Eurozone officials set final terms for a bailout of Spain’s banks. (Reuters) Marissa Mayer will receive as much as $70 million to head Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). (Reuters) Banks hit by the Libor investigation may…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as investors continue to hope for more central bank stimulation in weakening global economy. These investors are probably right that something will…
U.S. markets are set to open higher, buoyed by somewhat better-than-expected earnings. Late Wednesday, IBM (NYSE: IBM) posted a higher profit and boosted its earnings target for the year. EBay (NASDAQ: EBAY)…
The three major US stock indexes opened modestly lower this morning as there was little news out of Europe and Asian markets closed mixed. Traders were waiting to hear more from Fed…
Thursday will mark yet another important day for this earnings season. The second quarter became more challenging for many companies, as we noted about so many tech warnings weighing on shares last…
In the stock picking beauty pageants, JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) has won a prize. Bloomberg reported: JPMorgan, under Americas equity research head Noelle Grainger, scored the largest number of highly ranked analysts,…
Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) hit an all-time low of $7.72 yesterday. CNBC points out that part of the cause was the online coupon company’s exposure in Europe. The observation may be the first…
Rare earth minerals miner Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) held its IPO just less than two years ago, in late July 2010, at an offering price of $14/share, below the anticipated range of…
Barely six weeks after an unsuccessful offer of $24.75/share for Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP), Coty Inc. has filed a Form S-3 with the SEC today, revealing its plans for an IPO…
Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) may have seen a jump in most recent short interest, but today marked the official end of the quiet period of 40 days from the IPO. This means…
The three major US stock indexes opened slightly higher this morning as markets didn’t get any more bad news from Europe and got some good news on housing prices from the S&P…
courtesy Facebook Inc.This week marks the end of the Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) analyst quiet period for those many brokerage firms which have analysts who will finally be free to initiate coverage…
In a rare move, Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) has made some changes to its Conviction Buy List on competing banks. The reason this is so rare is because when analysts of…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Ace Ltd. (NYSE: ACE) Started as Buy at Stern Agee. American International…
Many analysts said that the Moody’s downgrade of banks reflected circumstances that the capital markers already realized. The downgrades, therefore, were largely useless. But the reaction to the rating changes by Moody’s…
