Housing is making a recovery–a tiny one. Some home prices in the weakest markets have begun to improve. In California, 20 of the 26 markets tracked by real estate research firm Zillow had price…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management strength and…
Starbucks Corp. (NYSE: SBUX) Chief Executive Howard Schultz took plenty of grief earlier this year after his company awarded him a $1 million bonus at a time when the coffee retailer was struggling. Now,…
Members of Dell Inc.’s (NYSE: DELL)Board of Directors have many distractions preventing them from reviving the struggling computer maker which help their back accounts and hurt the computer’s long-suffering shareholders. Many have overseen the…
Reuters: Former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd settled a sexual harassment case from reality TV star Jodie Fisher. Reuters: HP will signal its direction based on the background of its new chief. Reuters: …
BP plc (NYSE: BP) says at its website that tests of the cement plug on its leaking well have been successful and it is not releasing any more oil. Douglas A. McIntyre
In another sign that Steve Jobs can do no wrong, the head of engineering for the Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone has been pushed out of the company. The Wall Street Journal reports that…
According to several media accounts former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) Mark Hurd has settled sexual harassment charges brought by a former contractor with the company. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed. HP paid…
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…
The US and Canadian governments and Blackberry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) are on a crusade to make certain that the device and its service are not restricted in parts of the Middle…
The debate about whether the Congress and the Administration should push through another stimulus bill has gotten uglier. Some of the president’s advisers, including Christina Romer, the departing Chair of the Council of Economic…
Wheat prices continue to rise as Russia has set a ban on the exports of the crop. White hit a 23-month high of $8.25 and the price could go higher. It is not clear…
The number of government employees in Washington DC is 38% when all federal, state, and local workers are taken into account. That is really no surprise. Most of the people are on the US…
Reuters: Romer left her job as a top Obama economic adviser. Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) has cemented its leak in advance of a permanent plug. Reuters: Saudi Arabia continued talks with Research In…
Last month, Peter Lauria of the Daily Beast wrote an intrigue-filled story chock full of anonymous Tweets and anonymous sniping from competitors arguing that there was a “coup” in the works against Microsoft Corp.…
News Corp (NWS) Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch had the last laugh, as he often does on Glenn Beck’s many critics. Speaking on the company’s earnings conference call yesterday, the media mogul said the nearly…
Updated throughout the day. Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) have reached an agreement of rules for net neutrality. (various) Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) may shut down its proprietary trading…
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for August 5, 2010. These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in crowds?
The chance that Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) has decided to consider taking itself private has spawned a cottage industry of picking the next retailers that will make a similar decision. Barnes & Noble…
Making the rich pay higher taxes is an ancient notion that budget gaps can be filled by forcing a heavy levy on the 1% or 2% most wealthy people in any developed nation. Tim…