Buybacks may not be considered the best return of capital by many investors and market pundits, but they are M&A-alternatives for management of companies. The amount of share buybacks announced in August…
$100 billion… That is roughly the combined tally of August share buyback announcements and merger announcements. This may not be a record, but it has to be one of the most active…
Active traders and day traders have many movers this Friday morning to choose from. The top alerts were seen in Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK), Blue Coat Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BCSI),…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Celestica Inc. (NYSE: CLS) Raised to Outperform at Scotia. Corning Inc. (NYSE:…
These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls: American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo. Central European Distribution (NASDAQ:…
These are some of the major research calls we have seen from analysts in their upgrades, downgrades, and initiations so far this Monday: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Conviction Buy List…
It is the first week of January, which means one thing for lovers of consumer electronics: CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, takes place in Las Vegas. The event kicks off on January…
These are this Monday’s top ten analyst calls from Wall Street for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations: BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) Started as Neutral at HSBC. Delphi Financial (NYSE: DFG) Started as Outperform…
Reuters: China say data show the US tire tariffs are unfair. Reuters: A Fed policy debate has begun now that the recession is over. Reuters: The world’s wealth is down 11% and…
It used to be that Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) was a company whose life revolved around tax season as Joe Public went to buy new versions of TurboTax® software, and the offset…
Douglas A. McIntyre Two years ago, GPS products cost more than $1,000. Car companies charged as much as $2,500 for the systems. Tom Tom and Garmin (GRMN) stocks hit remarkably high levels on demand for…
These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Thursday morning: Amdocs (DOX) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. Chevron (CVX) Started as…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen early this Monday morning from Wall Street: BJ Services (BJS) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia. Bucyrus (BUCY) Cut to…
These are most of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious research notes we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning: Corning (GLW) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. Eaton (ETN)…
These are the top analyst downgrade calls we are seeing this Friday morning with two hours to the open: Adobe Systems (ADBE) Cut to Sell at UBS. Agrium (AGU) Cut to Hold…
