4 Financial Stock Stories Gaining Traction on Thursday
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS): Current price $157.27 On Thursday, Goldman Sachs sold its largest structured notes outside the United States in six years, raising $151.5 million from securities...
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Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX): Closing price $121.37 Nigeria’s government oil company has warned investors who may be interested in three shallow water oil blocks offered for sale by Chevron, that buyers...
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Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA): The U.S. will be selling eight advanced Boeing Apache fighter helicopters to Indonesia in a deal worth $500 million that includes radar, training and maintenance. Defense...
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Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C): Current price $50.09 For the fourth straight year, The Nilson Report has ranked Citi as the number one Corporate Card issuer in the United States. This ranking is based on 2012...
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Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC): Current price $42.15 Wells Fargo has been recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project for its endeavors to lower greenhouse gas emissions, thus achieving a position on...
View ArticleIs Apple Moving Toward a Bull Market?
Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock recently crossed a technical threshold that may indicate the Cupertino-based company’s shares will soon rise in value. As noted by MarketWatch, Apple’s stock hit the...
View ArticleUBS Analyst: Focus on User Experience Is Crushing Apple
Ever since Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) debuted its new iPhone lineup on September 10, the company’s stock has dropped, and analysts are scratching their heads over the unimpressive iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C....
View ArticleUS Treasury Further Reduces Its General Motors Ownership and 2 Other Hot...
General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM): Current price $36.92 Online documents indicate that the United States Treasury has sold another block of shares in General Motors, shrinking its ownership to 7.3 percent...
View ArticleBarclays and SAC Under Investigation, LinkedIn Growth to Slow: Morning Buzzers
U.S. stock futures advanced on Wednesday, the second day of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting, as investors are confident the Fed won’t begin paring back stimulus anytime soon. Many economists...
View ArticleIntel Ponders Future of Media Unit, Merck Commits to Zilmax, and 3 More Hot...
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC): Rather than bringing its Web-based TV service to market on its own, AllThingsD is reporting that Intel is exploring the possibility of turning the project over to Verizon...
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM): Current price $52.59 An inside sources reports that JPMorgan has put Richard Usher, its chief currency dealer in London, on leave. This perhaps reflects...
View ArticleWill Barclays See Its Stock Rise?
With shares of Barclays (NYSE:BCS) trading around $17, is BCS an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE, or STAY AWAY? Let’s analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework. T =...
View ArticleAT&T Said to Be Prepping a Vodafone Takeover and 2 More Heavily Traded Stocks...
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T): Current price $36.21 Knowledgeable persons say that AT&T executives are internally taking steps toward a potential takeover of Vodafone Group Plc in 2014, planning a...
View ArticleDisney’s Strong Quarter, Coca-Cola’s Big China Spend, and 3 More Hot Stocks
Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS): Shares of Disney have recovered after a post-results dip, as earnings per share of 77 cents beat projections by 1 cent and revenue of $11.57 billion beat by $170 million....
View ArticleHere Is Why Bank Chat Rooms Are a Problem
Recent investigations by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, the Department of Justice, and foreign regulators have focused on banks chat room conversations — specifically on one such chat room...
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BlackRock Inc. (NYSE:BLK): Current price $300.62 The provider of exchange-traded funds has recruited Rachel Lord from Citigroup Inc. to manage its iShares ETF unit in Europe, the Middle East, and...
View ArticleWal-Mart’s Situation With Sam’s Club, UBS’ Japanese Banking Talks, and 3 More...
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT): Belus Capital’s Brian Sozzi has weighed in on Wal-Mart after its weaker-than-expected earnings report, noting that to succeed, Wal-Mart should let go of its Sam’s Club wholesale...
View ArticleAnalyst: New iPad Sales Won’t Return Apple’s Tablet Market Crown
UBS analyst Steven Milunovich took a somewhat pessimistic view of Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) new iPad sales and overall position in the tablet market in a recent note to investors. The analyst noted via...
View ArticleChrysler Readies IPO, Green Mountain Beats Expectations: Morning Buzzers
U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday morning after a report said that last week fewer Americans filed for jobless claims than forecast. Data from the U.S. Department of Labor released Thursday showed...
View Article4 Financial Stock Stories on the Money on Thursday
UBS AG (NYSE:UBS): Current price $18.05 The Wall Street Journal is reporting that UBS has reached an agreement with European regulators to obtain immunity in an inquiry into manipulation of benchmark...
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