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November 12, 2009
Wal-Mart (WMT) Standard & Poor's Equity Research reiterates strong buy; raises estimate S&P equity analyst Joseph Agnese said on Nov.12 that Wal-Mart's October-quarter...
November 9, 2009
If you boil down the motivations behind Kraft Foods' (KFT) hostile bid for Cadbury (CBY), you reach an undeniable fact: People all over the world love candy, gum, and ...
November 8, 2009
Almost everyone loves pizza, long an inexpensive mainstay for Americans. And with an economic downturn, you would expect pizza sales to be piping hot. Surprisingly, ...
November 8, 2009
Markets may have rebounded in 2009, but individual investors are still edgy and shell-shocked. Even as the broad Standard & Poor's 500-stock index remained up 56% ...
November 6, 2009
Highlights of analyst stock opinions issued the week of Nov. 2-6: Nov. 6 Starbucks (SBUX) Jefferies & Co. reaffirms hold; raises price target Starbucks said its ...
November 6, 2009
Starbucks (SBUX) Jefferies & Co. reaffirms hold; raises price target Shares of Starbucks Corp. perked up in premarket trading Nov. 5 after the chain said its ...
November 5, 2009
Rising productivity is usually one of the best things you can hope for in an economy. It means people are producing more for each hour they work. That's the path to ...
November 4, 2009
On Nov. 4, stocks rallied on hopes the Federal Reserve would make clear that interest rates would remain low for a long time. But, when a Fed statement was issued ...
November 3, 2009
At the beginning of every quarter since 2006, investor Mario Gabelli's stockpicking team has gone out on a limb to highlight five stocks as its top choices for the ...
November 3, 2009
Two small companies joining forces might not normally attract much notice. But the Nov. 3 acquisition of Diedrich Coffee (DDRX) by Peet's Coffee & Tea (PEET) combines ...
November 2, 2009
By BW Staff BusinessWeek compiled comments from Wall Street economists and analysts on key economic and financial market topics on Nov. 2: Edward McKelvey, Goldman ...
October 28, 2009
This October certainly hasn't been the harrowing month the stock market has come to expect from past experience. After all, the Dow Jones industrial average topped the...
October 27, 2009
From the perspective of last spring, this is a stock market that looks very expensive. From early March to the recent peak in mid-October 2009, the Standard & Poor's ...
October 27, 2009
Although hardly a household name, Covance (CVD), which provides a wide range of services in the development of medicines, is a sought-after player in the ...
October 27, 2009
BusinessWeek compiled comments from Wall Street economists and analysts on key economic and financial market topics on Oct. 27: Bill Gross, PIMCO Asset appreciation in...
October 26, 2009
Vassili Serebriakov, Wells Fargo Bank The euro just managed to carve out a new 14-month high against the dollar [in overseas trading Oct. 26], but struggled to extend ...
October 15, 2009
At the very least, it's clear that U.S. manufacturing has stopped its dramatic decline. That reality is reflected in economic data, recent corporate earnings reports, ...
October 14, 2009
The banking industry's third-quarter earnings season began with a pleasant surprise on Oct. 14, when JPMorgan Chase (JPM) posted profits that blew away market ...
October 14, 2009
What a difference seven months can make. On Oct. 14, the Dow Jones industrial average closed at 10,0015.86, 53% above its recent low of 6547.05 on Mar. 9. While the ...
October 12, 2009
The U.S. economy has spent almost two years shrinking, and Standard & Poor's 500 corporate earnings have dropped more than 25% in the past year. It's not an easy ...
October 12, 2009
It's not a foregone conclusion, but, if all goes right for stock investors, the Dow Jones industrial average could surpass the 10,000 mark soon. On Oct. 12, the ...
October 8, 2009
The great stock market fire sale of 2009 is over. The broad Standard & Poor's 500-stock index has jumped 58% since March, and it's common to find stocks that have ...
October 7, 2009
Given so much weakness in the U.S. dollar lately, there are probably lots of people wondering how it will affect their investment portfolios before the currency ...
October 6, 2009
When third-quarter earnings reports start rolling in this week, companies will have a chance to show they're feeling a real economic recovery. If analysts are right in...
October 4, 2009
Nobody expects this October to bring economic news to rival last year's house of financial horrors, but that doesn't mean most investors aren't jittery about little ...
