ThinkstockThe Department of Defense awarded 17 defense contracts with a total value of $554.6 million in its Thursday evening announcement of contract awards. Textron (NYSE: TXT) took home contracts representing nearly half…
ThinkstockEmerging from the Memorial Day weekend, the staff at the Department of Defense got back to work yesterday, awarding nine defense contracts in its Tuesday evening announcement of contract awards. A total…
Photo: Saab Last year, America’s biggest defense contractor, Boeing (NYSE: BA), suffered a terrible blow. Down (way) south of the border in Brazil, the government suddenly accelerated planes to choose a new fighter…
Credit: Lockheed MartinThere are Russians running around Crimea. Chinese warships are prowling the Pacific and doing doughnuts around the Indian Ocean. Drug cartels boast military-grade weapons in their arsenals in Mexico. And in…
ThinkstockThe Department of Defense awarded 14 defense contracts in its Friday evening announcement of contract awards. The total value of contracts awarded was $642.8 million. Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) won…
In a new Cowen report focusing on three separate industries, the top names to buy in the multi-industry sector stick out as solid names to hold during difficult times.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. They include Apollo Education, Ford, GM, Alkermes and Cognizant Technology.
July 17, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and managed to hold onto a decent gain following a day of ups and downs as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before…
July 16, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened a bit higher this morning but almost instantly turned lower and remained in the red virtually all day. In Europe, Germany’s ZEW economic sentiment survey…
ThinkstockIt seems that investors suddenly have grown to dislike dividend-paying stocks, if you have been watching many of the riskier, high-dividend and high-payout sectors while interest rates have been on the rise.…
Investors are on the hunt for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. Each and every morning we review many fresh research calls from Wall St. and…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Friday. Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) cut to Neutral at…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.…
Activist investor Carl Icahn is nothing if he is not persistent. He is now calling on Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) to make four board seats available to shareholders immediately. Icahn, who…
Jon OggThese are the top analyst calls of upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.…
