Customer satisfaction with the e-commerce operations at Neiman Marcus and Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD) was particularly bad this shopping season based on research covering the 40 largest US retailers based on internet revenue. The poll results come from a survey of 10,000 …
Reuters: GMAC will get $3.5 billion in additional fund from the government. Reuters: Oil rose near $80 on low supply and the economic recovery. Reuters: Share in JAL dropped over 20% on bankruptcy concerns.…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell .9% to 10,545. JAL fell sharply again on bankruptcy fears. The Hang Seng was off a small fraction to 21,496. China Life (NYSE:LFC) dropped. The Shanghai…
Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL) is about to disappear. The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) acquisition is set to close this week. Some have criticized this $4.2 billion cash and stock deal, but there…
Memo to airline CEOs: Gerald Arpey, AMR (NYSE:AMR); Richard Anderson, Delta (NYSE:DAL) & Larry Kellner, Continental (NYSE:CAL). Subject: Vigilante Row Seating Now that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has made it clear that the best…
The recent headlines over the short interest showed a rise on the NYSE and NASDAQ. In terms of the Top 50 NYSE Jumps In Shorts, a couple key stocks stand out. For NYSE stocks,…
The patent case between Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not new. But news this morning on the direction which Nokia is willing to take is a move in a…
Med BioGene Inc. has filed for an initial public offering in the United States. Technically this may not be a formal IPO because it trades in Canada where the company is based. We do…
These are this Tuesday’s top day trader and active trader alerts. We have detailed links over on each story for more detail and analysis at VSInvestor.com: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:…
Updated throughout the day. A “meltdown” is coming for the bond market (CNBC) GM will try to sell down its inventories of Pontiacs and Saturns by offering huge incentives (WSJ) Home prices dropped in October compared…
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in a thin week of coverage and Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Outperform but target raised to $172 at…
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) wants to make it clear that it expects its Bing search engine to enjoy the same success in China that the software company believes it will have in the US market. Redmond told…
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has had trouble figuring out how it will make money from its huge video sharing website YouTube since it bought the company for $1.65 billion in October 2006. In 2007, Viacom filed…
Consumer confidence and spending will rise very sharply over the next three months based on new data from research firm ChangeWave. The firm’s December survey of 2,690 people indicates that 35% of them will…
comScore, which measures online consumer behavior, is among the best companies at analyzing traffic to websites. comScore also decodes what people do when they get to their online destinations. The value of the data…
Nothing stays safe forever, at least not in the world of information technology and digital communication. Hackers are able to break into sophisticated bank security systems and steal money. Talented coders recently shut down…
Short sellers took huge positions in major banks and telecom companies in the two-week period ending December 15. The short interest in Citigroup (NYSE:C) rose 30% to 281 million ahead of the bank closing its…
Reuters: GM is offering huge incentives to sell its inventory of Pontiacs and Saturns. Reuters: Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) will overhaul the pay of senior management. Reuters: The departing AIG (NYSE:AIG) general counsel will get millions…
Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose a fraction to 10,638. Toyota (NYSE:TM) and Honda (NYSE:HMC) moved up. JAL hit record lows on fears of bankruptcy. The Hang Seng was up 1% to…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) closed at another new all-time high today of $211.61 and $213.95 on an intra-day basis. What is actually far more important than reports of a note from Broadpoint AmTech…