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Best CEOs of 2012
ThinkstockBest CEO lists can be based on dozens of factors. For public companies, the best metric is usually share price. It is hard for chief executives to be considered very good if…
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6:17am ET
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Media Digest (12/18/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
courtesy of AOL, IncA federal judge rejects Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) request to stop the sales of Samsung phones in the United States. (Reuters) The prices of homes in the People’s Republic…
4:02pm ET
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — December 17, 2012: Markets Open Higher as Fiscal Cliff Talks Continue (AAPL, SD, MCP, TXN, BHI, RICK, SAFM, ORCL, BBBY, FDX, GIS, CCL, CAG, DRI, KBH, RIMM, CLWR, ALU, GS, MS, CPWR, CBOU)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and got another boost following a meeting between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner to discuss a solution to the impending fiscal cliff. In…
11:46am ET
Investing
Top 5 Earnings Previews for the Week Ahead (ORCL, FDX, NKE, RIMM, WAG)
There will be five key market-moving or sector-moving earnings reports this week. With Christmas coming on Tuesday of next week, this will basically be it for earnings season until earnings reports come…
8:36am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALGN, AMGN, C, DYN, FDX, MFRM, MDLZ, NKE, OPEN, ORCL, POT, MOS, PB, STX, TTWO, TEVA, UA, VOLC, YELP)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Align Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: ALGN) cut to Underperform as Bear of the…
6:16am ET
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Media Digest (12/4/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) says a $2.7 billion court judgment against it in Mexico is “flawed.” (Reuters) Federal Reserve governors praise the bank’s stimulus plan but disagree about its future. (Reuters) A…
4:32pm ET
Services
Oracle Speeds Up Tiny Dividends
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced after markets closed today that it would accelerate its dividend payments for the second, third and fourth quarters of its 2013 fiscal year. The company will pay…
Paul Ausick 10:40am ET
Investing
Eight Huge Special Dividends to Watch Out for in Tech Before Year-End
ThinkstockWith the coming fiscal cliff taking the dividend and capital gains taxes higher, investors are hearing of more and more dividends coming sooner or as special dividends before the end of 2012.…
6:25am ET
Investing
Who Will Replace Meg Whitman at HP?
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardThe more the Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) deal to buy Autonomy gets scrutinized, the more that outsiders place blame on HP’s board, which unanimously approved the deal. The $11 billion…
6:20am ET
Investing
Five Big Dividend Hikes Expected Very Soon
ThinkstockDividend stocks may have come under some pressure of late, but this is due to the demand for high dividends getting a bit crowded and ahead of the election. It also does…
4:05pm ET
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 15, 2012: Markets Hold onto Gains (C, KO, ORCL, RIO, SNDK, HAS, GCI, INTC, IBM, PKG, WDFC, FRX, GS, MAT, OMC, PNC, UNH, GWW, WWW, CLWR, S, CYCC, YONG)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning, aided by a better-than-expected report on U.S. retail sales and a smaller-than-expected rise in the Empire State manufacturing survey (more coverage here).…
8:26am ET
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ATK, CBF, CELG, CTIC, KO, ECL, ELX, HAS, HIBB, ISRG, JIVE, LOW, HD, NWL, EDU, ORCL, PGR, RIO, SNDK, S, TTWO, TRN, UTHR, WFT)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) raised to Outperform at FBR Capital…
8:55am ET
Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/12/2012) Softbank To Borrow $23 Billion
Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) may bid for Anschutz Entertainment Group, which could give him access to an NFL team.…
Douglas A. McIntyre 6:19am ET
Apps & Software
Mark Hurd Could Not Have Saved HP
There is an emerging body of opinion that if the Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) board had not fired former CEO Mark Hurd then the company would have avoided the operational problems that have…
6:17am ET
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Media Digest (10/4/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
China begins to use its currency for cross-border transactions — a challenge to the dollar. (Reuters) Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is denied summary judgement in a patent fight with Vringo. (Reuters) The head…