Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Reiterated Buy with $51 target at Argus.…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) became the most valuable company in America yesterday when its market cap passed Exxon Mobil’s (NYSE: XOM). The move draws attention to what market capitalization means, and why it…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) briefly became the most valuable company in the world today. When it hit $364 billion in worth, it passed long-time leader Exxon Mobil. Over a span of two years,…
IBM (NYSE: IBM) posted extraordinarily strong earnings for the quarter that ended June 30. The news caused the technology giant’s shares to slip after hours and then rise very slightly. The market’s…
Parliament will question Rupert Murdoch of News Corp (NYSE: NWS) today (Reuters) IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) service business rose, driving earnings up (Reuters) Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will fire 15% of its workers (Reuters)…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings on Tuesday after the close. What is interesting is that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) helped to allow a big boost to earnings expectations…
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) has managed to beat its earnings targets. The technology services and equipment giant reported non-GAAP earnings growth of 18% to $3.09 EPS vs $3.03 estimates from…
Jon C. Ogg Next week will mark the true ‘opening the floodgates’ for earnings season. We have given some brief earnings previews and added in color for the DJIA components set to report earnings in…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $51…
There are several ways in which companies can return money to shareholders, but the two most common methods of returning cash to shareholders are dividends and stock buybacks. Dividends are rarely controversial…
When it comes to the world of supercomputing, there is no other pure-play like Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY). It is also perhaps one of the forgotten companies of yesteryear by investors as…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Outperform at FBR.…
Any CEO can change his management team. But, chess is not won by the use of new pieces. It is won by a strategy of attack and defense. Hewlett-Packard’s hapless new CEO,…
Updated throughout the day. IBM (NYSE: IBM) has started the process to choose a new CEO (WSJ) Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. PLC rose on rumors it would be bought by Glencore (WSJ)…
Douglas A. McIntyre A blue ribbon jobs council told Obama to put fewer restrictions on construction and make it easier for tourists to visit the US. (Reuters) Indonesia backed LeGarde for IMF chief. (Reuters) Trouble…
