U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, dragged down by weak economic data from Europe. Germany, France, Italy, and Greece all reported worse-than-expected GDP contraction for the fourth quarter of 2012, and…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) cut to Neutral at J.P. Morgan, cut to Reduce…
Short sellers have had their challenges due to rising share prices since the start of 2013. They have gone on to make some serious changes in the high dividend stocks now that…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 31 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
Outerwall Inc.When Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) reported earnings last night, the owner of the Redbox DVD-rental machines beat earnings estimates by 27%, but net income was down by the same amount for…
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch has made some key changes to its various US research portfolios over the last 30 days. In a research change summary the bulge-bracket firm summarized its changes for…
ThinkstockThe explosive growth in the wireless industry has been documented in great detail. The leaders in the industry from the carrier side continue to benefit from increased user-friendly smartphones and tablets that…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning on the heels of a solid report on U.S. nonfarm payrolls, which rose less than expected but on top of a large upward revision for…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A./N.V. (NYSE: BUD) cut to Hold at Soc-Gen. Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.…
ThinkstockThis week’s highly anticipated launch of Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating system could well prove to be the defining moment for the troubled company. With the stock…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 15 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced this morning that it is acquiring wireless spectrum in the 700 MHz B band from Verizon Wireless for $1.9 billion. The spectrum covers 42 million people in…
thinkstockU.S. regulators say that their investigation into the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner is far from over. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) must decide whether it wants market share in China…
courtesy of NBN at German WikipediaIf you have been a dividend investor for long, chances are high that you have had to do some serious homework on the tobacco sector. After all,…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a string of solid earnings reports yesterday and after markets closed last night. As we note below, earnings results were more mixed today, but…
