The GE Capital arm of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has struck a deal MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) to buy MetLife’s online retail banking group called MetLife Bank. Financial terms of the…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is in the news with an acquisition of depository assets from MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) which some may fear is taking it back to being more and…
This last weekend brought the first waves of picks for 2012. Barron’s issued its “10 Favorite Stocks For 2012” and the stocks were just about all lower on Monday with a very…
Corporations can spend hundreds of million dollars just so they can put their name on a major league sports stadiums. 24/7 Wall St. looked that the 13 largest stadium-naming rights deals and…
A deal to rescue the EU’s weak nations has stalled over political differences and objections by banks. (Reuters) IBM (NYSE: IBM) appoints Virginia Rometty as its new CEO. (Reuters) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN)…
Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) has been hurt by high commodities prices. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) damaged by drop in PC sales worldwide. The Flame Index started as a research tool…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) Reiterated Buy and Raised target at Argus.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML. AECOM Technology…
This week marks the beginning of the end of corporate earnings season for the first quarter of 2011. Many off-calendar quarters will be seen starting next week or the week after. Wednesday…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Reiterated Buy and $83 target at BofA/ML.…
The Treasury expects $6.4 billion from the sales of AIG’s (NYSE: AIG) sale of its MetLift share (Reuters) The government is examining a number of small banks to see if they restructured…
These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Market Perform at FBR. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU)…
The Treasury Department says it will make a profit on the investment it made for taxpayers when it bailed out AIG. That leads to the question of whether the US government can…
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is one step closer to being out of debt with Uncle Sam and the U.S. taxpayers. Two recent transaction have AIG now with about $37 billion…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning: American Electric Power Co., Inc. (NYSE: AEP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman…
