When the subprime crisis caused a complete meltdown in the housing market, many homeowners in properties they simply could not afford were forced to move into apartments. This provided a financial tailwind for the…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley and reiterated Hold at Argus.…
The markets may no longer be in a straight line higher, but 2013 is off to a great start. After taking a look at various Dow Jones Industrial Average components and after taking a…
courtesy of AOL, IncWhen AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) released its earnings report this morning, the headline on the announcement boasted that for the first time in eight years the company posted yearly revenue growth.…
ThinkstockChina’s trade received a boost in January from the traditional lunar New Year holiday. Exports soared 25% from 14.1% in the previous month, while imports jumped to 28%, from the previous month’s 6%, the…
ThinkstockThe austerity philosophy of U.K. leaders is about to insinuate itself into the European Union budget, which already covers a region in which national austerity has become a habit, and perhaps not a good…
ThinkstockA Bump in China’s Trade China’s trade received a boost in January from the traditional New Year holiday. Exports soared 25% from 14.1% in the previous month, while imports jumped to 28%, from the…
ThinkstockFor the third year in a row, Washington, D.C., was rated the most literate city in the United States, with Seattle and Minneapolis close behind. That is according to a study conducted by Central…
thinkstockSoutheastern Asset Management, Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) largest shareholder, is unhappy with the price of the LBO. (Reuters) The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 has been approved for test flights. (Reuters) BMW says it had…
ThinkstockLinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) closed down ahead of earnings on Thursday. The professional social media network reported earnings of $0.35 in non-GAAP earnings per share ($40.2 million net income) and its sales grew by…
U.S. equity markets opened flat this morning, largely due to a slew of data from Europe that essentially cancelled any good news with an equal dollop of bad. U.S. unemployment data came out before…
ThinkstockAkamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) is down so much after earnings that investors are not going to just question its growth opportunities. The investment community has to be wondering just how valuable the company is…
ThinkstockYelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) may be petering out, or so it looks like after its earnings report. The news is ahead of the Graph Search that is coming from Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and…
PennyMac Financial Services is a newly formed holding company affiliated with the Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company. The company has filed its S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow it…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) started as Neutral at Credit Suisse. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) cut…