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United Technologies Earnings Preview: Revenue, Earnings Expected to Fall from Previous Quarter
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 10:02am | 542United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) earnings are right around the corner! Don't be caught off-guard: The company unveils its next round of earnings this Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Wondering what to expect from United Technologies' lastest earnings numbers? We thought so. Here's an advanced look at the...
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S&P Needs To Shut Up
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 9:34am | 756S&P last night came out with a report that it could downgrade U.S. debt even if the debt ceiling is raised. S&P basically came out and said Congress needs to cut $4 trillion from the budget over the next 10 years, or a downgrade is likely. S&P and the other rating agencies are doing...
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Benzinga's Top Upgrades
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 8:05am | 129Analysts at BMO Capital Markets upgraded Patriot Coal (NYSE: PCX) from “underperform” to “market perform.” PCX's shares closed at $21.84 yesterday. Patriot Coal's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $2.14 billion. Analysts at JP Morgan upgraded Rock-Tenn Company (NYSE: RKT) from “neutral” to “...
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News Summary for July 15, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 7:53am | 571This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' outlook for Friday, July 15, 2011, covering headlines from overnight and Friday pre-market session. Today in domestic pre-market trading, U.S. equity futures are trading slightly higher despite a U.S. debt downgrade warning by the S&P. The U.S....
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BMO Upgrades Walter Energy To Outperform
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 6:00am | 22BMO Capital Markets has upgraded Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT) from Market Perform to Outperform.
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Mike Khouw's 3M Company (MMM) Trade
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 7:17pm | 126CNBC Options Action's Mike Khouw said on the show that 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) has been growing pretty consistently, but its valuation at this point might be a little bit toward the upper end. He thinks that the stock is near an important technical level if it drops below $94. Mike Khouw wants to...
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Should Dividend Growth Investors Forgive General Electric?
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 4:26pm | 3484There was a time in the not-too-distant past when General Electric Co. (GE) was the darling of Wall Street and everybody's favorite stock to own. This was especially true during the Jack Welch Era, which spanned the years 1981 to 2000. In truth, I agree that Jack Welch should have been given a...
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Thursday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 12:24pm | 84Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 176,504 contracts, 52.8% calls, 47.2% puts 2. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) 129,214 contracts, 68.5% calls, 31.5% puts 3. General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) 70,870 contracts, 32.2% calls, 67.8% puts 4. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:...
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GE Signs Contract for First Wind Farm in Vietnam's Mekong Delta
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 10:03am | 249GE (NYSE: GE) has signed a contract with local developer Cong Ly Company Ltd. to provide 10 of its 1.6-82.5 wind turbines and operations and maintenance services for phase one of the Bac Lieu Wind Farm, totaling 16 megawatts of power generation capacity. Cong Ly Company Ltd. also has plans for a...
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Morgan Keegan Maintains Market Perform Teleflex
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 9:45am | 97Morgan Keegan is out with its report today on Teleflex (NYSE: TFX), maintaining Market Perform. In a note to clients, Morgan Keegan writes, "Although there will need to be near-term investment in systems and other measures to streamline the operations, we believe that productivity improvement is...
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UPDATE: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Downgrades 3M to Underperform
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 9:02am | 125Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on 3M Company (NYSE: MMM), downgrading MMM from Neutral to Underperform. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "We are downgrading MMM to Underperform from Neutral. No change to our estimates or PO at this time. 3M's...
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Bank of America Downgrades 3M To Underperform, $106 PO
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 8:38am | 27Bank of America has downgraded 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) from Neutral to Underperform and has a price objective of $106.
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Rubber & Plastics Industry With The Highest Dividend Yield
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 3:59am | 121Below are the top small-cap rubber & plastics stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. A. Schulman Inc (NASDAQ: SHLM) has a dividend yield of 2.60%. SHLM's shares closed at $24.14 yesterday. Myers Industries Inc (NYSE: MYE) has a dividend yield of 2.50%. MYE's shares...
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Is Hot Air Killing Wind Power?
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 11:41am | 893By Justin Rohrlich The executive director of Massachusetts' Clean Power Now says we need to stop talking and start doing. The US Interior Department released a preliminary assessment yesterday which found little expected environmental impact from 354,000 proposed acres of wind farms off the coast...
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Deutsche Bank Updates 7/11/11
Monday, July 11, 2011 - 7:49am | 998Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. Affymetrix (NASDAQ: AFFX) had its rating maintained at Hold. At the same time, its price target has been raised from $6 to $7. On Friday, AFFX added 3.03% to its value to end the week at $6.79....