Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its holdings as of the close of business for December 31, 2009, so that being said these are Warren Buffett’s most recent holdings going into 2010. …
Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) just announced that credit card defaults rose to 5.80% in January from 5.78% in December. The charge off rate was not good either rising from 10.14% in December to 10.41%…
“Ashes to ashes , dust to dust”…The Book of Common Prayer “Remember Caesar, thou art mortal” — William Shakespeare The media creates and distributes hundreds of lists of the most powerful, the richest, and the most…
It seems that the realm of mergers and acquisitions is not dead when it comes to property deals. Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) has made a formal offer to acquire General Growth Properties,…
By John Hudson, The Atlantic Wire After thwarting the efforts of biographers in the past, Apple’s exalted CEO is finally giving in. Steve Jobs will collaborate on an authorized biography written by Walter Isaacson,…
RIM (RIMM) maker of the iconic Blackberry smartphone, warned that bandwidth has started to become scarce in markets like the US. It would make sense. The 3G high-speed infrastructure which was built over a half decade…
These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from this Tuesday’s research calls from Wall Street: Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan. Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) Raised to…
Updated throughout the day. KTO Capital Partners will $330 million in Asia hedge funds (Bloomberg). The CEO of former Citigroup (NYSE:C) energy trading unit, Philbro, will start a hedge fund–Astenbeck Capital Management. FT). The…
The Barcelona annual telecom meet-up has given Microsoft (MSFT) the chance to unveil its new Window Mobile 7 software. It has also given 24 wireless carriers that chance to unveil a product which will…
Barclays (BCS) made $18 billion in the fourth quarter, which by any measure is stunning turnaround considering the problems the big bank had, and shared with most other multinational financial firms just a little…
The value of homes will continue to drop. At least that is the conclusion from two studies reviewed by the Wall Street Journal. The reports are from John Burns Real Estate Consulting and S&P.…
The Wall Street Journal reports that Toyota (TM) will probably become more aggressive as it tests its cars for quality in the future. That may be of little comfort to people who bought one…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two 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…
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…