American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has filed a registration Form S-1 for a proposed initial public offering of its wholly-owned IFLC Holdings, Inc. subsidiary. IFLC is the aircraft leasing unit of…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has been the subject of more rumors and more speculation than one could imagine. Most of the rumors and speculation feel like 2008 rather than 2011. …
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has decided to officially acknowledge what most economists and educated people around the world already know. The global economy has begun to grind to a halt and will…
Douglas A. McIntyre Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) new CEO faces investors concerned about its prospects. (Reuters) U.S. box office sales near records despite the slowdown. (Reuters) Lenovo posts strong earnings in spite of troubles with global…
Investors couldn’t have missed seeing the recent waves of new corporate share buyback plans. What they may have not noticed as clearly is the increasing trend in “legal insider trading” — when…
Financial markets have been reeling as investors grow more concerned about the economy: An S&P downgrade of the full faith and credit of the United States, dismal GDP data, and ongoing weak…
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has sold off enough! That is what the company CEO is saying, and he’s putting his money where is mouth is. A Form-4 SEC filing this morning shows…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research. Altria…
24/7 Wall St. has long considered E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) as a buyout candidate in the world of online brokerage firms. The company made some big gambles in an effort to…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 225 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Douglas A. McIntyre Each year, Capgemini publishes the U.S. Metro Wealth Index, which ranks the number of high-net-worth individuals living within the ten largest metropolitan statistical areas. According to the report, high-net-worth Individuals “are defined…
News Corp (NYSE: NWSA) share dropped 3.5% as the company faced a large bribery and phone hack scandal in the UK and closed it New of the World paper. The stock was…
The stock market may have bounced after six straight weeks of selling, but things were getting bad enough that even the solid market leaders like Apple were being taken to the woodshed. …
Homeowners get clobbered in the press as the housing depression worsens. Hackers hit ADP servers and worry grows about safety of payroll data. Market revolt about Target earnings. The Flame Index started…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Boingo Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIFI) Started as Outperform at William Blair.…