24/7 Wall St. has done an analysis of the largest companies in the United States based on the size of their portfolios of major consumer brands. Many of these brands are worth…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of March 31, 2011 for the Q2-2011 holdings. These public stock holdings have…
Investors love dividends, particularly from companies which are raising dividends or which have a history of raising dividends. There is a new diversified sample dividend portfolio for investors called the “8-Pack of…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Aixtron SE (NASDAQ: AIXG) Cut to Sell at Canaccord Genuity. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS) Cut to Sell at Goldman…
Harris Interactive came out with its new “Reputation Quotient” list. The research firm has conducted the study for 12 consecutive years. The poll is based on views about the “60 most visible…
A great deal of the most harsh business press is related to Warren Buffett companies and the Sokol insider trading scandal. The puts Berkshire Hathaway and Lubrizol on the list Allergan received…
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) will buy Synthes for $21.9 billion (Reuters) S&P cut the Japan sovereign rating outlook because of the earthquake (Reuters) The Sony (NYSE: SNE) Playstation network was hacked…
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) took a big hit in the news as shareholders sued over Sokol trades in Lubrizol. American Electric Power and NRG both pulled bad press over nuclear power facilities.…
Poor trading results are likely to hurt Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) earnings (Reuters) Japan’s government, which owns billions in US papers, stated it had confidence in the value and future of…
NYSE (NYSE: NYX) wants a large fee from Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) in the event that a merger is not be hampered by antitrust investigators. (Reuters) Synthes said it was in buyout talks…
Next week may be short because of a holiday, but it is going to be a very busy week for earnings. We have tried to narrow the field down to the very…
Cisco news was particularly negative as CEO John Chambers tries to take apart the segments of his company that perform poorly. Concerns about Toyota’s earnings remain high due to parts and production…
Note: The Flame Index scans thousands of news sites 24 hours per day and ranks companies getting the most negative press right now. The Flame Index Media Analysis Algorithm crunches the data…
The press pounded on Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) as David Sokol, a key Warren Buffett aide, resigned in shame, causing concerns about governance at the conglomerate. Toyota (NYSE: TM) stayed on the…
