Will Royal Bank of Scotland’s Impending Fine Anger These Top Institutional...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC. (NYSE:RBS) may have to settle with regulators for their alleged involvement in the LIBOR rate rigging scandal by paying over $800 million in fines as early as next...
View ArticleWill Royal Bank of Scotland’s Settlement Discussions Make These Top...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE:RBS) announced that they are having “late-state settlement discussions” with regulators such as the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom, the United...
View ArticleFacebook’s Mobile Ad Revenue Leap and 4 Other Hot Stocks
Facebook’s (NASDAQ:FB) mobile ad revenue is projected to fall around $965 million for 2013, and expected to break $1.5 billion for 2014, at least according to research firm eMarketer. The 2013 figure...
View ArticleBerkshire Brings AIG Executives On Board and 3 Other Hot Stocks
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKB): Berkshire has big plans to break into the commercial insurance industry, and it has hired four executives from AIG (NYSE:AIG) to do so. “We would like to get into the...
View ArticleToyota Predicts Further Growth, AstraZeneca Goes Shopping, and 3 More Hot Stocks
Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE:TM): On the heels of posting its largest annual profit in five years, Toyota is forecasting that the growth trends will continue, and profits will spike to the highest levels...
View ArticleCramer Says Buy Panera Bread, MGM Resorts, and These 2 Stocks
Jim Cramer made the following calls on May 30th, 2013. What do you think about his picks? Panera Bread Co. (NASDAQ:PNRA): Jim Cramer ranked this stock a Buy. Cramer previously ranked this stock a Buy...
View ArticleDisney Raises Admission Costs, Cisco’s Latest Dividend, and 3 More Hot Stocks
Disney (NYSE:DIS): Disney theme parks in California and Florida have raised their costs of admission, with single-day admission prices increasing as much as 9.6 percent. As of Sunday, one-day entry to...
View ArticleApple’s Rumor Mill Spins On, GlaxoSmithKline Explores Bribery Claims, and 3...
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL): As the competitive climate continues to heat up, Apple is thinking about making some drastic changes to keep its head in the game, according to sources. A 4.7-inch and 5.7-inch...
View ArticleAnalysts: Safeway Sold Its Profitability and 3 More Research Notes to Check Out
Safeway (NYSE:SWY): Following Safeway’s agreement to sell just over 200 stores in Canada, Cantor points out that Canada accounted for most Safeway’s consolidated earnings. The firm thinks that the...
View ArticleCan Mark Carney Save the World from a Second Financial Crisis?
After the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor, proved to be susceptible to manipulation, new Bank of England head Mark Carney is looking for ways to prevent such a scandal from happening again....
View ArticleCan Barclays Deal with its Capital Shortfall Ahead of the Mid-Year Report?
Barclays (NYSE:BCS) is one of three major British banks that will report half-year earnings this week, and the stock kicked off the week on a negative note. Shares fell as much as 3.8 percent on the...
View ArticleCramer Likes RBS, Kroger, These 2 Stocks
Jim Cramer made the following calls on July 29th, 2013. What do you think about his picks? Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (NYSE:RBS): Jim Cramer ranked this stock a Buy. Cramer previously ranked this...
View Article4 Financial Stock Stories Getting Noticed on Thursday
Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG): Current price $4.50 Lloyds reported Thursday that second quarter profit has more than doubled, as the bank gets closer to privatization. Lloyds said that profit climbed...
View ArticleDoJ Puts Bank of America in its Sights, AIG’s Solid Quarter, and 3 More Hot...
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC): The Department of Justice is planning to file civil charges against Bank of America over a sale of one or two mortgage bonds, according to a statement submitted by the bank...
View ArticleWhy Is Citigroup Angry at Wall Street Regulators?
The ghosts of financial crises past can haunt banks forever. In the case of Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), the final ruling on an investment dispute wasn’t worth the wait. Reuters reports a claim filed by an...
View ArticleApple Faces E-Book Penalties, UK May Hold Stake in RBS, and 3 More Hot Stocks
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL): U.S. District Judge Denise Cote is exploring the possibility of restricting the kind of e-book deals that Apple can maintain with five publishers for five years, including...
View ArticleBoeing’s 787 Headaches Return, Comcast’s Big Box Office Year, and 3 More Hot...
Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA): More bad news from Camp Dreamliner: All Nippon Airways has detected a wiring fault in the fire extinguishers for engines of three 787s, and the carrier is analyzing whether the...
View ArticleWal-Mart Gets a Downgrade, Best Buy’s Solid Quarter, and 3 More Hot Stocks
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT): Wal-Mart shares are trading slightly down in the wake of a downgrade from Susquehanna to Neutral from Positive, as the firm sees consumer spending remaining challenged. It also...
View Article4 Mergers and Acquisitions Stock Stories for Tuesday Due Diligence
Royal Bank of Scotland Group (NYSE:RBS): Current price $10.67 W&G Investments PLC on Tuesday extended an offer of as much as 1.5 billion pounds for 316 Royal Bank of Scotland branches that the...
View Article4 Financial Stock Stories Gaining Thursday Traction
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS): Current price $26.18 On Thursday, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said that Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will pay a $1 million penalty as well as...
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