Apple (AAPL) Goes Mobil
By Douglas A. McIntyre Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is about to announce that it will buy mobile ad company Quattro Wireless for $275 million, according to an exclusive report by AllThingsD. Quattro is in a business…
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Bankruptcy Comes to Mesa Air (MESA)
Mesa Air Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MESA) has been a trouble airline and a troubled stock for quite some time. That is taking a turn for the worse for common shareholders this morning. Mesa has…
Top Day Trader Alerts (ACE, APC, WPRT, RSH, AIB, IRE)
These are this Tuesday’s top day trader and active trader alerts. We have more detailed information via a link to each story at VSInvestor.com: ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE) is down marginally on what is…
The 15 Most Hated Companies In America
Customers, employees, shareholders, and taxpayers hate large corporations for many reasons. 24/7 Wall St. has looked at many of these issues to choose the 15 most hated companies in America. We evaluated each company…
Today’s Best Market Rumors (1/5/2010) (GOOG)(GS)(AAPL)
Update throughout the day. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will unveil its Nexus One handset today (various) China GDP grew 13% in December (CNBC) Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may move its operations out of London (The Telegraph) Apple…
Buffett Potential Kraft-Cadbury Roadblock (BRK-A, KFT, CBY)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has made one of its more unusual press releases. The company said that it has voted “no” on Kraft’s proposal to authorize the issuance of up to 370 million…
Barclays Initiates EU/Global Banks (AIB, IRE, UBS, BBVA, DB, HBC, STD, RBS, CS)
Barclays Capital’s banking research department has been busy going into the new year as it has issued new coverage on many of the European and global banks. Some of the ratings are strong and…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CHKP, DELL, IPI, LVS, ERIC, MOT, PALM, QCOM, POT, RIMM, V)
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) Cut to Hold at Auriga. Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Started as…
Public Pension Funds Up Against $2 Trillion Shortfall
By Douglas A. McIntyre Even in a world of massive deficits and rising national debt, not many problems come in packages that are in the trillions of dollars. The deficit facing the U.S. public…
Biodiesel Firms Grapple With Tax Issues
By Paul Ausick of 24/7 Wall St. Until December 31, 2009, biodiesel makers enjoyed a tax credit of $1/gallon on alternative diesel fuel made either from feedstock such as soybeans or camellina or from…
Apple (AAPL) Share Price Up 175% From 2009 Low
It is nearly impossible to find a justification for the 175% rise in Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) share price which hit an all-time high of $214.50 on December 4, up from $78 in late January 2009.…
Small Business Loans Rise With Small Business Defaults
The business of lending money to small businesses has entered a vicious cycle. The Small Business Administration says that it processed 12,393 loans in the fourth quarter of last year. That is up 9,070…
Bankruptcies Pile Up, Threaten Recovery
The AP claims that bankruptcies filed in the US last year totaled 1.4 million, which includes both businesses and individuals. That would be a 32% increase compared to 2008. The Wall Street Journal reports that…
Smartbook Business Menaces Netbooks: Lenovo Product Released
The segment of the consumer electronics market that includes all the miniature or handheld PC alternatives grows by the day. Smartphones including the RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) Blackberry and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone post sharply increased sales each quarter.…
Kraft (KFT) Ups Cash Portion Of Cadbury Bid, Sells Unit To Nestle
Kraft (NYSE:KFT) made a remarkably clever move in its pursuit of Cadbury (NYSE:CBY), but it may be too little too late. The US foods company sold its North American pizza business to Nestle for $3.7 billion.…
Media Digest 1/5/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Kraft (NYSE:KFT) sold it pizza business to Nestle and lifted the cash portion of its deal to buy Cadbury (NYSE:CBY). Reuters: Cold weather pushed oil prices near $82. Reuters: US healthcare spending is slowing.…
Asia Markets And Europe Open (1/5/2010)
Markets in Asia rose. The Nikkei was up .3% to 10,692. The Hang Seng was higher by 2.1% to 22,286. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.2% to 3,282. At the open in Europe, the FTSE fell…
Cramer’s Energy Shortage Stock Picks for 2010 (APC, CHK, XOM, XTO, DVN, SWN, APA, CLR, RRC, LINE, CVX, MRO, WPRT, CLNE)
Jim Cramer came out on CNBC’s MAD MONEY this evening with an interesting grouping of stock trends to invest in for 2010 and he thinks this is the year of active investing. The first…
52-Week High Club (MEE, X, AA, BUCY)
Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) rose over 5.7% to a yearly high of $44.42, riding a wave of optimism concerning coal and metal stocks following signs that U.S. and Chinese manufacturing is improving. Alcoa…
Fox And Time Warner Cable: Friends, Again
By Paul Ausick Media giants Time Warner (NYSE:TWC) and News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWS) have settled a scuffle between Time Warner Cable and News Corp.’s Fox TV. Fox stands to receive a per-subscriber payment from Time…