SPACupdate.com monitors live deals involving blank check companies, associated stock and warrant transactions and relevant personnel moves. GHL Acquisition Co. (AMEX: GHQ) completed its merger, bringing public satellite operator Iridium Holdings. The company’s…
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Microsoft (MSFT) felt compelled to deny a rumor that it would buy Electronic Arts (ERTS) after shares in the game company rose over 7% on speculation of a deal. BusinessWeek had to say that…
There has been some hope that with a modest recovery from the recession that holiday retail sales would pick up this year. Those hopes appear to be premature. The high levels of unemployment and…
The employee bloodletting in the automotive industry is not confined to the US where hundreds of thousands of factory workers have lost their positions over the last decade. The largest car company in Russia…
Nintendo has shipped more than 52 million Wii units worldwide since it was first launched in late 2006. That dwarfs the sales of its rival consoles the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360 and Sony (SNE)…
It may be a decade or more from now, but the time will come when there are no bank branches at all. Broadband will be in 90% of American homes. Banking will be done…
Reuters: The young and affluent in China may become more active consumers. Reuters: The G20 is looking to nurture the recovery and add financial safeguards. Reuters: Taxpayers may never get back all of their…
Markets in Asia were mixed as Japan reopened after a three day holiday. The Nikkei was up 1.9% to 10,544. JAL dropped sharply but Honda (HMC) and Sony (SNE) rose. The Hang Seng fell…
BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) hits a yearly high of $220.17 on analyst upgrade from Deutsche Securities. Most other asset managers saw declines today. Greenhill & Co. (NYSE: GHL) hit a yearly high of $87.02…
Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon (AMZN), is known for being eccentric, but his new handset offer may be taking that act a bit too far. Every cellphone that operates on the…
The Fed indicated that growth in the economy was picking up, a little, and that it would extend its debt buying plan, probably until the first quarter of next year. It view of the…
PS3 sales are up 300% since Sony (SNE) cut prices on the devices by $100. PS3 sales have run behind those of the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii since Sony introduced the…
Pathetic demand for two real estate investment trust IPOs today speaks to continued worries that commercial mortgage-backed real estate may be the next leg of the financial stool to get kicked out from under…
Around 2:15 PM EST today, we will know the FOMC’s decision on interest rates. While we expect no formal change to the effective 0.00% to 0.25% effective Fed Funds rate, we expect traders to…
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These are this morning’s top pre-market day trader alert stocks and active trader stock. We have more detailed data and analysis on historic price, volume, and trends with a link through on each stock…
These are the top pre-market early bird analyst upgrades and positive research calls seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning: Blackrock (BLK) upgraded to Buy at Deutsche Bank. CarMax (KMX) upgraded to Neutral…
These are the early analyst downgrades and cautious research calls seen from Wall Street firms this Wednesday morning: Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) downgraded to Neutral at RW Baird. Cintas (CTAS) downgraded to Underperform at RW Baird.…
Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) has priced its public secondary offering of 20 million shares at a price of $16.25 per share. This is a fter a $17.07 close yesterday. Palm noted that it will…