The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, but the blame goes to some poor earnings report from U.S. firms rather than to international news. European markets were down slightly…
Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) this morning reported a better-than-expected third-quarter profit as a boom in natural gas drilling offset weakness in Europe. The New Jersey-based diversified manufacturer posted adjusted earnings per…
Trey Thoelcke The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and really never got on track the entire day. The lower opening was likely a reaction to China’s weakest quarterly GDP growth…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) cut to Neutral at…
UOP LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON), today announced that it is acquiring a 70% stake in Thomas Russell Co., a technology and equipment company in the area…
Paul Ausick The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning as markets shook off weak news from Europe in favor of better news from Asia. In Europe, German unemployment stayed at 8.6%…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) cut to Hold at Jefferies. ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) cut…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) managed to do something rather unique today along with the Bernanke and QE3 led rally. The stock did not just reach a new 52-week high. GE hit…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) started as Sell at Citigroup. Allergan Inc.…
This proposed merger between EADS and BAE is going to be more than complicated. Frankly, we also wonder about the legality of such a merger and wonder how other defense and aerospace firms…
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and other aerospace and defense contractors like Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) and General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) could have some even larger competition to fend off. We…
The three major US stock indexes opened modestly lower this morning as there was little news out of Europe and Asian markets closed mixed. Traders were waiting to hear more from Fed…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning in advance of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s semi-annual report to Congress and following some data on inflation (more coverage here), industrial production,…
Wednesday is going to mark yet another important day for the early wave of key earnings for this earnings season. The second quarter became more challenging for many companies as we noted…
The appointment of former politicians to large public companies’ boards is regularly called into question. Just recently, following the scandal at Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) when CEO Aubrey McClendon made investments in…
