Year: <span>2011</span>

Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK), struggling to survive, lost its third director in a week. It is a sign that the company’s rocky past will be followed by a more difficult future. Kodak management...
Stocks opened lower this morning and have trended down all day. There was no major news today, although major European exchanges closed the year with losses: Germany’s DAX was down -15% on the...
2011 was more or less a wash for stock performance when it was all said and done.  There were several great stories and there were many duds.  24/7 Wall St. has compiled a list of what should be...
There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), MoSys Inc. (NASDAQ: MOSY),...
Finding analyst calls from Wall Street research and brokerage firms on the last trading day of the year is a bit like looking for four-leaf clovers.  Still, there are a few analyst upgrades,...
Calling on the death of a company is no fun task.  Some companies cannot get it right and it is amazing how some companies can hold on to a status as a public company.  24/7 Wall St. has compiled a...
Low prices for phosphate fertilizer products have forced The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) to cut production by up to 250,000 tons in the first quarter of 2012. Fertilizer makers Potash Corp. of...
After 30 years of payments to farmers and blenders, the federal subsidy on corn-based ethanol expired when Congress adjourned last week without taking any action to renew the payments. A cynic might...
US stock-index futures are slightly higher this morning following the lead of Asia’s markets which closed the last trading day of the year in positive territory. For the full year, though, Asian...