MarketWatch: The IMF expects slow growth this year and next. Reuters: The battle between the oil industry and government on drilling regulations continues. Reuters: The Gulf leak could be plugged in two…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst research calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations: AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse. Chimera Investment Corp. (NYSE: CIM) Started…
Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) shares have recovered as a relief well nears the leak. Reuters: Saudi investors are seeking a 10% to 15% stake in BP. Reuters: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)…
Updated throughout the day. BP plc (NYSE: BP) has approached sovereign funds about investing capital to keep other oil companies from attempting to take it over (Reuters) News Corp (NYSE: NWS) is…
Second quarter earnings are set, at least for those firms on a calendar year. The period was fairly strong economically, except perhaps for June. That means that some earnings could come in…
MarketWatch: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) was upped to overweight at JPM. Reuters: Large shareholders of BP plc (NYSE: BP) were against the oil company raising a large sum of capital by…
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Reuters: Maria Cantwell (D-WA) will support the Senate financial reform bill, giving Democrats a boost. Reuters: Automakers had a setback in June, an indication that the industry is facing slow growth. Reuters: …
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will try to dominate the online e-commerce travel market the way it has come to dominate cellphone operating systems with its Android product. In other words, it is…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: The House passed the financial reform bill leaving the Senate to act Reuters: Work on the BP plc (NYSE: B) oil spill will be delayed because of Hurricane Alex. Reuters: China’s…
CNET reports that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) will end production of its Kin social media smartphone. It has only been on the market for two months. Microsoft told CNET that “We have…
Reuters: Democrats will make a final push for financial reform. Reuters: Hurricane Alex is likely to affect clean-up efforts in the Gulf significantly. Reuters: Oil will have its first quarterly drop in…
In mid-January Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) first revealed that it may shut down its Google.cn search engine due to censorship from the Chinese government. In March, Google settled on re-directing search requests to…
Reuters: The financial reform bill may be delayed until mid-July. Reuters: The storm in the Gulf may delay oil clean-up. Reuters: Oil fell to $77. Reuters: Baidu Inc (NASDAQ: BIDU) will hire…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) filed on Friday evening to sell up to 1,076,123 shares of common stock. The stock is all being filed on behalf of shareholders related to the acquisition of…
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