You may or may not have heard of Millward Brown, but you might not be surprised who they ranked as the world's top brand: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) took the ... Read Full Story »
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) cuts revenue forecasts for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) just ahead of its IPO. (Reuters) The U.S. allows China to buy treasuries directly without banker assistance. (Reuters) MF Global ... Read Full Story »
It appears increasingly likely that concerns about the future of Greece will depress equity markets worldwide. Politicians in the country have failed to set a coalition government, despite several efforts. ... Read Full Story »
The number of shares Facebook will sell rose 25% and the company could raise as much as $16 billion. (Reuters) Greeks take hundreds of millions of dollars out of banks ... Read Full Story »
Shareholder activist firm Relational Investors has bought $600 million of PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) shares according to The Wall Street Journal. Large companies are not immune from the kind of attacks ... Read Full Story »
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings for the Berkshire Hathaway empire. This cut off date is as of ... Read Full Story »
A stock market that sells off eight of nine days is not a good market. Even the Facebook IPO is being viewed as a one-off item rather than a systemic ... Read Full Story »
24/7 Wall St. asked CoreBrand to identify America’s hottest brands. We wanted to know the biggest brands that were the best known and most well regarded. Read: America's Hottest Brands ... Read Full Story »
Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ: MNST) is looking like a monster all on its own after earnings this morning. The specialty energy drink maker is seeing shares rise in the double-digit ... Read Full Story »
Blame whatever you want. A weaker U.S. economy, a weakening and flailing Europe, a move to socialism in France and Greece, a weaker BRIC and emerging market story, commodity prices ... Read Full Story »
This weekend has perhaps the most widely followed annual meeting from any public company in America as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will have its shareholder meeting in ... Read Full Story »
Several CEOs and founders of well-known American companies have complete control over their companies. Through voting power, they control the boards and strategic decisions of these corporations. The best current ... Read Full Story »
China’s PMI rises to a 13-month high. (Reuters) BP (NYSE: BP) profits fall as it sells some assets to pay for the Gulf spill. (Reuters) New York state pension funds ... Read Full Story »
When the largest soft-drink company in the US can’t make a competitive product in a growing market, it looks around for a company it can buy. It appears that the ... Read Full Story »
This was a huge week in dividends, particularly for the key DJIA components. We had a report calling for more and more dividend hikes of about 8% from the DJIA ... Read Full Story »