APEC Ministers Trying To Reach Doha Breakthrough - US (Nasdaq)
LIMA (AFP)--Asia-Pacific ministers spent hours in talks Wednesday to forge a breakthrough in the Doha Round of multilateral trade talks, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said.
Is Home Depot's Foundation Crumbling? (Schaeffers Research)
In this morning's Hot Research AM, Rochdale Research justified its reasons for upgrading Home Depot (HD: sentiment, chart, options) to "buy" from "hold," accompanying the move with a target-price hike to %2427.50 from %2425.00...( Read More )
BNP deputy Simon Darby admits: I use the City Hall to do party business (Times Online)
The second-in-command of the British National Party is employed at public expense by the Greater London Authority, The Times has learnt.
Should You Buy Kroger (KR) Now or Wait for the Sale Price? (Schaeffers Research)
According to this Barron's article, Kroger (KR: sentiment, chart, options) "trades at a premium to the broader stock market on a price-to-earnings basis." However, the author justifies this premium by noting that the stock should continue to climb as Americans dine at home due to the worsening economic environment...( Read More )
Is American Express a Buying Opportunity? (Schaeffers Research)
The article contends that while Wall Street is worried about the company's reliance on credit-markets funding, rising losses on its credit-card loan portfolio, and weakening consumer spending worldwide, American Express (AXP: sentiment, chart, options) should have enough liquidity even if credit-market conditions remain tough in 2009...( Read More )
A gift or hard graft? (Guardian Unlimited)
We look at outrageously talented and successful people - the Beatles, Mozart, Rockefeller, Bill Gates - and assume there is such a thing as pure genius. Not necessarily, argues Malcolm Gladwell...