Updated throughout the day. Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) and Myriad Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) buyout rumors on options trading (3:45 PM EST). BioHealthInvestor.com says caveat emptor! Two schools in China are being…
By Paul Ausick of 24/7 Wall St. Halliburton (HAL) reported fourth-quarter 2009 net income of $243 million (EPS of $0.27), down 48% from $468 million (EPS of $0.87) in the same period…
These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) Started as Buy at Auriga. DryShips (NASDAQ: DRYS) Raised to Buy at…
These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) Started as Sector Underperform at Scotia. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM)…
These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: American Express (NYSE: AXP) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Capital One (NYSE: COF) Started as…
We have almost an endless wave of corporate earnings for the calendar Q3-2009 coming out next week. We have what looks to be over 100 of the S&P 500 Index members reporting…
These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, initiations, and positive research calls seen early from Wall Street: American Axle (NYSE: AXL) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) Started as Outperform…
Solar stocks are again trading no differently than a leveraged bet on oil prices. This is something we have noted on many occasions and with oil down by another -$2.59 at $64.14…
These are some of the top early bird analyst upgrades and positive research calls we are seeing from Wall Street this Thursday morning with more than two hours until the market opens:…
It seems that the steady rise in oil prices is finally starting to support some stability in rig counts. We just got some fresh weekly rig count data from Baker Hughes Inc.…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst calls with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street firms this Thursday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: AutoDesk (ADSK) Started…
These are some of the general analyst downgrades we have seen this Monday morning from Wall Street: Allegheny Energy (AYE) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Anglogold (AU) Cut to Neutral at…
This morning we got to see the new equity holdings of T. Boone Pickens, via his BP Capital Management, L.P., as of March 31, 2009. Some of the higher stakes look to…
The Venezuelan government passed a law permitting the nationalization of oil field services companies, compensating companies for expropriating assets by issuing bonds instead of paying with cash. The law could even lead…
Well drilling and completion services just aren’t paying off for anyone this reporting season. Smith International Inc. (NYSE:SII) reported diluted EPS of $0.44 on revenues $2.41 billion. After deleting a restructuring charge…
