Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse. ARM Holdings…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following the report that new claims for unemployment benefits had fallen by 37,000 to a level not seen since 2008 (more coverage here). The government…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far from Wall St. research calls this Thursday: ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) cut to Sell at UBS but raised…
ThinkstockDell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has seen its shares rise handily on Monday on news (rumors really) that the company might be in talks with private equity firms in a possible go-private transaction. All…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Career Education Corp. (NASDAQ: CECO) cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo. Corning…
U.S. equity markets opened lower again this morning following Senator Harry Reid’s comments that negotiations on the U.S. fiscal cliff were not going well. In Asia, markets reacted badly to the report…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) started as Market Perform at…
ThinkstockWith the coming fiscal cliff taking the dividend and capital gains taxes higher, investors are hearing of more and more dividends coming sooner or as special dividends before the end of 2012.…
ThinkstockIn an announcement of its annual investor conference today, Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) said that it expects the retail market for LCD TV sets and other consumer electronics devices to improve in…
As corporate earnings are disappointing and as the economy remains very sluggish, companies are announcing big waves of layoffs. Some have said that the layoffs this time of year are seasonal, as…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following a better-than-expected PMI reading from China (more coverage here) that was mostly untempered by lower-than-expected PMI readings from Europe (more coverage…
Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) may need to go back to its Glassworks name. The stock is proving to be as fragile as glass, and not its Gorilla Glass either. Unfortunately, even with…
Jon C. Ogg The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and remained in negative territory all day. The decline is down to weak earnings from many U.S. firms reporting results today. In…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN) raised to Buy from Underperform with $13 target…
Today’s issue of the “Closing Bell” is out early as we join many of you in an early start to the holiday weekend. Data in today’s report was compiled between 1 p.m.…
