Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ: CG) and China PE funds may take Focus Media Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: FMCN) private. (Reuters) The company that owns the Empire State Building expects earnings to double in…
Manchester United PLC (NYSE: MANU) is being supported by its underwriters if the volume and pricing is of use. The formal IPO was 16.6 million shares at $14.00. We heard the Bloomberg…
If you think that the higher regulation of banks and financial institutions is immaterial, it is not. Even if the banks need far more regulation than what they had been accustomed to,…
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is the bank that we said has replaced J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) as the safest of the money-center banks in America now. Wells…
This week we featured a list of the six cheapest DJIA components as of Monday’s close. The basis was how discounted the share prices have been to the consensus analyst price target…
As stocks rise, analysts generally lift their price targets on key stocks. As stocks fall, analysts generally lower their price targets. It is a game on Wall St., but it is a…
The story of American business has been about shipping the country’s manufacturing jobs overseas. However, there is another part of the story. Every year, American companies hire thousands of highly skilled foreign…
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is just one more step closer to being a self-governing company without the oversight of taxpayers and the government. Still, AIG owes all of us taxpayers…
wikicommons / SkimstaMany American companies have been lauded for their rapid rise to greatness, a process that sometimes takes less than a decade. These firms become leaders in their industries, are renowned…
Bloomberg TV hosted the outspoken and well-known bank analyst Meredith Whitney early Tuesday morning about the banking sector and the future trends that have to be addressed in banking and brokerage operations. She…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday morning. Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) cut to Underperform at Wells Fargo.…
The Wall Street Journal reports that federal prosecutors want to speak with former Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) CEO Andrea Jung. These prosecutors continue to investigate Avon’s compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) blames poor earnings on slow sales in anticipation of the iPhone 5 and a sluggish economy. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve searches for new ways to help the sagging economy.…
At a time when corporate malfeasance is high on the public radar, it is important to understand corporate structure and how the checks and balances within a public company operate. GMI, a…
So far, Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is getting a favorable reaction to its second-quarter earnings report. The international banking giant’s earnings came in ahead of Wall St. consensus targets from Thomson Reuters,…
