M&A transactions with several bidders chasing one company often get so expensive that the winner in the auction become the later loser financially. Kraft (NYSE:KFT) has offered $16.5 billion for Cadbury. Cadbury trades…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: The dollar may keep rising as investors close out bets on oil and the currency. Reuters: Black Friday deals may not signal a retail comeback. Reuters: Kraft (NYSE:KFT) is weighing a…
Reuters: Thain regrets nothing he did at Merrill Lynch and during its merger with Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). Reuters: Trump put his support to the bondholders of his casino business. FT: A…
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
Reuters: Ken Lewis will step down as CEO of Bank of America (BAC) Reuters: Cisco (CSCO) bought Tandbeg for $3 billion. Reuters: The IMF raised forecasts for US GDP but warned on…
These are the top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Friday morning with about two hours until the market opens for trading: Charles Schwab (SCHW) Cut…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we have seen early this Thursday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Activision Blizzard (ATVI) Started as Outperform at…
These are not all of the early calls from analysts out there, but these are some of the calls that may impact the prices of these shares this summer Monday morning: Cadence…
There is one key thing that the U.S. Dollar weakness could bring about if the dollar stays where it is. If it continues its slide next year even though our interest rate…
When we saw the Mars acquisition of William Wrigley Jr. Co. (NYSE: WWY) in perhaps the largest food merger, the first thing that came to mind besides "what a premium" was "What…
The trust that controls ownership of Hershey (HSY) forced six directors on the public company’s board to leave. Another two independent directors decided to go with them. In matter of a day,…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, BHP Billiton (BHP) will not sell its petroleum division, as had been rumored, to finance a bid for Rio Tinto (RTP). Reuters writes that most of the Hershey (HSY)…
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) posted a dismal earnings report. If lower sales didn’t make it bad, higher material costs and higher marketing costs made it worse. The candy maker posted EPS of $0.27 after…
Douglas A. McIntyre STOCK TICKERS: ABK, ACA, BZH, LEN, DHI, RYL, CC, BX, FIG, FINL, HGSI, HSY, HW, JNY, NLS, REDE, TRMP, UBET, TZOO, WB The DJIA may have hit 14,000 earlier. A pullback here,…
ADSK cut to Hold at Citigroup.ALEX cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.ALVR cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.BMI cut to Neutral at Baird.CLWR cut to Hold at Jefferies.CYBS cut to Mkt Perform…
