These are this Friday’s top early analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls which may be moving shares of the underlying stocks: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Started as Buy…
The CEO of American Express (NYSE:AXP) Kenneth Chenault said that credit card spending by his customer was up 3% in October compared to September and up 1% from October of last year. That…
Reuters: Two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were acquited. Reuters: Zucker, NBCU’s current CEO, will head the company when Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) buys a majority of the company from GE (NYSE:GE). Reuters: Dodd’s super-bank regulator…
Reuters: The Nielsen survey shows consumer confidence up in the US for the first time since 2007. Reuters: Obama’s financial reforms are advancing in Congress. Reuters: The pay czar said his authority…
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…
Reuters: Obama is asking the G 20 to reshape the global economy. Reuters: Congress will demand details of the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch deal. Reuters: Holiday spending is expected to be flat.…
Reuters: If China opens its financial markets it could cause a huge bubble. Reuters: US regulators may ban “flash” trading. Reuters: Buffett may control the Kraft (KFT) decision to buy Cadbury. Reuters: …
Several consulting firms post annual figures for the world’s most valuable brands. The two best known are probably the Interbrand and BrandZ surveys. They are notably different, up until now at least.…
We have a little flurry of key earnings coming this week. We have provided detailed earnings estimates with Thomson Reuters consensus figures, with our own color for the recent performance, the charts,…
We just noticed over at our volume spike alert service that FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) was already challenging 150% of its average volume and was triple volume what it normally has traded…
The US Postal Service may be able to drive up the national rate of unemployment all on its own. The USPS will offer 30,000 workers buyouts. It has 650,000 workers, so that…
The writing has been on the wall for years. The Postal Service is slowly going out of business. The fax was the first piece of technology that cut into the need to…
These are Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen early this morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Amazon.com (AMZN) Raised to Outperform at Cowen.…
These are the top ten early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street early this Tuesday morning with more than two hours until the market opens. BHP Billiton (BHP) Raised to…
