If you thought European stock news from companies doesn’t matter, this morning is proof against that notion. A German company called K+S warned of weak potash demand and announced price cuts and…
These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Friday morning: Akamai Tech (AKAM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)…
These are ten of the top impact research calls with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street early this Friday morning: Amgen (AMGN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. ConocoPhillips (COP) Raised to Buy…
24/7 Wall St. will name its annual CEO of the Year next week. The executive will be picked from a field of ten which we will profile this week The CEOs are…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the top upgrades we have seen this Monday morning with about 2 hours until the open: Allied Capital (ALD) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan. Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)…
Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today raised its 2008 guidance again. This is in response to the clear drop in the agriculture and fertilizer sector weakness. Roundup, other glyphosate-related herbicides, and its seeds-and-traits…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the positive calls and upgrades we have seen from analysts this morning: ACE Ltd. (ACE) raised to buy at Goldman Sachs. Annaly Capital (NLY) raised to overweight at…
Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) raised fiscal 2008 earnings estimates. The crop and agriculture player now sees earnings of $3.58 to $3.60 per share. It also gave reported guidance of $3.49 to $3.51. …
Douglas A. McIntyre Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) has just reported its quarterly earnings report. The agriculture and seed giant has posted $1.45 EPS on $3.588 Billion in total sales. First Call had estimates at $1.34…
Douglas A. McIntyre Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) is set to report earnings on Wednesday morning pre-market with a conference call to follow at 9:30 AM EST opening bell. The seed and agricultural giant is expected…
Douglas A. McIntyre Buy land. They ain’t making any more of the stuff.–Will Rogers Corn prices, up 47% this year, are likely to rise again. The heavy rain in the Midwest is killing off some…
Douglas A. McIntyre The UN sees food prices staying high for years.That not only undermines much of the global economy, it means a great many people don’t eat at all. The UN’s solutions are to…
Douglas A. McIntyre Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) has just announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire De Ruiter Seeds Group B.V., in The Netherlands. This is a Dutch-holding company that owns and…
Douglas A. McIntyre This week we’ll get to see two important earnings reports out of agriculture leaders. Wednesday we’ll get to see earnings out of Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON). Two key calls of late are…
Monsanto (NYSE: MON) has just raised its guidance for earnings per share and for free cash flows. The company is now projecting $3.15 to $3.25 EPS for fiscal-2008 targets, up from its…
