Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is known for its giving back, or at least Warren Buffett is. Each year Buffett auctions off a luncheon at Smith & Wollensky in New York for…
Skype, the pioneering VoIP company, says people have downloaded five million of its apps on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones. Skype means to leverage its new universe of 3G users by charging them…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: G20 nations have no agreement on a bank levy. Reuters: Buffett’s testimony before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission did little to change members’ views of the ratings agencies. Reuter: Facebook’s CEO…
Alibaba.com is the Hong Kong-listed unit of Alibaba Group, a Chinese B2B e-commerce company that is 39%-owned by Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO). Alibaba.com reported better-than-expected earnings and revenues this morning, but saw its…
Douglas A. McIntyre Many day trader and active trader stocks are up on earnings but other news is running names as well. Thursday’s top day trader and active trader alerts are in American Superconductor Corp.…
These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday: ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Cut to Neutral at UBS. eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Raised…
Reuters: Doubts about the EU plan drove markets down. Reuters: SEC and the exchanges will boost market rules to prevent huge sell-offs. Reuters: A Fed official said nations must rebalance their inward and outward…
There are almost too many key stocks to note as pre-market movers this morning because of the floodgates of earnings news. We have covered some of the larger volume and price movers…
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…
Reuters: The head of GM says taxpayers may get their entire investment back. Reuters: Obama will urge tougher rules on Wall St. Reuters: The CEO of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) attacked…
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has just found out exactly what it feels like to be stock with a still inexpensive multiple that sells off after a mixed earnings report. As this had…
Jon C. Ogg There is an interesting merger this morning in the credit card processing industry. Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is acquiring CyberSource Corporation (NASDAQ: CYBS) for $26 per share in a deal valued at…
Earnings season is off to the races, even if Friday was a curve-ball for the markets and for reactions to earnings. Most of the big stocks are off on Wall Street scandal…
These are this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Anheuser Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Started as…
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research notes this morning: Apartment Investment & Management Co. (NYSE: AIV) Raised to Sector Perform at RBC Capital.…