courtesy of AOL, IncComcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will buy the portion of NBCUniversal that it does not already own from General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) for $16.7 billion. (Reuters) The S&P 500 almost…
Delinquencies at Capital One Financial Corp.’s (NYSE: COF) U.S. credit-card business rose in August from the month earlier, while charge-offs slipped, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The…
So what if the jobs numbers were a huge disappointment. There are many stocks on the move this morning after the huge Chinese stimulus package and on the heels of yesterday’s bond-buying…
When the market is strong, companies tend to raise capital. Or insiders decide to cash in some chips. We now have a whole slew of companies conducting secondary offerings now: BreitBurn Energy Partners…
How many companies can issue press release showing that a secondary offering, with not a single penny ending up in the company’s coffers, will increase the free float by about 10% on…
Shares of big Dutch bank ING Groep NV (NYSE: ING) took a tumble after the firm said its earnings fell 22%, mostly due to exposure to Spain’s sovereign paper. Expect other large…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)Â suit against Samsung took a turn for the worse for the South Korean firm. It has contended it was just going about its business to create smartphones, with…
In the copyright case between Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), the judge asks for names of paid reporters and bloggers who work for the companies. (Reuters) The government…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Market Perform…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is in the news with an acquisition of depository assets from MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) which some may fear is taking it back to being more and…
The details of the S&P bank sector downgrade were due to ratings criteria changes in the banking sector. 24/7 Wall St. has a detailed downgrade of the banking sector and the CreditWatch…
These are some of Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Sell at Citigroup; Cut estimates and target at Argus.…
Will Greece be kicked out of Eurozone? Greece is on the brink of expulsion from the eurozone. That would cause an immediate default of the nation’s sovereign debt, as well as trigger a series of…
The Federal Reserve cuts its forecast for employment and GDP growth. (Reuters) The expanding Greek debt problem will trouble the G20 summit. (Reuters) Groupon’s IPO may be a dollar higher than its…
Jon OggWe have another week that has passed by and there were many stand-out research calls that took place throughout the last week. Our top analyst calls, some of which are dubious…
