A couple of weeks ago there were press reports that Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) was contemplating the acquisition of one of three idled Eastern US refineries, with the most likely…
Argentina may take control of huge energy company YPF. (Reuters) Spanish debt costs continue to rise. (Reuters) The International Monetary Fund will try to raise $400 billion, much less that previously planned. (Reuters)…
Concerns about Spain and Italy renew capital markets’ rejection of area debt. (Reuters) Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) will have to bring in an outsider to change the company’s old philosophy. (Reuters) The…
Earnings season for the first quarter of 2012 is upon us and 24/7 Wall St. wanted to see how the tale of the tape is treating the companies reporting earnings. Our aim…
Markets opened lower this morning and by mid-morning equities were trading down about -1% across the board, where they have mostly remained for the rest of the day. Worries about Spain have…
The total 2011 compensation package for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein was chopped by $6.7 million to $12.4 million, 35% below his 2010 total pay of $19.1 million.…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has reported its first-quarter earnings results ahead of expectations. The top bank in America earned net income of $5.4 billion in the first quarter versus…
Jon C. Ogg Markets opened slightly higher this morning and about an hour before the markets close all three major indexes are more than 1% higher. The report on new unemployment claims was weaker than…
Friday morning will mark the start of earnings season as far as the financial sector and the money-center banking giants are concerned. While there was a strong rally in the first quarter…
Borrowers with less-than-perfect credit are being courted once more by lenders trying to bolster their loan portfolios to make up for the loss of fee income from new regulations. The lost fees…
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) kicks off the new earnings season after the markets close today, and according to S&P Capital IQ consensus estimates, it looks like earnings are going to be off…
This week will be the start of earnings season as we get to start reviewing some key earnings for first quarter of 2012. The banking sector is going to be of particular…
The first quarter earnings reports will start to dribble out this week and expectations have been tempered in recent trading days ahead of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) on Tuesday afternoon. The stock…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Cut to Neutral at BTIG. The Charles Schwab…
A federal judge approves a $25 billion mortgage misconduct settlement between the federal and several state governments and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), JP Morgan (NYSE:…
