Most corporations have bylaws about how many board members they must have. The federal government requires that boards of directors keep enough outside members to maintain independent audit and compensation committees. Ford (F) may…
The recent turmoil in the credit markets has created problems for issues of the highest quality debt all the way down to the junkiest of junk bonds which trade at ratings under "BBB" or…
A year ago, it would have been hard to find people who would believe that Sirius XM (SIRI) or Charter Communications (CHTR) would trade below $1. Sirius had a 52-week high of $3.92. Its…
The New York Times has a new writer, at least for a day. Warren Buffett has written an op-ed piece for the paper titled "Buy American. I Am." to shore up some hope for…
The problems are mounting for Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD). Yesterday, the drug store operator received a non-compliance letter from the NYSE over its shares trading under $1.00 for the last 30-day period. The…
According to The Wall Street Journal, "Home construction took its third tumble in a row during September, falling to the lowest level in 17 years, and a sign points to further decline in the…
Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is seeing a rather large surge in its shares this morning. The frequently analogized "Chinese Google" has no news of its own. But the real Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is…
These are ten of the top Wall Street analyst upgrades we are seeing from this Friday morning with more than two hours to the open: Borg Warner (BWA) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.…
Believe what you will. Reports from Valleywag say that stories appeared in Fortune and at Google News saying that consultants from Bain, which is helping Yahoo! (YHOO) look at its business, have suggested that…
Toyota is not supposed to have to give out any incentives to sell its cars. They perform better than other vehicles in customer satisfaction tests. They get good gas mileage. Toyota virtually invented the…
Bank earnings were hit hard this week. Even if the results at Citigroup (C), Merrill Lynch (MER), and JP Morgan (JPM) did not drive the credit system into insolvency, each company had forecasts which…
Google’s (GOOG) earnings are ancient news now. The search company did much better than expected. The economy did not bring it down like a rhino killed off in the wild. The company’s Q3 EPS…
According to Reuters, policy makers around the world are trying to deal with the fact that the economy is moving into a deep recession. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) exceeded forecasts and its shares…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was up 2.8% to 8,694. NTT DoCoMo rose 7% and NTT was up 8%. The Hang Seng fell 1.4% to 15,012.. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.1% to…
The merger talks between GM (GM) and Chrysler appear to be heating up. GM would like to have an agreement by the end of this month. Putting the two companies together would be a…