By Douglas A. McIntyre Gone are the days when Toyota (TM) completely dominated the JDPower and Consumer Reports customer satisfaction and vehicle quality surveys. American car companies have made quality gains, and even firms…
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, a global association of music publishers, says that the piracy of songs is sharply undermining the rise of digital song and album sales. According to the FT, “The…
There may be merit in Obama’s notion of limits on the size and activities of banks. Banks that trade for their own accounts may be a different and more dangerous beasts than banks that hold…
The Supreme Court’s decision on the 21st will allow corporations to give more money to support or oppose political candidates. Legal experts say that the move reverses a decision made by the court almost…
Reuters: China battle back at US charges about cyber attacks. Reuters: Under the new Obama proposal, banks may drop private equity assets. Reuters: Hershey (NYSE:HSY) will not make a counter bid for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) upped…
Markets is Asia were lower The Nikkei fell 2.6% to 10,591. The Hang Seng was down .9% to 30,678. HBC (NYSE:HBC) fell sharply. The Shanghai Composite dropped 1% to 3,129. At the open in…
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) moved after the company beat earnings expectations. The distant #2 PC processor posted earnings of -$0.05 in non-GAAP EPS as revenues rose over 40% to $1.65 billion in…
Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) may have been the most revered auto company of the world for reliability, but recall issues are making this company sound more and more like a Detroit auto company…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) reported earnings of $6.79 EPS on revenues of $4.95 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters has estimates for the online search leader at $6.50 EPS and $4.92 billion in revenues. The…
On January 27th Apple intends to reveal its”latest creation” to the world. While there has been no official confirmation, it is widely rumored to be a new Apple tablet device, often called the iSlate.…
Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) may finally be getting some added pay regulation. After regulators and politicians have gone after Wall Street compensation, House Republicans have introduced a bill to…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is on deck for earnings this afternoon after the closing bell. Thomson Reuters has estimates at $6.50 EPS and $4.92 billion in revenues. Those estimates were just $6.43 EPS and…
When was the last time that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) was one of the more unusual volume movers? It is today, and you’d have to ask yourself when the last time…
Updated throughout the day. AIG (NYSE:AIG) owes many ex-employees retention bonuses (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is trying to cut deals to provide book and newspaper content on its new tablet. (NYTimes) Live Nation (NYSE:LYV) may sell…
The weekly jobless claims are are fresh out from the Labor Department. All the gains we started to see and the progress made late in 2009 are going the wrong way now. We show…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Thursday morning: Allied Irish Banks (NYSE: AIB) Cut to Sell at RBS. Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Cut to Sell at RBS.…
China’s GDP grew 10.7% in the fourth quarter, a figure that the economies in Japan, the US, and Europe will never see again. Or will they? The US GDP grew more than 7% after…
By Douglas A. McIntyre Steve Jobs plans to bring new hope to old media with his tablet device. It will work well as a web-searching tool, but in addition it will almost certainly offer…
President Obama wants to curb the habit of risk taking at banks or, perhaps, eliminate much of it completely. One Administration official told Reuters, “The proposal will include size and complexity limits specifically on proprietary…
The Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) tablet computer is going to have an 10″ or 11″ screen, a touchpad key board, the ability to connect to WiFi or 3G networks to reach the internet. It is supposed…