Stocks in the Spotlight Thursday

Barron's 7/3/2009 6:52:04 PM

Elan (ELN). . American depositary receipts of the Irish biotech surged 8.6% on news that it agreed to sell its Alzheimer's immunotherapy program ...

National Australia Rating Raised, Commonwealth Bank Cut at Merrill Lynch

Bloomberg 7/3/2009 7:30:05 PM

National Australia Bank Ltd. had its rating raised to “neutral” and Commonwealth Bank of Australia was cut to “underperform” by Bank of America ...

Mariner Energy Is a Gulf Pro

Barron's 7/3/2009 7:09:53 AM

Mariner Energy (ME: NYSE) By Pritchard Capital Partners ($11.75, June 30, 2009). . WITH APOLOGIES TO THE great 18th century poet Samuel Taylor ...

Cazenove tones down Prudential report after complaint

Daily Telegraph, UK 7/4/2009 5:19:26 PM

The research note made disparaging remarks about reporting decisions taken by Tidjane Thiam, Prudential's chief financial officer who will take...

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small cap down 0.9 pct at the close

Reuters, UK 7/3/2009 12:06:11 PM

The FTSE small cap index .FTSC ends 0.9 percent lower, underperforming the wider UK market, with the FTSE 100 .FTSE up 0.1 percent while the FTSE...

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps fall 0.3 percent midday

Reuters, UK 7/3/2009 7:52:46 AM

The FTSE Small Cap index .FTSC falls 0.3 percent in midday trade, underperforming both the blue chips .FTSE and the midcaps .FTMC, which add 0.2...

Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: ADTN, CAL, EXFO, JCI, LUV, VAR, CSCO, KMT, EZCH

Blogging Stocks 7/2/2009 10:51:02 AM

Bank of Ireland keeps expected bad debt charge at €6 billion: Downside risks may exist

FinFacts Ireland 7/3/2009 3:18:26 AM

Palm: Kaufman Sets Hold Rating; Many Possible Suitors [Voices]

All Things Digital 7/1/2009 3:08:24 PM

Analyst: Palm Pre supply, demand in balance

ZDNet: Between the Lines 7/2/2009 11:35:23 AM

Facebook Grows By 700,000 Users A Day

Silicon Alley Insider 7/3/2009 6:04:06 AM