this evening with an interesting grouping of stock trends to invest in for 2010 and he thinks this is the year of active investing. …
We have started taking a look at the 30 stocks comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average to see which stocks had the most implied upside of all DJIA components. We have taken…
2009 is over, for better or worse. Now it is time to look ahead. We wanted to look for the best top stock picks for 2010 from our partners and from key…
Nigerian rebels have probably attacked pipeline installations near facilities operating by Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDA.A). This could cause the price of crude to rise at the end of the holiday. AP…
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