According to the FT, former Fed chief Alan Greenspan says that the $75 billion plus fund to buy the assets of troubled investment vehicles is a bad idea. The leaders ... Read Full Story »
The New York Times was good enough to run a list of the world's 20 most valuable companies ranked by market cap in 1989, 1999, and 2007. Japan owned the ... Read Full Story »
Following is the short interest in stocks of major companies traded on the NYSE. Figures are as of October 15 and compare to numbers on September 28, 2007. Most of ... Read Full Story »
Lackluster earnings reports and bad news from the U.S. housing sector weighed all week on the markets, as oil pushed to record highs, the Canadian dollar climbed and the Dow ... Read Full Story »
The Wall Street Journal writes "CtW Investment Group, a pension-fund advisory group affiliated with seven big labor unions" has sent a letter to the board of Countywide Financial (CFC) asking ... Read Full Story »
AT&T (T) became the third big telecom company to file a patent suit against Vonage (VG). It follows actions by Sprint (S) and Verizon (VG). Those suits have been settled ... Read Full Story »