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National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is doing something odd. It is trying to make an acquisition. It was not that long ago that there were serious worries about NBG’s future. Now, NBG has...
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Yesterday was Portugal helping out, today is Spain… Debt sales that is. A debt sale in Spain is so far being hailed as a minor success and this comes on the heels of a similar successful debt...
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Moody’s is at it again with yet another debt rating downgrade in the lands of the PIIGS. Today came a debt rating cut to four Irish banks and an Irish insurer, and the cut also included some of...
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Moody’s has been on a warpath this week downgrading the PIIGS. The calls are late. Very late. These should have been about as telegraphed as a replay of a World War II outcome. Moody’s...
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The woes of Europe continue, again… Get used to it. The markets are soft this morning on news that Moody’s is warning Spain of a downgrade to its Aa1 rating due to funding vulnerability, coming...
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Tracking European banks, particularly those in the lands of the PIIGS, often requires looking at individual national sovereign debt issues on top of banking-related news. That is the case in Spain...
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The banks in the lands of the PIIGS are seeing some bids yet again today. That makes three in a row of big moves in Ireland, and now we have Greece and Spain today. Some of the aid is coming from...
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Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ: AMRN) is indicated up 50% at $5.35, well above the $3.85 52-week high, after its AMR101 met pivotal phase 3 study endpoints with highly statistically significant...
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Want to see just how much the saving of Ireland added to the key ADRs today? Look no further than Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB), The Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE), and The New Ireland Fund, Inc....
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The list of Unusual Suspects for the week ahead is a rather different list. Some are due with earnings, some have FDA events, and others just have shareholder specific events coming down the...
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The markets may be headed lower on Friday morning after a sell-off in China, but the stocks of some of Europe’s troubled banks in the lands of the PIIGS are bucking the trend. Allied Irish Banks...
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Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Avanir Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:...
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Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG), Starbucks Corporation...
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Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL), Ambac Financial Group, Inc....
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This Friday was influenced by unemployment data and there are many stocks on the move. Some are earnings, some are not. We are tracking pre-market trading and volume spikes in shares of Adobe...
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