Diversified Banks

Shares of Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) are higher on the session by 5.45%, currently trading at $2.32. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past six months and is currently trading below the 200-day and 50-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short...

Shares of Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) jumped more than 9% in mid-day trade Tuesday, as speculation increased that Ireland would accept a European Union rescue package. Bank of Ireland stock rallied as high as $2.42 around noon EST, as Prime Minister Cowen is rumored to be laying the frame work for...

The Irish banks started moving sharply higher, indicating that Ireland is on the verge of a huge bailout. Allied Irish Banks, plc. (NYSE: AIB) is up 4 cents to $1.22, after having been as low as $1.09 on the day. Bank of Ireland (ADR) (NYSE: IRE) is up 18 cents to $2.38, a gain of 8%, after having...

Shares of National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG) are lower on the session by 3.07%, trading at $1.90. Overall put volume is now running at 5.15x the daily average, with 89% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,267 contracts have traded on the session so far. National Bank of Greece...

In an effort to expand its corporate trust business, U.S. Bancorp's (USB) lead bank, U.S. Bank, has entered into an agreement to acquire Bank of America Corp.'s (BAC) U.S and Europe-based securitization trust administration businesses. The deal involves a cash purchase price of up to $35 million...

As we all know the major stock market indexes have staged one of the best rallies for the year after Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke announced his QE-2 program on August 27th, 2010 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. On November 3rd, 2010 the Federal Reserve said that they would buy $600 billion...

US Technology stocks moved up, with Isilon Systems Inc (NASDAQ: ISLN) as the top performer in the list. EMC Corp (NYSE: EMC) has agreed to purchase ISLN for $2.25 billion or $33.85 per share in cash. Some of other gainers in the list were Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ), Dell Inc (NASDAQ: DELL),...

Moody's Investors Service has affirmed its long-term rating of “A2” on Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) after the company announced its plans to buy Bucyrus International Inc (NASDAQ: BUCY) for $8.6 billion. Moody's said, "The affirmation of CAT's ratings reflects Moody's anticipation that the Bucyrus...

The ongoing economic volatility took its toll on three more banks last week. Out of the three banks shuttered by the U.S. regulators last Friday, two were based in Georgia and one in Arizona. This brings the total number of bank failures to 146 so far in 2010, compared to 140 in 2009, 25 in 2008...

(TheStreet) -- The little guy appears to be losing out on the General Motors initial public offering. Trading shops like E*Trade (NASDAQ: ETFC), TD Ameritrade (NYSE: TD) and Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) aren't getting access to the GM public offering, expected to occur next week. Despite 35...

DA Davidson initiates coverages on the following companies: PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ: PACW); Buy rating and a price target of $23. Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ: ZION); Buy rating and a price target of $31. City National Corp (NYSE: CYN); Neutral rating and a price target of $61. Comerica (NYSE: CMA);...

Sharp differences among global leaders over trade policies and a flaring currency dispute that was keeping investors on toes lost some significance on Thursday as Cisco System's disappointing outlook surprised the market and sent stocks lower. The Dow average plunged more than 126 points before...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (ABV) Amer Science & Engineering Inc (ASEI) Aust & NZ Banking (ANZBY) Baidu.com (BIDU) Banco Bradesco SA (BBD) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AMBEV-PR ADR (ABV): Free Stock...

Below are the top small-cap financial stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. MF Global Holdings Ltd (NYSE: MF) had $31.61 billion in total cash and $27.69 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Interactive Brokers Group Inc (NASDAQ: IBKR) had $23.19 billion in total cash for the...