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U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a higher-than-expected report of new claims for unemployment benefits (more coverage here). The news more than compensated for the afterglow of...
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Thursday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) raised to Neutral from Sell at Credit...
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and got another boost following a meeting between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner to discuss a solution to the impending fiscal cliff. In...
The stock market is down Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.01%, the Nasdaq down 0.51% and the S&P 500 down 0.27%. Today’s winners include a technology company which has...
thinkstockEuropean leaders say they will take additional steps to end the economic crisis in the region. (Reuters) Softbank puts an upper limit on what Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) may pay to buy...
Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) looks like it more than just challenged. As it is on the road to being one of the next great penny stocks (a dubious honor), Moody’s has downgraded the rating for the...
Brian Katt / Wikimedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation LicenseThe short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and in some of the low-priced high-volume stocks saw some significant changes. We...
ThinkstockA stalled French economy continues to bleed jobs as another 45,100 job seekers joined the nearly 3.1 million French citizens already looking for work in October. The total number of...
thinkstockWal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) India suspends some employees as it begins a bribery investigation. (Reuters) PMI data for Europe drops to 2009 lows. (Reuters) S&P confirms its AA+...
Jon OggAre big mergers really worth it? After this week’s merger implosion news by Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), 24/7 Wall St. wanted to review and analyze many of the really bad mergers of...
This graphic was drawn by SKopp.[Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsThe big news might have read “MOODY’S DOWNGRADES FRANCE” had it not been for the Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) debacle...
ThinkstockThe short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and in some of the active low-priced shares is often volatile. We tracked some rather large moves up and down in this group for the...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) maintained Underperform at BofA/ML and maintained...
ThinkstockSome companies are in real trouble. Some are under severe industry pressure, and some are just faltering due to missteps and bad luck. With the economy remaining weak and with the markets...
ThinkstockThe woes of Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) are growing. A quarterly loss of more than $460 million if you adjust dollars for euros is one thing, but the company cannot get its growth back....