The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (NYSE: IPG) is giving back on Friday’s gains after hopes of an acquisition have been put on the back burner. Publicis was quoted over the weekend…
Jon C. Ogg The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (NYSE: IPG) may not be at a 52-week low but its shares are now trading at a low for all of 2012. The advertising empire’s poor…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesStocks are up solidly Thursday after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi unequivocally vowed to preserve the euro. The Dow Jones is up 1.53%, the Nasdaq is up 1.32%…
Stocks opened down this morning following on weakness in Europe following the G20’s refusal to provide additional funding to the IMF. But at the end of the first hour of trading, a…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. American Campus Communities Inc. (NYSE: ACC) Raised to Buy at Argus. American Electric…
The social media hype around the Facebook IPO is driving many shares in the sector of online social media. Some of the Halo-effect may not even be deserved, and this has all…
Facebook, Inc. has now filed its paperwork with the SEC which will allow the social networking giant to conduct an initial public offering. It should be no real surprise that financial terms…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) Raised to Neutral from Sell with a $4.50 price…
Markets opened slightly lower this morning and spent the morning trying to decide on a direction. The Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index rose more than expected, but even that was not…
Two of the world’s largest advertising agencies reported earnings this morning, and while the reports are good, the outlook for the current quarter is soft. Things are expected to get better in…
The pace of stock buyback announcements in the month of August was almost unbelievable. The pace was stronger at the start of the month when earnings were still coming in droves, but…
It was just last week that we had identified literally 25 big share buyback announcements from companies in the preceding two weeks. These companies were actually buying back the stock as well…
A sell-off of major bank stocks and sovereign securities makes it likely that France and Germany will determine the short-term future of the eurozone in upcoming meetings. (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) makes…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) Reiterated Outperform but Raised estimates at…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. Applied Micro…
