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Reuters: Barclays (NYSE:BCS) earned $18 billion, was more than forecast. Reuters: The Eurozone gave Greece 30 days to show progress on its deficit. Reuters: The number of accident claims involving Toyota (NYSE:TM) cars is…
Markets in Asia were closed. The Nikkei rose .2% to 10,034. At the open in Europe, the FTSE rose .9% to 5,215. Barclays (NYSE:BCS) was up sharply after earnings. The Dax rose 1.2% to 5,579.…
Microsoft (MSFT) launched an impressive new version of it mobile operating system. Windows Phone Series 7 will offer Zune multimedia features and game features and functions from the Xbox. Unfortunately, almost no one owns…
As the efforts of nations in Europe to get Greece’s financial house in order seem to flounder, Dubai is likely to show just how volatile the sovereign debt market can be. The Wall Street Journal reports…
The Apple (AAPL) Apps store has downloaded more than three billion software applications to iPhone and iPod touch devices. Programmers have created more than 150,000 products for the e-commerce operation. The App store is…
Reuters: Japan GDP rose by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Reuters: EU officials are pressing Greece to cut its budget. Reuters: Twenty four telecom operators will open a store to compete with Apple’s (AAPL) App operation.…
Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkei fell .8% to 10,013. The Hang Seng was off .1% to 20,069 The Shanghai Composite was up 1.1% to 3,018. In early trading in Europe markets, the…
Verizon Wireless may soon offer its subscribers a new and inexpensive way to make calls. The carrier is likely to begin to offer VoIP services Skype on its handsets. According to BusinessWeek, “The service will…
Today is the great trade set-up that many have hoped would come for more than a decade. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) is completing the acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI),…
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has received yet another debt rating upgrade. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services raised it by a full two notches and kept a positive outlook that could mean more ratings boosts…
Toyota (TM) may be in trouble now for its recalls, but over the last ten years, its record of complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been remarkably low. Edmunds has just…
By Max Fisher, The Atlantic Wire One in eight Americans receive food stamps, reports The New York Times, as do nearly one in four children. The high enrollment rate is part of the recent…
SkillSoft plc (NASDAQ: SKIL) may seem like an unusual buyout candidate for a private equity group. The company offers on-demand distance-learning over the web or teleconference and performance support solutions for large enterprise groups,…
We are still seeing many companies trying to capitalize off of raising capital or where holders are registering shares. Companies like Capstone Turbine Corporation (NASDAQ: CPST), Labopharm, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDSS) Puda Coal Inc. (AMEX:…
Updated throughout the day. Donald Trump will bid for the World Trade Center site (NYPost) Supporters of the UK’s “Robin Hood” tax say that Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) influenced a poll on the matter by…
This earnings season has been a troubled period for most great companies. We finally started to see real earnings beats and finally started getting guidance raised out of many of the big technology stocks. …
These are some of the top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Dish Networks (NASDAQ: DISH) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) Started…
The People’s Bank of China said it will raise the reserve ratios that banks in the country must keep to .5%. It is the second time that it has increased the ratio in a…
GE (GE) has an odd habit of creating names for the initiatives taken on by its largest divisions or company-wide themes that show the conglomerate’s plans for global growth. One of the latest of…