Hackers broke into Senate computers. (Reuters) Chinese inflation hit a 34-month high last month. (Reuters) A slow economy could affect debt talks between the Republicans and Democrats. (Reuters) Oil moved higher on…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NYSE: CAR) Reiterated Strong Buy at Zacks.…
NokiaAll Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has to do is hang on for a few years and it will have a huge share of the smartphone market due to its partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ:…
While earnings season is over, we are still getting earnings reports from many of the off-cycle and off-quarter companies. Some of the companies on deck to report earnings next week may actually…
Nokia was badly hurt by poor earnings and rumors of a takeovers. CVS suffered from a report by Fox Business the organized crime has hurt retail margins. EMC division RSA suffers major…
Updated throughout the day. GM (NYSE: GM) may sell its European Opel operations (Reuters) Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will be bought by Samsung (various) Securities regulators are reviewing transactions between Goldman Sachs Group…
Congressional leaders will consider tax cuts as part of talks on an increased US debt cap. (Reuters) Citigroup (NYSE: C) said hackers gained access to data on bank cards. (Reuters) St Louis…
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) may be buying National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) and the tech demand may still be strong for chips. Unfortunately, the company just warned investors that its results…
The acting head of the IMF said that the US does not need stimulus because exports and disposable income will lift GDP. (Reuters) Facebook’s facial recognition technology is increasing worries about privacy.…
Taiwan smartphone company HTC has an annual revenue run rate of close to $20 billion and it is currently growing at a rate of about 100% a year. HTC will ship 60…
Nokia Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) is hosed if 2011 becomes its own version of “Nokia’s New Normal.” It has seen more downgrades than the U.S. economic recovery in the last week. What…
Jon C. Ogg Employment is likely to be hurt by the weak economy. (Reuters) Hackers attacked a new Sony (NYSE: SNE) network. (Reuters) A Prada filing with the Hong Kong exchange showed $215 million in…
Updated throughout the day. PE firm Gore is in talks to buy part of Borders (WSJ) SAC will be probed for its use of “expert networks”. (NYT) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will but…
May retail sales may be hurt by a weakened economy. (Reuters) Some Fed officials believe that poor jobs results should cause interest rates to stay low. (Reuters) An academic models shows LinkedIn…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to…
