There is another blockbuster gaming event this week on November 7: the release of "Gears of War 2 " The game published by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Game Studio’s unit and developed by Epic Games…
Today’s financial news headlines and stories are about how Circuit City (CC) is closing 155 stores in the hope of staying in business. The real story is in the fine print. Based on the…
CNBC interviewed remarkably pompous Michael O’Leary, CEO of European discount airline Ryanair. O’Leary described why a recession is great for the economy. He called other airlines "rubbish" and explains how he is ruining British…
If you are one of the hundreds of thousands of investors following penny stocks and low-priced stocks such as SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI), then you will not be surprised to learn that…
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday. While many technology, telecom, and networking companies have grown more cautious, it is almost impossible not to…
Sachi Gerlitz, the CEO of Ness Techologies (NSTC), is remarkably well paid for doing a less than modest job of getting shareholders results. According to the NSTC proxy he made $903,000 last year in…
"Dana Holdings Corporation Sharpens Focus On Leadership Roles" "Dana Holding Corporation (DAN )today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed John Devine to the expanded role of chairman and CEO, and named Gary…
Back in September, Sierra Pacific Resources (NYSE:SRP) changed the names of both its utility companies to NV Energy. That didn’t do much to help its third-quarter earnings, which the company reported before the market…
This is a story about that rare thing these days: a company with a stock price higher today than it was a year ago. Unfortunately, that may change following today’s release of third quarter…
These are some of the top pre-market upgrades from analysts which we have seen in the early hours this Monday morning: Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR) Raised to Outperform at Baird. Biogen Idec (BIIB) Raised to…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen with more than two hours to the open this Monday morning: Barnes Group (B) Cut to Neutral at Baird. Carnival (CCL) Cut…
The final shoe to fall in the global recession is China. It is a large enough supplier of goods to the entire civilized world and much of the world which is not civilized that…
If memory serves, commodities prices were too expensive at mid-year. Corn was too high for ethanol companies to make money. One of the largest, Verasun (VSE), just went bankrupt. Oil prices were so high…
Congress does not like the way that most bailout money is going to banks. It wants to see the little guy with the underwater mortgage and stagnant income get some direct help. Federal agencies…
The Treasury may have to hire circus clowns and insurance salesmen to keep track of all the US banks it is bailing out. Now that the really large money center and regional banks have…