As we saw yesterday, short sellers have increased their bets against several companies that we find interesting and may be acted on. Short sellers had covered their positions in Palm Inc (NASDAQ: PALM) but…
Patent lawsuits are nothing new in the world of technology. And the patent suit from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have just taken a turn. Apple announced this morning…
Updated throughout the day. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will buy Opalis Software (Barron’s) Updated 9.47 AM EST The CEO of Bank of New York (NYSE:BK) is once again a candidate for the top jobs at Bank…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks. There is much more detailed analysis and data on each stock story via a link to VSInvestor.com: Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN) is…
These are the ten top analyst calls in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this Friday from Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Outperform at Bernstein. Burlington Northern…
The McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) Dollar Meal has found a new home in the morning. A number of press reports quote the fast food chain management as saying that it will offer $1 breakfast meals beginning…
The IMF has grown tired of increasing government spending in Ukraine. The agency had agreed to loan the nation $16.8 billion to offset its large national deficits. It is now withholding the latest $3.5…
Politicians and economists are forever coming up with new ideas to lower the national debt which is now more than $12 trillion and growing rapidly. The New York Times reports that the idea of a national…
Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) made comments about its ratings on US and UK sovereign debt that were meant to calm the markets. Early in the week the credit agency said that one or both countries could…
The remarkable resilience of the Chinese economy and the effectiveness of its $585 billion stimulus package were on display as the nation released key economic data for November. Retail sales grew almost 16%. New loans…
The holiday shopping season and price cuts are not helping video game sales. November figures from industry research firm NPD show sales of software and consoles in the US dropped almost 8% to $2.7 billion.…
Reuters: The pressure is on big oil companies such as Exxon (NYSE:XOM) and BP (NYSE:BP) to find inexpensive oil reserves in Iraq. Reuters: Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) sees no threat to the US debt rating for…
Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 2.5% to 10,108. The Hang Seng rose .9% to 21,902. The Shanghai Composite was down .2% to 3,247. At the open in Europe, the FTSE was…
Western governments, multinationals, and trade groups will soon have a single form letter that they can send to the communist central government in China. “Dear Chairman Mao: We find that your trade and/or currency…
It seems that the long quest of the Chicago Board Options Exchange is going to end up in an IPO. The demutualization process has been an ongoing one and a filing from the company…
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) rose over 1.8% to a yearly high of $58.92 after it was announced that drinks made by the company will be sold again by Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST)…
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) has made an SEC filing discussing this week’s press release about receipt of a notice from the New York Stock Exchange that it has fallen below the exchange’s…
Today at noon the Federal Reserve released its Flow of Funds Account report. In the third quarter, U.S. debt growth grew at its slowest pace on record. Overall debt grew by 2.8%. That number is…
The United States’ insatiable demand to borrow is still facing hurdles over whether new buyers want to buy longer-date maturities. Sure, our short-term bills are fine, but as you go farther out the curve,…
A surprising ratings agency call is helping Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) after the company made a debt issuance filing. As Boston Scientific is (and has been for ages) a turnaround which hasn’t turned…