The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as markets ignored a steep rise in short-term Spanish debt and focused instead on some encouraging news on new housing construction permits…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Cut to Neutral at UBS. Celestica…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) launches its Surface tablet. (Reuters) European leaders say they will create a more integrated banking system. (Reuters) The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority may determine whether Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) was at…
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) was set to report earnings later in the week but they were issued out in a SEC filing after the close on Monday. It would seem that somehow…
Jon C. Ogg Quest Software Inc. (NASDAQ: QSFT) remains a premium takeout name in the world of software mergers and buyouts. Bloomberg has reported that Insight Venture Partners has now topped a $25.50 per share…
Software giant Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) is trading down about -2% in the early afternoon today following a research note from JMP Securities that maintains the firm’s ‘market perform’ rating, raises Oracle’s…
The three major US stock indexes opened slightly higher this morning as markets reacted to news of a cooperative effort by central banks to maintain liquidity in the world’s financial system (our…
Earnings season has been over for a few weeks now, but there are going to be several key earnings events in the week ahead. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to issue some brief…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) Started as Buy at Citigroup. Apple Inc.…
US District Court Judge Richard Posner has decided, for the moment, to dismiss two-year old patent litigation involving Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Motorola Mobility, now merged with Google Inc.(NASDAQ: GOOG). The…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning following the announcement of an interest rate cut in China (our coverage here). Spain sold more than €2 billion in bonds at…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday. Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) Cut to Neutral at Macquarie. Charter Communications,…
Often, the media discusses the issue of high CEO pay, but what about high pay for members of the board? More than a dozen public company boards had directors whose compensation averaged…
The G7 will hold emergency talks about the eurozone, with special consideration of Spain. (Reuters) A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that few Facebook users buy goods and services because of advertising and “likes,” and…
Customer relationship management firm Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Buddy Media for approximately $689 million in cash and stock. The transaction is expected to…
