These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we are seeing this Friday-crash morning: American Campus (ACC) Raised to Outperform at Baird. Celestica (CLS) Raised to Outperform at CIBC....
The AP announced its list of the top 10 paid CEOs for 2007. The figures were based on "AP’s compensation formula, which adds up salary, perks, bonuses, above-market interest on pay set aside for...
CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) has reported earnings of $2.81 GAAP EPS on revenue of $681 million, but non-GAAP earnings were $4.13 EPS if you include NYMEX and CME merger operations.  The numbers...
Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (NYSE: IVR) has two things to address today, a super-high dividend yield and a secondary offering.  This also spills over to the outlook for Annaly Capital Management,...
CBS (CBS) revenues of $3.4 billion for the second quarter of 2007 decreased 3% from $3.5 billion for the same quarter last year. Operating income before depreciation and amortization...
CBS (CBS) continues to make the argument that network television advertising will do relatively well during a recession. Wall St keeps rejecting the idea. CBS shares are now down to $14.43, off over...
The U.S. is about to get another electronic exchange listed as a public stock.  BATS Global Markets, Inc. wants to come public and has just filed for an initial public offering.  The exchange will...
Shares in CBS (CBS) are down almost 65% over the last year, much more than the DJIA and other major media companies.Part of the reason is that the firm is poorly diversified and relies heavily on...
CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today.  The futures and commodities exchange giant estimates (from First Call) are $3.98 EPS and $644.3 million in...
Walgreens vs. CVS. That is a popular debate that often resonates with people who visit these stores. They are similar products. Additionally, you can get rewards for every time you spend something at...
Audit Integrity, a research firm, has come out with a list of the large American companies which are most likely to go bankrupt in the next year. The data behind the figures seem valid, but some of...
The head of the CBSNews.com division of CBS (CBS) is leaving to become CEO of big news and comment blog Huffington Post. Huffington has 3.5 million unique visitors per month and is listed as the...
A chance like this only comes along rarely. CBS (CBS), which is trading at just above $17, down from a 52-week high of $32.97, could spin-off CNET. The large collection of tech websites has found new...