The head of the Dallas Fed and a regular opponent of the central bank’s plans, Richard Fisher, took issue with a number of the Federal Reserve’s recent decisions. He did concede a few points…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Avanir Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AVNR), GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR), National…
Updated throughout the day. Aol (NYSE: AOL) has hired investment bankers to look at strategic option which may include a bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) (WSJ) Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) is close to selling…
Chrysler still bleeds money based on its third quarter earnings release. The numbers stand in contrast to recent profits reported by GM, Ford Motor (NYSE: F), and Toyota (NYSE: TM). The figures show how…
Qantas will continue to ground its fleet of A380 super-jumbo jets. The decision will keep the aircraft out of the air for at least 72 hours. Leaks have been found in three more Rolls…
The Queen of England has launched her own Facebook page–at 83 years of age. It is called “The British Monarchy” and is filed with pictures and videos of the Queen along with a number…
Germany attacked the Federal Reserve’s QE2 program. So did China. And, so did most of the nations which have begun to prepare for the G 20 summit on November 11th and 12th in South…
It may feel like it was a generation ago when the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its all-time high of 14,198.10. But that was almost three years ago – October 11, 2007. The index…
Chine criticized the US for its QE2 program because it believe the move will add to much liquidity to emerging markets. (Reuters) Regulators have begun to examine Citigoup debt funds to see if they…
Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR), says it may not have enough capital to stay in business. The company is the pioneer of the WiMax 4G technology used by Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) for its wireless broadband network.…
Aviation Week says that deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner will be delayed again which should put more pressure on CEO W. James McNerney, Jr. to resign. He joined the company on July 1, 2005. That is…
“In the latter days of Rome, the economy was crumbling, the emperor … would placate the mob with bread and circus — food and entertainment to placate them since the economy was in shambles…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG), Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX),…
Updated throughout the day. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is under to buy back sour mortgages that it syndicated (NYT) Bank of America and Citigroup (NYSE: C) have begun to test Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
Is the new Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Kinect game system “racist?” Consumer Reports says no. The problem began when Gamespot reported: testing suggests facial recognition features of Microsoft’s motion-sensing camera system might not work properly…
China has already begun to harass the US ahead of the upcoming G20 conference. And, it has a reasonable amount of ammunition. The People’s Republic has rejected American suggestions to set current account targets…
Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) announced its earnings for the quarter that ended September 30, and they were impressive. The company damaged its reputation due to millions of recalls and the recent value of the…
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL has decided to replace the 10,000 or so Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerries that its employees use with its own Venue Pro smartphone. The Dell product is largely untested. It will…