Source: Courtesy United Parcel Service Inc.In late January, United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said it was giving up on its $6.7 billion bid to acquire Dutch-based TNT Express N.V. following the...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Ah, those press releases issued after everyone’s gone home for a holiday weekend. In this case, it comes from Mid Cap Watch List and Large Cap Watch List...
The following are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and volume analysis...
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) has announced what is roughly an $800 million diluted (before any long-term debt absorption) agreement with Elevation Partners to acquire VG Holding Corp., the...
Health Net Inc. (NYSE: HNT) is one of today’s worse performers on the heels of losing its Pentagon health insurance contract.  The Pentagon picked Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) and UnitedHealth Group...
There are actually very few analyst calls this morning and some of these may even be carry-over calls from late yesterday: Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) raised to buy at UBS. BJ Services (BJS) raised...
This week will mark some key retail sales data for the month of September-2010 in same-store-sales.  So far we are seeing some positive trends from many of the retailers and there are some expected...
Apparently, shoppers do not want to wander around stores looking for items they may want to buy. They also do not want to wander around websites looking for specific items when retailers might make...
The next major change coming to the US health-care industry is due to take effect on January 1, 2011. The health care reform act includes a restriction on how much an insurer can spend on non-medical...
Over the past week, the 24/7 Wall St.–The Channel Checkers poll surveyed Ann Taylor (ANN) locations to gauge business trends at the ten retailers.  We asked the following questions:1. On a scale...
by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.com One of the most over-used arguments against assisted reproductive technology (ART) is that couples do not need it. Opponents continually point out that adoption is...
These are some of the analyst downgrades and negative calls we are seeing early this Tuesday morning: Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. American Eagle Outfitters...
These are Wednesday’s top ten analyst research summary upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street brokerage firms: Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna....
These are some of Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls.Aetna, Inc. (NYSE: AET) named Bull of the Day at Zacks. Big Lots Inc. (NYSE:...
According to MarketWatch: "GMAC Financial Services, said Thursday it has applied to become a bank holding company to access emergency cash under the U.S. Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program. As a...