Year: 2014

Downgrades

TEXAS INDS (TXI) Downgraded by Zacks to UNDERPERFORM

January 6, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of TEXAS INDS (TXI) from NEUTRAL to UNDERPERFORM on January 06, 2014, with a target price of $64.90. Texas Industries, Inc., is a leading supplier of construction materials through two business segments: cement, aggregate and concrete products and structural steel and specialty bar products. Through the CAC segment, TXI produces and sells cement, stone, sand and gravel, expanded shale and clay aggregate and concrete products. […]

Downgrades

FIRST MIDWST BK (FMBI) Downgraded by Zacks to NEUTRAL

January 6, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of FIRST MIDWST BK (FMBI) from OUTPERFORM to NEUTRAL on January 06, 2014, with a target price of $20.10. FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP, INC. is a multi-bank holding company engaged in commercial banking, trust, investment management, insurance, mortgage origination and servicing activities. […]

Upgrades

Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. – ADR (ITUB) Upgraded by Zacks to OUTPERFORM

January 6, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. – ADR (ITUB) from NEUTRAL to OUTPERFORM on January 06, 2014, with a target price of $15.00. We have upgraded our recommendation on Itau Unibanco to Outperform from Neutral based on its organic growth aided by huge deposit base coupled with elevated loans level and diversifying efforts in the recovering economy. […]

Upgrades

MARTIN MIDSTRM (MMLP) Upgraded by Zacks to NEUTRAL

January 6, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of MARTIN MIDSTRM (MMLP) from UNDERPERFORM to NEUTRAL on January 06, 2014, with a target price of $44.20. Martin Midstream is a limited partnership which stores and transports hydrocarbon products and specialty chemicals, primarily in the Gulf Coast. It runs a marine transportation business, mostly barges and tugs, and operates storage tanks […]

Upgrades

MASTEC INC (MTZ) Upgraded by Zacks to NEUTRAL

January 6, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of MASTEC INC (MTZ) from UNDERPERFORM to NEUTRAL on January 06, 2014, with a target price of $33.40. MASTEC INC. is one of the largest providers of construction services to the telecommunications industry in the United States […]

Economic Data

Looking For Validation – Ahead of Wall Street

January 6, 2014 0

Monday, January 6, 2014 Stocks started off the New Year hung over from last year’s festivities, but ‘normal’ trading activities only get underway today as folks get back to work from the holidays. Hard to imagine, however, how things can get back to ‘normal’ with the deep freeze across the Midwest and much of the country today. The chilly weather notwithstanding, the growth outlook for the U.S […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Surgery Center Network Provider Partners to Benefit From Growth of TPA Caprock Health Group

January 6, 2014 0

Surgery Center Network Provider Partners to Benefit From Growth of TPA Caprock Health Group Recent acquisitions by Caprock will help SCN partners gain access to more cases and revenues PR Newswire DALLAS, Jan. 6, 2014 DALLAS , Jan. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Surgery Center Network (SCN), the most comprehensive network of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in the U.S., has announced its provider partners will gain greater access to patients and cases as the result of SCN partner Caprock Health Group completing two significant acquisitions in 2013. […]