We are hearing more reports about social media combining with email. This has been evolving for a decade or so, and now we have Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) reportedly trying to either catch up…
For the first time, China Investment Corp., the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has filed a Form 13F with the US Securities and Exchange Commission listing details of its investments in companies traded on US…
Things just still are not going well at SAP AG (NYSE: SAP). Its CEO Leo Apotheker has stepped down as the company reached an agreement with him not to renew his contract. The problem…
Updated throughout the day Updated 8.47 AM EST Yelp rejected a $700 million bid from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). (BusinessWeek) Toyota (NYSE:TM) is preparing Prius recalls in the US and Europe (Reuters) Disney (NYSE:DIS) and Google…
Over what we saw during the recession, 2009 was the year that dividends were cut down to effect cash conservation to get through the recession. In fact, the dividend cuts may have saved many…
John Tamny of Forbes Washington, D.C., experienced its latest snowstorm the weekend before last. Though the 8 inches that fell didn’t constitute a record, the heavy snow managed to complicate getting around the city.…
These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Buy at Collins Stewart. AirGas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) Cut to Neutral at…
Another example of the Chinese government’s unreliable public relations is its claim to have shut down one of the largest hacker operations in the country–in November. The announcement was made today, at least two…
Alan Greenspan, 84 years old, and still defending his role as chairman of the Fed from 1987 to 2006, made a case for his relevance once again. Greenspan told “Meet The Press” that “if stock…
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of the disease. The American Cancer Associate says that the five-year survival rate for the condition is only 5%. New research by the Singapore Chinese Health Study…
They are a perfect pair. Disgraced former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain will join CIT (NYSE:CIT), the lending firm disgraced by a Chapter 11 filing, as its new chief. Thain’s partner in the Bank…
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, looking toward a future he cannot predict, said the US would not lose its Aaa rating. He told ABC’s “This Week”, when ask if the rating will ever be dropped…
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Reuters: Former Merrill CEO John Thain was named CEO of CIT (NYSE:CIT) Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) is preparing a global Prius recall. Reuters: Private equity firms are bracing for a tax battle. Reuters: Goldman Sachs…
Markets in Asia were lower The Nikkei dropped 1.1% to 9,952. Sony (NYSE:SNE) was hurt by a strong yen. The Hang Seng fell .6% to 19,551, a five-month low. The Shanghai Composite dropped .1%…
2010 is turning out to be the year that big companies return to hiking dividends. In just the last week we have seen dividend hikes from Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), Boardwalk Pipeline Partners,…
This past week was filled with many surprises and earnings are still coming on strong. We wanted to look at some companies that either have unfinished business or are on deck with pending news this…
The number of videos view online by America internet users has increased steadily over the last three years, primarily due to the success of Google’s (GOOG) YouTube which the search company bought in late…
The FDIC was probably wise to get its member banks to prepay their fees for 2010, 2011, and 2012. The agency brought in $45 billion by the action, just as its capital base went…
Everyone wants to know about Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) and how much it is going to pay CEO and Chairman Lloyd Blankfein, following a $100 million bonus being paid to what Main Street now considers…