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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Thanksgiving proved to be a turkey for global equity markets on debt problems at Dubai World. Mixed Messages from the US Capital Markets - US Treasury yields, Commodities, Currencies and the totem pole of major equity averages US Treasury yields and commodities declined as the dollar stabilized and global equities markets took it on the chin as Dubai World asks creditors for a postponement of debt...
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MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
CBRL Group (NasdaqNM: CBRL) opened at $38.70. So far today, the stock has hit a low of $37.88 and a high of $38.70. CBRL is now trading at $38.21, up $0.14 (0.37%). Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $14.25 to a high of $38.70. CBRL shares are rising today after analysts at RBC Capital Markets reiterated the stock at Sector Perform and raise...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that Dave Anderson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the Friedman Billings Ramsey Capital Markets Fall Investor Conference on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 3:05 p.m. EST in New York City.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Busch to have dual role as Public Policy Strategist and Global Foreign Currency Strategist
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Ask Richard McGuire at RBC Capital Markets about the outlook for bonds and the potential dangers of a new bubble in sovereign debt
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Affymax, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFY) today announced the closing of its underwritten public offering of 4,726,027 shares of its common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriter’s overallotment option of 616,438 shares. The net proceeds to the company after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses are approximately...
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MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Diamondrock Hospitality Co. (DRH) was upgraded today by analysts at RBC Capital Markets and the stock is now at $8.50, up $0.07 (0.83%) on volume of 813,952 shares traded. The analysts upgraded DRH to Outperform from Sector Perform. Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $2.61 to a high of $9.10. Diamondrock Hospitality...
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MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Hospitality Property Trust (HPT) was downgraded today by analysts at RBC Capital Markets and the stock is now at $18.21, down $0.55 (-2.93%) on volume of 1,167,413 shares traded. The brokerage downgraded HPT to Sector Perform from Outperform. Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $8.34 to a high of $21.82. Hospitality Property Trust stock has been showing suppo...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Israel Chemicals Ltd., the Tel Aviv provider of fertilizer and specialty chemicals, reported third-quarter net income fell 67% on 38% lower sales. Net income was $256.6 million compared with $778.6 million in the year-earlier quarter. Adjusted earnings fell to $278.9 million from $846.1 million. Sales declined to $1.35 billion from $2.18 billion. The drop reflects the year-ago...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch on Monday said it raised its 12-month target on the S&P 500 index to 1,275 from 1,200 previously, citing expectations of improved earnings per share in the financial, technology and energy sectors. The firm also raised its oil price forecast to $85 a barrel for 2010 and 2011, up from a forecast of $75 for next year and of $80 in 2011, based...
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The Mess That Greenspan Made (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Obviously, Tim Duy has never read The Creature from Jeckyll Island , otherwise he might not be so quick to write passages like the one below in what is an otherwise fine analysis of the dilemmas faced by the nation's central bank in The Fed in a Corner . Worse now for the Fed is the impression that monetary authorities work first and foremost for Wall Street. Of course, Fed officials see this a bit...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's Fixed Income Risk Management Services (FIRMS), an analytics and research unit separate from S&P's ratings business, and Experian(®), the global information services company, today announced a strategic alliance to improve transparency in the securitized loan market. S&P and Experian Capital Markets will collaborate on integrating Experian's...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
TORONTO, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: BMO), has been named the Best Bank for the Canadian Dollar by FX Week Magazine.
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
These are Friday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this morning in Wall Street research calls: AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) Started as Outperform at BMO Capital Markets. Dillard’s (NYSE: DDS) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. Dominion (NYSE: D) Cut to Sell at Citigroup. Intel [...]
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Shares in Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. climbed 2.3% in early trading on the Amsterdam market after the private equity firm said late Thursday that it swung to a third-quarter profit and is seeing interesting investment opportunities. The firm closed a deal in October to buy its Amsterdam-listed fund and become a publicly traded company. KKR reported economic net income...