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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (T, ADP. BBY, CHK, DNDN, ETFC, JCP, JPM, GS, MS, JEF, KLAC, LIFE, MCD, KORS, NFLX, VPRT, ZNGA)

Administrator — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:19:53 +0000

This last week brought many new analyst calls in key stocks. At the end of each week we review research calls looking for the best gems, the calls that made serious money for investors, and we also look for the duds which were wrong or just stood apart from the crowd. The 24/7 Wall St. [...]

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FTC Sues To Block Omnicare/PharMerica Merger; Express/Medco Next? (OCR, PMC, MHS, ESRX, T)

Administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:31:25 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block the merger between Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR) and Pharmerica Corporation (NYSE: PMC), where Omnicare is seeking to acquire the rival pharmacy provider PharMerica…. It makes you wonder how far behind a potential blockage of the Medco Health Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS) and Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX) merger is. [...]

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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (BBY, SD, ALL, JCP, KIM, AEP, CVX, D, F, HON, PG, SOA, CPHD, INFI, NRGY, RVBD)

Paul Ausick — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:07:13 +0000

All three major US indexes opened lower this morning following the report that US GDP grew by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. A rise of 3% was expected. Combined with the lack of a solution the Greek debt swap and lackluster earnings from several major US companies, the DJIA has remained down all day though [...]

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Facebook IPO Rumors Growing Louder & Louder (GSVC, MSFT, MS, GS, DSI)

Administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:42:26 +0000

Facebook is now rumored to be filing its IPO paperwork as soon as next week. The ‘rumor’ is coming out of a report from the Wall Street Journal that Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and/or Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) might get the lead role in the underwriting and that the value is being implied at [...]

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Fitch Joins E.U. Downgrade Waves (EWK, IRE, EIRL, IRL, EWI, TI, EWP, STD)

Administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:30:03 +0000

Fitch has joined in on the European sovereign credit rating downgrades. First it was S&P, but we might argue that this should have mostly been factored in already. Is it a secret that the economies in Europe have been slowing and have more exposure these days? Fitch is cutting six Eurozone sovereign ratings (on Rating Watch [...]

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Dividend & Replacement Cycle, Discounting Ford’s Poor Earnings (F, GM)

Administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:53:52 +0000

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is getting clocked today after earnings. Some of the news should have been anticipated that Thai floods affected its supply chain in Asia because the company already telegraphed that. After taking a look at the start of the dividend and the trends in America and Asia, today may be a [...]

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Morning Movers (INFI, RVBD, SOA, INFA, F)

Paul Ausick — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:06:27 +0000

There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: INFI), Riverbed Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD), Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), Informatica Corp. (NASDAQ: INFA), and Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F). After the first half-hour of trading, Infinity Pharmaceuticals [...]

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Marlboro Country Getting Smaller (MO)

Paul Ausick — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:11:52 +0000

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), makers of Marlboro cigarettes and many other branded tobacco products, reported fourth quarter earnings this morning. Adjusted EPS came in at $0.50, a penny better than estimates. Revenue totaled $4.34 billion, also above the consensus estimate of $4.23 billion. Net income for the quarter was down by -9% year-over-year at [...]

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Chevron Earnings Could Act As DJIA Drag (CVX, XOM, DIA)

Administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:37 +0000

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is out with earnings. Regardless of the rhetoric, endless earnings growth is not just assured. The earnings of $5.1 billion sounds massive, but that is down from about $5.3 billion a year earlier. Chevron’s earnings of $2.58 EPS is versus $2.64 EPS a year earlier and versus Thomson Reuters estimates of $2.84 [...]

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Today’s Best Market Rumors (1/27/2011) IMF Greek Forecasts, Opel Changes

247wallst — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:40:19 +0000

Updated throughout the day on The Wire The IMF has circulated a private document among EU leaders which shows the Greek financial situation worse than thought. (NYT) GM (NYSE: GM) will quicken the pace of its Opel restructuring (Bloomberg) Douglas A. McIntyre Filed under: 24/7 Wall St. Wire, Rumors

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