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Activist investor Carl Icahn in a CNBC interview last week said that in some ways he would be better off if Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) chose not to take his advice and increase its stock buyback. "As far as I'm concerned,” Icahn said, “I'm actually better off with them doing...

According to Barron’s, it’s “good-bye” time, not “buy” time for Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). It did not help that holiday sales fell almost a full percent compared to the two percent gain analysts expected. In addition, the company expects to report a decline in Q4 operating profit on February 27....

Stocks pushed higher Tuesday in a rally that sent the Dow Jones industrials and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to new highs. The Nasdaq Composite Index finished at a 13-year high. The rally was built on expectations the Federal Reserve will leave its current bond-buying program in place...

Rating analyst and managing director for S&P's sovereign-ratings group Marie Cavanaugh appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning where she talked about the chances of downgrading the United States' debt.  "We changed the outlook to stable earlier this year for, because of the improvement in...

S&P cut the debt ratings of three of Europe's largest banks late Tuesday as new rules and "uncertain market conditions" threaten business across the continent. Barclays (NYSE: BCS), Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS), and Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) all had their credit ratings cut one notch. Downgrades...

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Thomas Lee, JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) Chief U.S. Equity Strategist, spoke on CNBC's Squawk Box on Monday morning, where he discussed where investors should put their money to work and why, as well as the place of the Fed in today's and tomorrow's market. "I think investors who have't put money...

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U.S. equity futures rose in early Thursday trading as comments from the World Bank's President, Dr. Jim Young Kim, indicated that he believes that China will be very aggressive in trying to restore growth once the political transition has taken place within the first half of 2013. The comments from...

As the U.S., Japan and some developed Europe nations come to grips with astronomically higher debt-to-GDP ratios and less-than-perfect credit ratings, investors looking for sound fiscal positions might do well to consider emerging markets. From Latin America to the Middle East to Southeast Asia,...

Following three days where 20-plus stocks were re-rated into daily Buy- or Sell-equivalent views, sell-side analysts had a light day. Five stocks received new bullish views (upgrades to or initiations with Buy, Overweight or Outperform) and three others were subject to bearish ratings actions (...