Year: 2014

Mergers & Acquisitions

Shell Boosts its Leadership in Global LNG With the Completion of Repsol S.A. LNG Deal

January 2, 2014 0

Shell Boosts its Leadership in Global LNG With the Completion of Repsol S.A. LNG Deal PR Newswire THE HAGUE, January 2, 2014 THE HAGUE , January 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) today announces the successful completion of the acquisition of Repsol S.A.’s (“Repsol”) liquefied natural gas (LNG) portfolio outside North America for a headline cash consideration of $4.1 billion . […]

Momentum Stocks

Bear of the Day: Ryanair Holdings (RYAAY) – Bear of the Day

January 2, 2014 0

With a resurgent consumer and flat oil prices, it has been a pretty good time to be in the airline industry. Stock prices in this segment of the transport space have soared, and many appear well-positioned for 2014 gains as well. However, while many airlines have seen strength, a few have fallen by the wayside and could see their stocks grounded this year. […]

Momentum Stocks

Bull of the Day: Bally Technologies (BYI) – Bull of the Day

January 2, 2014 0

2013 was a year of incredible strength for the casino industry. In fact, the Market Vectors Gaming ETF ( BJK ), which arguably serves as a barometer of the global gaming market, has soared more than 44% on the year, easily crushing broad benchmarks in the process. And with a strong consumer market, there is plenty of reason to believe that this trend can continue in 2014 as well. […]

Upgrades

NORTHWEST BNCSH (NWBI) Upgraded by Zacks to OUTPERFORM

January 1, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of NORTHWEST BNCSH (NWBI) from NEUTRAL to OUTPERFORM on January 01, 2014, with a target price of $16.10. Northwest Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company whose sole activity is the ownership of all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Northwest Savings Bank and the majority ownership of Jamestown Savings Bank. […]

Upgrades

GRAFTECH INTL (GTI) Upgraded by Zacks to OUTPERFORM

January 1, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of GRAFTECH INTL (GTI) from NEUTRAL to OUTPERFORM on January 01, 2014, with a target price of $11.90. GrafTech International Ltd. is one of the world's largest manufacturers and providers of high quality natural and synthetic graphite and carbon based products and services, offering energy solutions to industry-leading customers worldwide engaged in the manufacture of steel, aluminum, silicon metal, automotive products and electronics […]

Downgrades

KEMET CORP (KEM) Downgraded by Zacks to NEUTRAL

January 1, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of KEMET CORP (KEM) from OUTPERFORM to NEUTRAL on January 01, 2014, with a target price of $6.60. KEMET Corporation and its subsidiaries is the world's largest manufacturer of solid tantalum capacitors and and one of the world's largest manufacturer of multilayer ceramic capacitors. According to industry sources, tantalum and ceramic capacitors are the two fastest growing sectors of the United States capacitor industry […]

Upgrades

RIVERBED TECH (RVBD) Upgraded by Zacks to OUTPERFORM

January 1, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of RIVERBED TECH (RVBD) from NEUTRAL to OUTPERFORM on January 01, 2014, with a target price of $19.50. Riverbed Technology, Inc. provides solutions to the fundamental problems of wide-area distributed computing in the United States and internationally. […]

Upgrades

FLOW INTL CORP (FLOW) Upgraded by Zacks to OUTPERFORM

January 1, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of FLOW INTL CORP (FLOW) from NEUTRAL to OUTPERFORM on January 01, 2014, with a target price of $4.30. Flow International Corporation is the world's leading developer and manufacturer of ultrahigh-pressure waterjet technology for cutting, cleaning and food safety applications. […]

Upgrades

ACHILLION PHARM (ACHN) Upgraded by Zacks to OUTPERFORM

January 1, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of ACHILLION PHARM (ACHN) from NEUTRAL to OUTPERFORM on January 01, 2014, with a target price of $3.60. ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. is an innovative pharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing important new treatments to patients with infectious disease […]

Upgrades

MSC INDL DIRECT (MSM) Upgraded by Zacks to NEUTRAL

January 1, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of MSC INDL DIRECT (MSM) from UNDERPERFORM to NEUTRAL on January 01, 2014, with a target price of $81.90. MSC Industrial Direct Company Inc. is one of the largest direct marketers of a broad range of industrial products to small and mid-sized industrial customers throughout the United States. […]

Upgrades

PURE CYCLE CORP (PCYO) Upgraded by Zacks to OUTPERFORM

January 1, 2014 0

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of PURE CYCLE CORP (PCYO) from NEUTRAL to OUTPERFORM on January 01, 2014, with a target price of $7.30. PureCycle Corporation is an investor-owned water company providing water and wastewater services including water production, storage, treatment, distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, irrigation water treatment and distribution, construction management, billing and collection and emergency response to its customers located in the greater Denver metropolitan area. Get all Zacks Research Reports and be alerted to fast-breaking buy and sell opportunities every trading day […]

Max Keiser

George Osborne (aka Clown of the Year) investing in debt, destruction!

January 1, 2014 0

[youtube Bur72_QiDvc] Watch the full Keiser Report: Thursday In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the scary banking clowns, the alleged decline in bank robberies and the Times’ ‘Briton of the Year,’ George Osborne causing a nation of a million mortgage holders in ‘perilous debt.’ In the second half, Max interviews Danny Blanchflower, a former external member of the Bank of England’s interest rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee, about the disastrous UK economy, George Osborne’s policies and the BoE decision to buy UK Gilts rather than other assets during this crisis. FOLLOW Max Keiser on Twitter: http://twitter.com/maxkeiser WATCH all Keiser Report shows here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL768A33676917AE90 (E1-E200) http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC3F29DDAA1BABFCF (E201-E400) http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPszygYHA9K2ZtV_1KphSugBB7iZqbFyz (E401-current) RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark […]