Research in Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) has been the envy of many cellphone makers for the last two years. Now you have Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) with the iPhone and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)…
After months of bickering, it looked like the Congressional vote on the Obama-esque healthcare reform package was too close to call. Democrats have been questioning members of their own party to vote with them for…
Toyota (TM) dominated the 2010 JD Power Vehicle Dependability Survey. Granted, the poll looks back over a period of a year. Power describes the methodology as “original vehicle owners were asked to report the type and number of…
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) is joining on the open floodgates of secondary offerings this week. Yesterday we had filings for or pricing in almost 20 deals, and that number is greater now. Last…
Updated throughout the day. GMAC has attracted potential buyers including Wibur Ross, BlackRock (BLK), and Blackstone Group (BX) (Reuters) The Blackstone Group, the Apollo Group and Colony Capital may buy WestLB’s real estate finance unit. (FT) Sprint (S)…
Barnes & Noble (BKS) made an odd decision today. It named a new CEO who will probably have no power to run the company. William Lynch comes from HSN where he was head of HSN.com.…
These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) Started as Underperform at Macquarie; Removed from Conviction Sell list Goldman Sachs (still…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networds in the world. All major media companies have a presence on Twitter and some are…
One dollar for any soda, any size. That is part of the McDonald’s (MCD) plan to get customers to flock to its stores this summer. Coca-Cola (KO) and McDonald’s management are trying to get…
It is not lost on food producer Kraft (KFT) that sodium is a major cause of high blood pressure which contributes to the early death of some people. The press has seized on sodium…
The US expressed “real concern” today about the value of the Chinese yuan. The Administration is getting pressure from Congress, unions, and some American companies to force the People’s Republic to allow the yuan to…
About ten years ago, Microsoft (MSFT) made an effort to invade the American living room by offering connections among PCs, TVs, DVRs, game consoles, and broadband. No one hears about the initiative any more…
Sprint (S), still losing subscribers to AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless each quarter, is down to 48 million cellular customers. Many analysts believe the number will go lower. Its relationship with Palm (PALM) did…
Reuters: Toyota (TM) told regulators it is looking at how to fix 1.2 million Corollas. Reuters: A Chinese export body said a rise in the yuan would be destructive. Reuters: China Mobile’s (CHL) revenues…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter 11. This…
Google (GOOG) may have to rename its Nexus One because of trademark infringement issues, but whatever the handset it is called Sprint (S) will distribute the product. “Nexus One, the first wireless phone sold…
The US Patent and Trademark Office has denied Google’s application for its “Nexus One” trademark. Several media sources say that “a likelihood of confusion” with a trademark held Portland, Ore.-based Integra Telecom Inc. Google’s…
The World Bank issued its quarterly update on the Chinese economy. The organization said that because the world’s most populous nation had GDP growth of 8.7% during the worst of the recession, the People’s…
Updated throughout the day. Richard Fuld, former CEO of Lehman, feels that the 2,200 page report on the collapse of the firm “vindicates” him (NYPost) Renaissance Technologies may close two of its funds (WSJ)…
There has been a great deal of speculation that Greece might resign its spot in the Eurozone so that it can use its own currency as a way to handle its debts or perhaps default…