Warren Buffett is raising capital. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has just filed with the SEC to raise up to $1 billion via a sale of debt securities. It is selling its own equivalent…
The Department of Energy has just released its weekly oil inventory data, which was something to watch considering the move up in oil and the cold weather of late. The data was far less…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts with links to each story for more detailed analysis and data: Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ: SONC) is down over 10% on poor earnings. Delta…
Updated throughout the day. Mobile advertiser Millennial Media is likely to be bought soon now that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has bought Quattro and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has purchased AdMob. (The Deal) JAL is once again facing bankruptcy. (Reuters)…
These are this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Neutral at JPMorgan. Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) Started as Underweight at Morgan…
The effort of raising cash by selling debt at some companies just never seems to end. Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is one of those companies. The company announced that its Level 3…
By Douglas A. McIntyre Sales of Nintendo’s flagship Wii video console skidded this past fall. There were concerns among the company’s shareholders that the product was losing its novelty and that heavy discounts on…
Kraft (NYSE:KFT) says that 1.52% of Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) shareholders have backed its offer to buy the UK firm. The offer will stay open until February 2, but that probably will not matter. Kraft has raised the cash…
Ed Whitacre, the former AT&T (NYSE:T) CEO and current GM chairman, fired the car company’s chief and put himself in charge. Whitacre said the he would shake up the old guard and get sales…
Germany is no longer the world’s top exporter. The Global Trade Information Services say that China exported $957 billion of goods in the first ten months of last year. Germany’s number was $917 billion. …
The press made a great deal of a report that job satisfaction hit in 2009 what is an all-time low in a 22-year-old survey conducted by The Conference Board. The new research shows that only 45%…
Reuters: A major overhaul of the global financial system is expected in 2010. Reuters: Kraft (NYSE:KFT) got a 1.52% acceptance of its Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) bid. Reuters: Gold rose above $1,120.
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose .5% to 10,721. The Hang Seng was up .6% to 22,417. The Shanghai Composite fell .5% to 3,254. At the open in Europe, the FTSE was up .1%…
Pending home sales fell in November as the National Association of Realtors index for that part of the market fell to 96 in November from 114.3 in October. The sharp drop brought with it the…
It seems every market pundit has their outlook picks for 2010, and Jim Cramer is no different. Last night was Cramer’s “Energy Shortage Stock Picks for 2010” and on CNBC’s MAD MONEY tonight Cramer…
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) may have been one of the surprise winners so far in 2010. While there are still many problems at SIRIUS XM, the company now looks to be the…
Chinese agriculture stocks, as measured by Tickerspy’s Chinese Agriculture Stocks Index (*CHAGR), are up over 6% today. Gains in Chinese agriculture stock were led by crop seed company Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED), which…
Most analysts believe that the VW merger with Porsche is about to create the largest car company in the world which will have annual sales greater than both GM and Toyota (NYSE:TM). VW’s December…
It is the first week of January, which means one thing for lovers of consumer electronics: CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, takes place in Las Vegas. The event kicks off on January 7 at…
Downloads from the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store now out-number the population of the People’s Republic of China by a margin of two-to-one. Apple announced that more than three billion apps have been downloaded App Store…