According to Reuters, South Korea launched a major economic stimulus package. Reuters reports that nearly 1,800 publicly held institutions could apply for U.S. government investments. Reuters reports that HBOS took an $8.5…
In a sign that the people with the closest view of housing expect market conditions to remain weak for a long time, Lowe’s (LOW) is expected to announce this week that it…
According to Reuters, Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) will give up their investment banking status and become bank holding companies to have access to the government’s proposed $700 billion bailout…
According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) is considering selling it Neuberger Berman asset management unit. Reuters writes that bail-out concerns pushed down stocks in Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE). Reuters reports…
VSInvestor reports on several stocks moving on heavy volume today. At the top of the list are Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM) dropping on comments from Barron’s that the common…
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) managed to actually beat earnings projections and managed a gain in revenues. The hardware and home improvement store posted earnings per share with a drop of 4.5%…
These are more of Warren Buffett’s and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) holdings as of June 30, 2008: Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) 4,181,000 shares Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR) 5,636,600 shares Iron Mountain…
This morning the earnings report out of Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) has taken shares lower. The housing materials and hardware giant saw a near-18% drop in earnings and its numbers came…
This week we’ll get to see earnings out of home improvement giants Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) and Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD). Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reports earnings on Monday. …
These are ten of the top calls we see affecting shares this Friday morning in the early pre-market trading hours: Aetna (NYSE: AET) raised to neutral at Credit Suisse. Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU)…
Below are the top calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in pre-market trading this Wednesday: Cal Dive International (NYSE: DVR) Raised To Overweight at JP Morgan. Genomic Health (NASDAQ: GHDX) Cut To…
Lowe’s shares are down almost 4% to $22.75 in the pre-market due to weak earnings. Profits at the big retailer fell 33% to to $408 million.Sales were flat at $10.4 billion. Wall…
Douglas A. McIntyre This week will be an important earnings week for building supply and home improvement companies. We’ll get to see earnings out of Lowe’s Co. (NYSE: LOW) and out of Home Depot (NYSE:…
Below are ten of the top analysts calls that247WallSt.com is looking at this morning: Audible (NASDAQ: ADBL) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Citigroup. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) downgraded to Hold from Buy…
These are not the only pre-market analyst calls that are moving stocks, but these are the calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: ADC Telecom (NASDAQ: ADCT) and Arris (NASDAQ: ARRS) raised to…
