Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. With tomorrow being one of America’s top holidays, there will...
Source: ThinkstockIn the most recent trading days, we have seen more companies turn to new or expanded share buyback plans. If the dividend tax rates rise too much, corporations may ditch the endless...
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning on traders initial reaction to a sharp drop in the weekly report on new claims for unemployment (more coverage here). In Asia, South...
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat this morning following a disappointing quarterly report from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) last night (more coverage here) which weighed on Asian tech...
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following the report on new jobless claims, which rose by 369,000, less than the expected 375,000 (our coverage here). In Europe, GDP in...
Barclays has initiated coverage of Overstock.com with an Equal Weight recommendation.
Overstock.com has declared a dividend payable in shares of its Digital Voting Series A-1 Preferred Stock. It often takes investors some time to figure out the real mechanics of how such a...
Source: thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing:Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) is up 37% at $15.70.Adcare Health Systems Inc. (NYSEMKT: ADK) is up 36.7% at $5.88.Primus...
comScore today released data that shows households with incomes under $50,000 are not lifting their online spending much from the holiday season last year. Sales from this demographic group are up...
GigaOm writes that Vonage’s (VG) new earnings have some troubling information. Investment Outsider writes that Ebay’s (EBAY) new feedback system should improve the company’s...
General Market Indices Fitch Downgrade Wednesday, US stocks got hammered after the Fitch rating agency downgraded the US government’s debt rating from the best rating of AAA to AA+. What does...
Source: thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing:Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.(NASDAQ: VRTX) is up 61.9% at $85.60.Desarrolladora Homex (NYSE: HMX) is up 40.2% at...
ADBE  started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.AEP raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.ANSS started as Buy at Bank of America.APL cut to Hold at AGEdwards.ATRS cut to neutral at JPMorgan.CSX cut to...
By CrossProfit 05/10/2007 In our previous article from February 2007 we noted that the party was about to begin. Naturally we had no way of knowing in advance exactly when or to what extent, shape or...
AAUK cut to Hold at Citigroup.ANPI cut to Sector PErform at both RBC & CIBC.APPB cut to Underperform at Wachovia.ASH cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.AXP cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.BHP cut...