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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Amazon, Apple, Bitcoin, GameStop, Netflix And More
Sunday, July 25, 2021 - 6:25pm | 1169Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Last week's bullish calls included the iPhone maker, a top oilfield services stock and a pharmaceutical giant. FAANG stocks, the top cryptocurrency and meme stocks were among the bearish calls seen....
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Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Apple, Boeing, FANGs And More
Sunday, March 15, 2020 - 9:45am | 882Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a top bank and the FANG stocks. Bearish calls included many oil stocks and the iPhone maker. The U.S. markets had another tough week due to the one-two punch of an unexpected oil...
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Halliburton Among Companies Cutting 1,000 Jobs In Oklahoma, Texas
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 9:54am | 436Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) announced it is cutting 808 jobs with the closure of an office in El Reno, Oklahoma, according to the Houston Chronicle. Houston-based Halliburton informed the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development of the decision to terminate the jobs in El Reno on Dec. 2. "The...
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Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Ford, Halliburton, Microsoft, Tesla And More
Sunday, April 28, 2019 - 10:13am | 875Benzinga has examined prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls a top automaker, a telecom leader and a tech giant. And bearish calls included FAANG stocks and an old-school chip maker. A remarkably solid earnings season overall rolls on, despite the low...
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Benzinga's Bulls & Bears Of The Week: Fitbit, GE, Intel, Target, Walmart And More
Monday, March 5, 2018 - 8:33am | 783Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a leading semiconductor maker and oilfield services giants. Bearish calls featured a wearable device maker and the world's largest retailer. Volatility was turned up again last...
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Mixed Earnings Expectations For Merger Hopefuls Dow And DuPont
Monday, January 23, 2017 - 2:43pm | 647Two merging chemical giants are expected to report their earnings this week. Consensus Wall Street forecasts see very different results from each of them. Both have handily topped earnings estimates in recent quarters. We are in the heart of the fourth-quarter earnings reporting season. Among the...
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Mixed Earnings Expectations For Transportation Giants
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 9:27am | 742Three leading transportation companies are due to report earnings this week. Expectations for the two rail giants and a big airline are very different. The ongoing Trump rally and anticipation of infrastructure spending marked the quarter. The fourth-quarter earnings reporting season is underway...
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Big Banks To Kick Off New Earnings Season With Mixed Results?
Sunday, October 9, 2016 - 1:58pm | 841Three of the big U.S. banks help to kick off a new earnings season this week Wall Street analysts expect to see earnings declines from all three of them. But consensus forecasts also predict marginal top-line growth from two. The third-quarter earnings reporting season is just getting underway...
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Halliburton Cites Regulatory Approvals, Industry Challenges In Terminating Baker Hughes Merger
Monday, May 2, 2016 - 8:10am | 436Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) and Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) announced over the weekend that the companies have terminated their proposed merger agreement, which was proposed back in November 2014. Halliburton proposed to acquire Baker Hughes in a transaction valued at $28 billion....
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Halliburton Pushes Q1 Conference Call To May 3, Cites April 30 Merger Agreement Deadline With Baker Hughes
Monday, April 25, 2016 - 11:01am | 344Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) announced on Friday that a scheduled conference call to discuss its first quarter results will be postponed from April 25 to May 3. Halliburton noted its decision to postpone the conference call is due to an April 30 deadline for its proposed merger with Baker...
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Facebook And Amazon: More Earnings From The FANG Stocks
Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 4:38pm | 741Two of the so-called FANG stocks offered up disappointing quarterly results last week. The other two FANG stocks are on deck to share their latest results this week. Wall Street analysts continue to look for strong earnings growth from both of them. The so-called FANG stocks were the momentum...
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Chrysler And Ford Earnings: Following In GM's Footsteps?
Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 4:38pm | 725Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two automaker giants. Wall Street analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from both of them. However, estimates have been slipping for one and rising for the other. Expectations were already high for the latest earnings from...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Apple, Seagate Technology, Toll Brothers And More
Saturday, April 9, 2016 - 4:02pm | 594Featured stories this weekend in Barron's ponder the prospects for two technology giants, a leading luxury homebuilder and a small-cap bottle maker. This issue also includes the latest Barron's mutual fund quarterly report, which takes a look at results from the rough first quarter. Other articles...
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It's Official: DoJ Will File Suit To Block Baker Hughes-Halliburton Merger
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 11:37am | 376Shares of Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) gained more than 5 percent Wednesday, while Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) gained more than 6 percent after the U.S. Justice Department announced it will sue to block the merger between the two companies. The Department of Justice alleges the...
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Report: Halliburton Using 'Hail Mary' To Save Baker Hughes Mega-Deal
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 9:44am | 267Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL)'s proposed merger with Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) isn't exactly proceeding according to plan due to regulatory scrutiny. The Department of Justice hasn't yet made a decision in favor or against the merger. Antitrust officials are also...