Commerce Bancorp (NYSE:CBH) is being acquired by TD Bank Financial Group (NYSE:TD) of Canada for roughly $42.00 per share.  The deal is 25% cash with $10.50 cash and 0.4142 shares of TD in a...
Coach, Inc. (NYSE: COH) has just authorized a new share buyback program for the repurchase of up to $1 billion of its outstanding common stock.  The plan is set to expire on June 26, 2010.  Coach...
Transatlantic Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TRH) and Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: AWH) are getting to see the gains and pains of what exactly a “merger of equals” translates to. ...
We have been investigating several of the “safe sectors” for investing to identify which ones may have seen the worst or which ones could continue to have issues regardless of whether or...
Recent earnings reports from machinery makers Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) and Deere & Co. (NYSE:DE) have been weak, but getting better. Caterpillar reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 earnings...
These are this morning’s top analyst downgrades and cautious calls from Wall Street firms we have seen with about two hours until the market opens: Carrizo Oil & Gas (CRZO) Cut to Neutral...
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) has not  noticed that there have been five weeks of selling off in the broader equity markets nor that the economic data has faltered.  Shares have held up better than the...
Rising food prices may be hurting consumers around the globe, but they aren’t doing any damage to the farmers who raise the food and the companies that supply those farmers with equipment. Deere &...
UBS has decided to downgrades the hospital sector this morning. It seems that perhaps not all medical and healthcare stocks are immune from a rapidly weakening economy. We have seen downgrades on...
Goldman Sachs is making a change to its CONVICTION BUY LIST this morning.  The firm is adding CIGNA (NYSE: CI) and dropping WellPoint (NYSE: NYSE: WLP) from the list.  Both stocks are still...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We’ve always felt that the non-asset based transportation names were the ones to watch. Now it’s official, as anyone who benchmarks performance against...
Up until today, U.S. investors could only invest in (or short sell) the ADRs of National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG), Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (NYSE: CCH), or a handful of...
Soft drink and snack food giant Pepsico Inc. (NYSE: PEP) reported first quarter earnings this morning that topped expectations. Adjusted EPS came in at $0.69 versus a consensus estimate of $0.67 and...