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The three major U.S. stock indexes opened mixed this morning following a lower-than-expected increase in non-farm payrolls (more coverage here). In Asia and Europe, though, markets were higher for...
We have five really big movers after the close this Thursday. The big gainers and losers today in the after-hours are as follows: Audience Inc. (NASDAQ: ADNC); Infoblox Inc. (NYSE: BLOX); Mattress...
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning as expectations had been raised that the European Central Bank would institute some kind of bond-buying program to shore up the...
Since hitting 52-week highs in mid-April, mattress and bedding companies have moved sharply lower. The highs followed solid first-quarter earnings reports, and the direction change followed a warning...
Tempur Pedic International Inc. (NYSE: TPX) was absolutely slaughtered this week due to its warnings.  The news took out about half of its value, but the stock is now down about 75% from its...
Mattress maker Tempur Pedic International Inc. (NYSE: TPX) updated full-year and second-quarter guidance this morning and investors did not like what the company had to say. Sales in the second...
The three major US stock indexes opened very slightly higher this morning, but soon turned south on a disappointing report on US factory orders (our coverage here). In Europe, Germany once again...
If you only read about bed sales at the retail level and if you have watched recent IPOs up until recently, you might think that the sector was doing very well.  In earnings season we got two...
Earnings season for the first quarter of 2012 is upon us and 24/7 Wall St. wanted to see how the tale of the tape is treating the companies reporting earnings.  Our aim is to offer some insight into...
Markets opened higher this morning following the pleasant surprise earnings report from Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) after markets closed yesterday (our coverage here). The report on US crude oil...
Mattress Firm Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: MFRM) is turning out to prove that there is money under mattresses other than just those who fear that they have to hoard cash.  The company is the leading...
IPO Fever has not really caught on in a major way yet in 2012.  The Facebook halo-effect did bring a pop and private equity firms are still seeming to hold up.  We already picked out the Top 17...
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning.  The number of research calls is dropping significantly and...
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning.  As usual for the week between Christmas and New Years,...
The coming week might feel a bit like a return to normalcy as far as securities offerings are concerned.  We are actually set to have several IPOs and we have flagged three of the IPOs we will be...