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Goldman Sees Near-Term Gains In GE Following Underperformance
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 10:03am | 165Following modest underperformance since 3Q results, Goldman believes GE (NYSE: GE) shares can regain momentum over the next several weeks as the GE Capital outlook webcast on Tuesday, December 7, and GE annual outlook investor meeting on December 14 refocus investors on potential for multi- year...
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Fitch Upgrades Tyco International - Analyst Blog
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 10:00am | 572International Credit Rating Agency, Fitch Ratings, upgraded the long-term investment-grade credit rating for Tyco International Ltd (TYC). to "A-" from "BBB+" and retained a stable outlook on the same. This enhancement in credit ratings is the result of Tyco's low gearing, operational...
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Citi Upgrades Carlisle Companies To Hold & Raises PT to $39
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 9:40am | 173It appears to Citi that the worst of the late-cycle roofing and raw material headwinds are now mostly discounted in Carlisle's (NYSE: CSL) shares. Resiliency in re-roofing, potential bottoming in the ABI index, and signs that some roofing price increases are sticking all support Citi's upgrade...
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Fitch Upgrades Tyco International - Analyst Blog
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 9:30am | 572International Credit Rating Agency, Fitch Ratings, upgraded the long-term investment-grade credit rating for Tyco International Ltd (TYC). to "A-" from "BBB+" and retained a stable outlook on the same. This enhancement in credit ratings is the result of Tyco's low gearing, operational...
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A Peek Into The Market Before The Trading Starts
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 9:22am | 448Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower, this morning following the strong rise in stocks last week. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 11 points to 11,353 and S&P 500 futures slipped 3.4 points to 1,220. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 7 points at 2,180. A Peek Into Global Markets...
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3M Acquires Winterthur for $448 Million
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 8:55am | 763M (NYSE: MMM) is set to acquire Switzerland's Winterthur for $448 million. TheStreet reports, "3M estimates the acquisition to be slightly dilutive to GAAP earnings in the first 12 months following the completion of the deal, but slightly accretive if purchase accounting adjustments and...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes LyondellBasell Industries (HPQ, MDT, ABT, FTR, MSG, OXM, JNY, WFT, LYB, MO, SI)
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 5:29am | 363On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is “neither here nor there. There are a lot of tech stocks better than Hewlett." For Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), he said, "There's nothing there for me, especially with Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) having...
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3 Stocks Rising On Strong Volume Today (DECK, WLT, SPRD)
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 4:04pm | 240The broader markets are not doing much of anything really, with the and S&P 500 Dow slightly negative, while the NASDAQ is slightly positive. Despite this, there are a few stocks that are breaking out today on heavy volume, as traders continue to snatch up these names. Spreadtrum Communications...
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Cogent a Part of 3M Now - Analyst Blog
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 3:03pm | 758Recently, 3M Company (MMM) completed the acquisition of Cogent Inc., after the transaction was given consent by Cogent's stockholders at a meeting held on December 1, 2010. Cogent shares were valued at $10.50 per share. The transaction was initially announced on August 30, 2010 and as per...
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Cogent a Part of 3M Now - Analyst Blog
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 2:17pm | 758Recently, 3M Company (MMM) completed the acquisition of Cogent Inc., after the transaction was given consent by Cogent's stockholders at a meeting held on December 1, 2010. Cogent shares were valued at $10.50 per share. The transaction was initially announced on August 30, 2010 and as per...
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Company News for December 3, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 10:30am | 791• Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT) said it plans to acquire Canada's Western Coal for $3.3 billion • Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is reported to have signed a deal to pay $1.9 billion for a Manhattan city block • Citigroup (NYSE: C) downgraded eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) from "buy" to "hold" • Big Lots (NYSE: BIG)...
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Company News for December 3, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 5:18am | 791• Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT) said it plans to acquire Canada's Western Coal for $3.3 billion • Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is reported to have signed a deal to pay $1.9 billion for a Manhattan city block • Citigroup (NYSE: C) downgraded eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) from "buy" to "hold" • Big Lots (NYSE: BIG)...
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Philips Launches New X-Ray System - Analyst Blog
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 4:06am | 561At the 96th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, Royal Philips Electronics (PHG) revealed its two adaptable diagnostic X-ray solutions, Juno DRF and the DigitalDiagnost - ER Wireless X-ray system. Both these integrated technologies from Phillips...
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Philips Launches New X-Ray System - Analyst Blog
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 4:06am | 561At the 96th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, Royal Philips Electronics (PHG) revealed its two adaptable diagnostic X-ray solutions, Juno DRF and the DigitalDiagnost - ER Wireless X-ray system. Both these integrated technologies from Phillips...
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Thursday Thrust – Just Buy the F'ing Dips!
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 4:00pm | 2659By Phil of Phil's Stock World It's very sad when you can get your best financial advice from cartoon characters. I apologize for the language but this video pretty much says it all. As the man in green says: "Buy the f'ing dip, you f'ing idiot." That's...