John Tamny of Forbes The great Austrian economist Ludwig Von Mises long ago wrote that “accountancy is not perfect. The precision of its statements is only illusory.” In particular, Von...
ATVI started as Buy at AGEdwards.AQNT started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.CLC raised to Outperform at Baird.CPS  started as Mkt Perform at Morgan Keegan.CVG started as Hold at Stifel...
Stock Tickers: DNDN, OVTI, HAL, RRI, MEDX, CHS Unusual Options Activity is something we like reviewing as we near the end of the quarter and as we near certain events.  There were several stocks...
ACS cut to Hold at A.G.Edwards.AMGN started as Hold at Citigroup.CHIP started as Buy at Kaufman.CHS raised to Mkt Perform at FBR.DNA started as Neutral at Prudential.EIX cut to Equal-Weight at...
ACN raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.AQNT started as Buy at A.G.Edwards.BRC cit to Mkt Weight at Thomas Weisel.BSC started as Overweight at Lehman.CBA cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.C raised to Buy at B...
Benefitting from the investment banking boom, Merrill Lynch (MER) posted better than expected earnings for Q2. Revenue rose 19% to $9.7 billion. Net earnings rose 31% to $2.1 billion. Revenue at the...
CHRW cut to Sell at Stifel Nicolaus.CNW raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.DISH cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.EAT raised to Buy at UBS.ECLP started as Neutral at Prudential.EICU started as...
AFFX raised to Outperform at Baird.AMED started as Buy at UBS.BKUNA raised to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.BAK raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.CBOU started as Neutral at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.CHKP...
ALLI cut to Neutral at First Albany.BBEP cut to Hold at AGEdwards.BEN cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.BKD cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.BOT cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.BRL raised to Buy at Merrill...
In an ironic bit of sloganeering, the current Merrill Lynch (MER) corporate promotion is "Even In Today’s Economy, There Are Smart Places For Your Money." It may not be lost on the shareholders of...
After taking Merrill Lynch’s (MER) stock from $35 in early 2003 to $98 earlier this year, the company’s board sacked CEO Stan O’Neal for one bad quarter. O’Neal came across as...
Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER) has finally announced a part of the inevitable.  Stan O’Neal is retiring effective immediately, which we all know is a mutual resignation and firing after the...
Paging Emily Litella.
"The purchase of NeXT," however, "set the stage for the greatest accumulation of shareholder value in corporate history."
McMoran Exploration Company (NYSE:MMR) reported full-year 2008 and fourth quarter results yesterday, and it definitely wasn’t pretty. The company’s full-year EPS was -$3.79, and for the fourth...