Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan. Banco Santander…
Markets opened higher this morning although a decline in tech stocks weighed on the Nasdaq, leaving the index with only a small gain going into the last hour of trading. Energy stocks…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is demonstrating in its earnings report just exactly why it has been able to keep raising its dividend throughout the last year. The company reported first quarter…
Jon C. Ogg A new report from Pew Research offers an odd set of conclusions. Young women are more anxious to achieve success in a high-paying career or a profession that is important in their lives than…
Douglas A. McIntyre Conglomerates are soft so far on Wednesday but they have turned up ahead of the wave of earnings this week. A screen at Finviz showed that the conglomerate sector is leading the pack…
Last week may have been the official start of earnings season, but this week is when the real floodgates for earnings reports will open wide. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) has already reported…
Earnings season may be underway, but this coming week is going to be full of many key earnings reports. We actually have a full slate on deck with what appears to be…
Sony (NYSE: SNE) says it will eliminate 10,000 jobs and retool the company for growth. (Reuters) Exports from Japan improve. (Reuters) The Fed’s Beige Book reports concern about energy costs. (Reuters) The World…
The first quarter earnings reports will start to dribble out this week and expectations have been tempered in recent trading days ahead of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) on Tuesday afternoon. The stock…
The press covered the decision by Facebook to list on Nasdaq rather than the NYSE (NYSE: NYX) as if a real contest existed between the two exchanges. Facebook could not have done otherwise…
Jon OggEarnings season is almost upon us for the first quarter of 2012. There is some growing caution over company expectations on the heels of a massive rally where the DJIA rose…
Apartment vacancy rates reach a 10-year low, according to Reis. (Reuters) Tom Glocer, the departing head of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), makes $20 million. (Reuters) China’s premier, Wen Jiabao, says the monopoly…
International think-tank Ethisphere Institute has just announce the 143 global companies that made the Institute’s 2012 list of Most Ethical Companies. Of the total, 102 are US-based companies, and 23 of the…
The new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad may give off much more heat that its predecessors. (Reuters) JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) will buy 19.9% of Chinese company Bridge Trust. (Reuters) Strong sales of…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has been trying to do everything it can to make its balance sheet better. It has sold units through time and has limited its acquisitions to bolt-on…
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