China’s PMI steps up in November. (Reuters) Greece begins to buy back some of its high-yield bonds. (Reuters) Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) may buy Virgin Atlantic. (Reuters) Martin Marietta Materials…
Congress, close to a budget agreement, may avoid a government shutdown. (Reuters) Washington Mutual shareholders and creditors set a deal that could allow an exit from bankruptcy. (Reuters) The policy meeting of…
US equity markets opened sharply lower this morning and continued falling before levelling off at around 200 pts down on the DJIA. The downturn followed closer examination of the European Union’s agreement…
Construction materials company Martin Marietta Materials Inc. (NYSE: MLM) has launched a hostile takeover bid for larger rival Vulcan Materials Corp. (NYSE: VMC). The deal would be a tax-free exchange of 0.50…
These are this Tuesday’s top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious research calls we have seen out of Wall Street early on: Dell (DELL) downgraded to Neutral at Credit Suisse. Martin Marietta (MLM)…
We are seeing some active trading in the stocks which raised capital via secondary offerings today. These are all down except for one and today’s hopper has Ameriprise Financial Inc. (NYSE: AMP),…
Dividends in general are used as the historic underlying measurement of companies and their abilities to stay profitable at current levels. Today and last night we have seen some rather unusual dividend…
These are ten of the top analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street early this Thursday morning: BHP Billiton (BHP) Started as Outperform at RBC. Costco (COST) Cut to…
These are some of the top downgrades we have seen this Monday morning with about 2 hours until the open: Adobe Systems (ADBE) Cut to Market Perform at FBR. AMB Property (AMB)…
These are some of the top analyst downgrades we are seeing affecting shares of stock this morning: Cepheid (CPHD) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray. Digital River (DRIV) Cut to Market Weight…
Earlier today, we sent out a couple pieces discussing some of the pending mergers and spreads still having wide ranges. This can be indicative of a deal at risk, but some will…
(AMTD) TD Ameritrade trading up 1% after beating and raising target.(AVCI) Avici Systems trading up 29% on higher revenue guidance after earnings.(BAC) $1.28 EPS vs $1.20 estimate.(CAL) Continental $2.10 vs 1.84 estimate.(CTXS)…
