Stock Tickers: MO, RAI, VGR, UST, BUD On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer came out very positive on Vector Group Ltd. (VGR-NYSE).  He noted that Carl Icahn is a big backer of the...
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK), Angiotech Pharmaceuticals...
If there is one phrase that a company does not want to see in its annual report, it is “GOING CONCERN.”  This hinges on a company’s ability to operate financially as a viable...
Source: ThinkstockFor years tech investors eagerly awaited each new quarter to determine yet again how much Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) was dominating the semiconductor industry. The explosive growth...
Defensive stocks are supposed to hold up in down stock markets.  That isn’t so today.  In our list of 17 defensive stocks we routinely track, none were positive today.  On average, the defensive...
This morning’s earnings report from Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) offers proof that if a company is going to be in the ethanol business, it had better have a fallback position.  ADM blew past...
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) is lowering the average coupon on its debt, or at least that is the plan of a new debt tender offer. The American tobacco giant is commencing a $2 billion cash tender...
Some of the highest dividend-paying stocks have been the tobacco companies. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM), British American Tobacco plc (AMEX: BTI),...
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls:AutoNavi Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: AMAP) Started as Outperform at Pacific...
Sterne Agee’s Vijay Rakesh has advised that the significant semiconductor pullback from the end of April is a huge buying opportunity and he has reiterated his top picks. He also analyzed...
The FDA is about to give some serious warning labels on cigarette labels.  Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI), Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO)  and Vector Group Ltd. (NYSE:...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning.Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) Reiterated Buy with $79 target at Argus....
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning.Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEIS) Raised to Buy and...
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Overweight and $340...