WSJ: Private equity interests and AOL (NYSE: AOL) may make a bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). Reuters: RealtyTrac said the number of homes taken by foreclosure topped 100,000 for the first time ever in…
In its third quarter earnings report, Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) posted better than expected EPS and revenues, but the company had already lowered the bar in August. The chip giant also forecasted fourth quarter…
When MarketWatch recently posted a list of the biggest stock losers so far this year, many investors probably decided to avoid them like the plague. That would have been a mistake. Many investors, including…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…
Updated throughout the day. Blackstone is buying debt stakes in hotels. (WSJ) Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) will try to sell $5 billion in spectrum to raise capital (Bloomberg) Warren Buffett and Henry Kravis are clashing…
Luxury car companies have begun to move down market into the $35,000 range, which is the realm of the more pricey Buicks and Fords. It is easy to see why given the limited market…
The FDIC has begun the process of the creation of a road map to show how massive financial firms should be put to death if they become threats to the global credit system. Presumably…
The use of online video has gone beyond the borders of the extraordinary. According to a new study by comScore, 175 million people watched video online last month. Americans spent 5.2 billion “sessions” on…
Reuters: Geithner says there is no risk of a global currency war. Reuters: Hedge fund investors favor the stock market Reuters: Oil moved above $82 as China crude imports grew. Reuters: Sony (NYSE: SNE)…
The elderly are different than you and me, and it is not just because they are over 65. The habits of older Americans are, in many cases, much different from younger Americans. Older Americans…
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a new problem with its iPhone 4. The screen on the smartphone is prone to shattering. Warranty firm SqaureTrade claims that the iPhone 4 screen is 82% more likely…
Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive officer of Pacific Investment Management Co., coined the phrase “the new normal” some time ago. Now, he is hoping to add “the lost decade” to the lexicon. That’s what El-Erian…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…
Avon (NYSE: AVP) will be taken over by L’Oreal. (The Daily Mail) Forty states attorneys general will probe the mortgage foreclosure debacle (WSJ) John Varvatos, the menswear label currently owned by the VF Corporation,…
Barclays has set a new price target of $385 for Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) which is 31% above its current share price. Apple is currently the second most valuable company in the US by…
The National Association of Business Economics cut its forecast for 2010 and 2011 growth. This makes it more likely that the Federal Reserve will as well, which could lead to a new series of…
Short sellers aggressively sold off shares of companies which have lost value over the last month, perhaps on the chance that a rising market will life all ships. For the period ending September 20,…
Gap (NYSE: GPS), founded in 1969 as a the Woodstock generation left Woodstock for home as the company likes to say, has succumbed to customer pressure to keep its old logo. The clothing company…
Women are treated more like men in Nordic nations, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2010. “Nordic countries Iceland (1), Norway (2), Finland (3) and Sweden (4) continue to demonstrate…
A study by medical industry research firm Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions reported on in The Wall Street Journal, says that people who order prescription drugs often do not pick them up at pharmacies because…