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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 31
Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:31am | 1163Halloween and the Day of the Dead arrive this week. If analysts' forecasts are correct, there are only a few earnings reports that may scare investors. For instance, Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) earnings are predicted to have fallen 93.1% year over year to $0.58 per share. Allstate (NYSE:...
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Blackstone Among Investors Vying for Anglo Irish's U.S. Loans
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 9:47am | 380Investor groups said to be vying for $9.65 billion in U.S. property loans held by Anglo Irish Bank include those led by Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), Centerbridge Capital Partners, TPG Capital and Cerberus Capital Management. The deadline for bids was yesterday. The Dublin-based bank was...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 1
Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 10:02am | 1197Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...
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UPDATE: J.P. Morgan Resumes Coverage on AIG at Neutral
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 7:48am | 81J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on AIG (NYSE: AIG), resuming coverage on AIG at Neutral. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We are resuming coverage of AIG with a Neutral rating and 12/31/11 price target of $32. We had been restricted on the company due to its restructuring and J....
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UPDATE: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Initiates AIG at Buy
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 8:25am | 127Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on AIG (NYSE: AIG), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "We are initiating coverage of AIG with a Buy rating. We believe that with the shares trading at under 60% of our estimated year-ahead book...
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Goldman Sachs Initiates Coverage of AIG with Neutral and PT of $31
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 8:14am | 124Goldman Sachs initiated its coverage of AIG (NYSE: AIG) with Neutral. At the same time, Goldman placed the price target on the company's stock at $31. In a research report published today, Goldman stressed that near-term risks will offset any opportunities for the company's share price to rise. In...
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Is Now the Time to Bet on AIG?
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 2:04pm | 380Has AIG (NYSE: AIG) gone from “too big to fail” to “too cheap to overlook”? Maybe. Conventional wisdom says that the smart money is found in leading the herd from pasture to pasture. However, it is unlikely you, a lone investor, have the financial means to move the entire market overnight, the way...
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Five Stocks for the Day After the End of the World
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 5:20pm | 792So the latest batch of Chicken Littles is certain that doomsday is May 21, 2011. Of course this is just the latest in a long line of end-of-the-world predictions. Someone is bound to be correct eventually, I suppose. But will this be the day? We will see soon. In the meanwhile, here are five...
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AIG CEO Robert Benmosche: $10B+ Profit For Taxpayers
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 8:19am | 88Will taxpayers come out ahead when AIG (NYSE: AIG) settles its debt? Company CEO Robert Benmosche says that yes – and by about $10 billion. In fact, Benmosche told CNBC that taxpayers could see a $15 billion profit. Benmosche also said that higher value for AIG's shares would be beneficial to...
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MetLife Down After AIG Allowed To Sell Its Stake Earlier Than Expected (MET, AIG)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 3:14pm | 165Shares of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) are currently trading at $43.97, down 4.69% from $46.04 at yesterday's close. Thus far, the trading range for MET has been from a high of $44.77 to a low of $43.74 today. The average price target analysts have for this stock is $54.53, according to Yahoo! (NASDAQ...
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AIG, Treasury Plan Public Offering
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 12:30pm | 149Reuters is reporting that AIG (NYSE: AIG) and the US Treasury are planning a public offering for 2011. According to Reuters, sources close to the matter say, "AIG and the Treasury would both sell stock in the offering, which could total more than $10 billion. An offering could come as early as...
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KBW Raises AIG Estimates; PT Goes To $17.50
Monday, November 15, 2010 - 10:24am | 67American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) reported 3Q10 net operating income of $2.1 billion, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reports. “The company has also announced a recapitalization plan and successfully executed upon the sales of the foreign life businesses,” KBW writes. “We are raising our...
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American International Group (AIG) Closes Down On Rumor
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 4:30pm | 76American International Group (NYSE: AIG) closed down after a rumor began to spread about the company possibly announcing a stock offering. The shares of the company were initially higher today and briefly traded in the $54/share range. However at 3pm the rumor broke of a possible secondary issuing...
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AIG Poised for Another Day Of Strong Gains (AIG)
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 9:20am | 88American International Group (NYSE: AIG) is poised for a strong open today. Trading in pre-market indicates an open of around $54.00/share or 11.75% above yesterday's close. The company has been very volatile with huge volume over the past several months. If it does open at the $54 level it will...
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American International Group (AIG) poised to drop
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 9:22am | 81American International Group (AIG) is poised to drop around 6% this morning, after plummeting about 14% yesterday and 34% since last Friday. The run up from around $15/share in the beginning of August has largely been speculative, with no news. A downgrade and price target of $10/share from...