Moody’s may cut Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and UBS (NYSE: UBS) as the global euro crisis spreads. (Reuters) Officials in Japan arrest former Olympus executives. (Reuters) Congress reaches a deal on payroll tax…
Cereal maker Kellogg Co. (NYSE: K) has offered $2.7 billion for the Pringles business of Proctor & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG). The offer follows hard on the heels of the withdrawal of…
Earnings season is still upon us. There are going to be many big earnings reports Thursday and we would consider Thursday as the climax for the companies reporting their normal fourth quarter…
All three major indexes opened lower again today on weak markets in both Europe and Asia. European markets continued to be weighed down by the lack of a firm agreement on the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Monday morning. Advanced Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Raised to Buy…
Ralcorp Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RAH) will distribute about 80% of the stock in its spin-off of Post Holdings Inc. to Ralcorp shareholders. Each shareholder will get one share of Post stock for…
Last year’s volatility in the corn market could repeat itself this year, but for a different reason. Seed corn, which is grown from specialized plants, is in short supply due to dry…
Jon OggFinding analyst calls from Wall Street research and brokerage firms on the last trading day of the year is a bit like looking for four-leaf clovers. Still, there are a few…
Fears for a supply shortage of corn earlier this year led the world’s farmers to plant more of the crop on expectations of higher prices. Now that the crop is in, it…
Food producers have been battling rising commodity costs, higher fuel costs, and higher packaging costs by raising their prices. That appears to be working decently for ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG) and…
These are some of Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Hold at Argus. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:…
Markets opened up a bit this morning, but by 10:00 a.m. equities had turned back down, with the DJIA sliding down nearly -200 points before rallying back to its opening mark in…
These are some of Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Sell at Citigroup; Cut estimates and target at Argus.…
The companies we’re looking at today run the gamut from large farm and food products producers to the packaged goods makers that make the products on store shelves. It’s a wide range,…
Ralcorp’s (NYSE:RAH) board of directors unanimously rejected the latest merger proposal from ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG), saying the $5.18 billion unsolicited bid was not in the best interest of the company. Given…
