These are ten of the most important analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. You will probably notice a substantial focus on media-related shares: AOL Inc. (NYSE:…
Reuters: Dubai said the market’s perceptions of its problems is “softening.” Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) could sell $20 billion in shares soon. Reuters: Hershey (NYSE:HSY) is near a decision on Cadbury (NYSE:CBY). Reuters: GM named…
Reuters: China remains a top investment place for US firms. Reuters: Suzuki sold a stake to VW. Reuters: The Administration will extend TARP until next October. Reuters: The Congressional Oversight Committee said TARP had…
Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) and the government are in a dispute over TARP re-payments Reuters: Japan release plans for an $81 billion stimulus package. Reuters: Morgan Stanley’s (NYSE:MS) new CEO will shuffle top management. Reuters: The…
The market shrugged off news that RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) has a new distribution partner in China, perhaps because early sales results for the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone have been so poor. RIM, maker of the Blackberry,…
As a media man, Rush Limbaugh is a veritable Midas. He has at least five easily discernable revenue streams. In all, Limbaugh likely brings in close to $60 million each year. It’s a good thing the man lives…
Reuters: The Treasury says the TARP loss will be $200 billion less than expected. Reuters: Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) will respond to the Kraft (NYSE:KFT) offer on the 14th of December. Reuters: Five AIG (NYSE:AIG) executives…
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) customers who want to buy and play music and video from the iTunes store have to download it to their iPods or iPhones. The huge consumer electronics company is buying Lala. The…
Reuters: Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may make bonus payments in stock. Reuters: China is worried about sticking to dollar deposits. Reuters: A well-known economist says housing will continue to fall. Reuters: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC)…
Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) has to be thankful that it is not just a newspaper company as most tend to think of it. Today, came an analyst rating action that was actually in…
No one would be surprised to see Sumner Redstone, the 86-year-old head of Viacom (NYSE:VIA), and Jeff Bewkes, CEO of Time Warner (NYSE:TWX), wearing disguises to their private meetings in coffee shops around Manhattan. The…
Reuters: Affluent borrowers are being made credit card offers. Most other people are rarely solicited. Reuters: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) will repay $45 billion in TARP funds. Reuters: AMR (NYSE:AMR) and TPG have offered JAL $1.1…
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will allow online publishers to limit the number of stories that Google News runs from them each day, a victory for some publishers who think that giving away free content is bad for…
Reuters: The GM board pushed out CEO Henderson. Reuters: Bernanke will defend the Fed’s record and his before Congress. Reuters: China will let foreigners set up limited partnerships. Reuters: Manufacturing is growing again but…
CNBC’s David Faber just reported that the NBC Universal deal terms between General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) are about to be signed.