Financials play a big part in the latest edition of the top 10 most searched stocks on TheStreet.com, namely thanks to Citigroup (C Quote) and Morgan Stanley (MS Quote), who agreed to a joint venture involving their brokerages.
Morgan Stanley will pay $2.7 billion for a 51% stake in the venture, which will combine Citi's Smith Barney unit with Morgan Stanley's wealth-management division. Citigroup is also moving up its earnings announcement to this Friday, when the company is expected to report dismal results and news on a big downsizing.
Next up is General Electric (GE Quote), a stock weighing on the Dow Jones Industrial Average in recent sessions. Part of the reason is that Barclays cut its fourth-quarter earnings expectation on GE, saying it believes the company will report numbers at the low end of its estimated range. ...
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