Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLN), Bronco Drilling Company (NASDAQ: BRNC), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO) Reiterated Buy at Argus. Check Point…
Groupon could be coming public but so far it feels as though it is “later rather than sooner.” While the WSJ is reporting that an IPO filing could be coming soon with…
Jon C. Ogg Tech stocks will sell off because of weakness in Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) earnings. They should not. Google’s numbers are not a sign of anything beyond its profligate spending. The search engine company’s…
A sharp increase in costs hurt Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) first quarter earnings. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is expected to beat earnings forecasts but mortgage costs will hurt its numbers. (Reuters) Banks…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is out with earnings and the results are not exactly what Goggle fans expected. The internet search giant (and digital amalgamated conglomerate) turned in earnings of $8.08 EPS…
Jon C. Ogg Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is set to report its first quarter earnings for 2011 after the close of trading today. Thomson Reuters has consensus estimates of $8.11 EPS and $6.32 billion in…
Jon C. Ogg The Fed’s exit from QE2 may involve rate increases (Reuters) Deutsche Bank will restructure its US bank business to avoid regulation (WSJ) Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) new CEO will be carefully watched as…
Today’s look at the goings-on in alternative energy includes a significant investment, a possible shift in China’s energy policy, another look at wind power, some budget hits to alternative energy, and a…
The short sellers are showing very mixed convictions currently in many of NASDAQ’s high-priced shares. The March 31, 2011 settlement date is compared to the March 15 settlements date here and we…
NokiaNokia (NYSE: NOK) launched two new smartphones based on the aged Symbian operating system. Symbian has been rejected by the developer market to the extent that Nokia will phase out its use…
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is known for “every day low prices.” It is probably the primary reason people shop there and it has made the company the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart, for some reason,…
Next week is supposed to mark the launch of earnings season. It will still be a tad light compared the two weeks that follow, but there are some market-movers and some sector-movers to…
Taiwan handset maker HTC posted earnings which nearly tripled last quarter to $513 million. The firm owes a substantial share of its success to Google. A very large portion of the HTC…
The members of the Federal Reserve are more divided about what steps the central bank should take next to mute inflation and help the expansion. (Reuters) Americans are telling the Fed that…
