These are the ten top analyst calls in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this Friday from Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.…
Reuters: Affluent borrowers are being made credit card offers. Most other people are rarely solicited. Reuters: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) will repay $45 billion in TARP funds. Reuters: AMR (NYSE:AMR) and TPG have offered…
24/7 Wall St. has prepared its list of the ten brands that will disappear in 2010. This list is based on a review of each firm’s financial situation and other operating data,…
CIENA Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) has been under pressure for increasing its bid for the Nortel optical networking unit in the Nortel Networks Corp. (NRTLQ) bankruptcy. But now there is a stalking horse…
Reuters: A $25 billion debt plan for Dubai World helped calm markets. Reuters: GE (NASDAQ:GE) and Vivendi agreed to value NBCU at a price which gives the French company $5.8 billion for…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 10.30 AM EST: PALM (NASDAQ:PALM) shares are up on speculation that Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) or Nokia (NYSE:NOK) will buy the faltering handset firm (VSInvestor) Former Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS)…
Economists still expect layoffs in the US and Europe to slow as the recovery gains momentum. Pessimists among experts on GDP growth and job losses believe that the major risk of a…
In the United States, people will line up for blocks and camp out in the cold to be the first customers into Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) retail stores when the consumer electronics wonder introduces a…
The global handset business has faltered due to the recession. Research firm Strategic Analytics says that worldwide handset sales fell to 291 million units in Q3 down from 304 million in the same period…
Reuters: The Nielsen survey shows consumer confidence up in the US for the first time since 2007. Reuters: Obama’s financial reforms are advancing in Congress. Reuters: The pay czar said his authority…
Reuters: UBS (NYSE:UBS) will put in a new US chief. Reuters: Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) says “dark pools” help investors. Reuters: The US is welcoming the rise of the yuan. Retuers: Nelson Peltz’s…
Nokia’s (NYSE:NOK) Symbian mobile operating system has dominated the handset software business for years. Microsoft’s mobile Windows has made some progress in picking up market share during the last decade, but its…
Analysts are beginning to calculate what a lose in a patent lawsuit brought by Nokia (NYSE:NOK) could cost Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes that the figure could be as…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 1.36 PM EST: Nokia’s (NYSE:NOK) patent suit against Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) could cost iPhone maker $1 billion (Reuters) The Bank of England may have to increase bond purchases…
Reuters: Japan Airlines faces $8.8 billion in excess debt if liquidated. Reuters: Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) beat Wall St. estimates. Reuters: GM’s CEO will get a pay raise. Reuters: Nokia (NYSE:NOK) sued Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)…
