Reuters: Small banks are worried that new regulations will hurt their earnings. Reuters: A judge approved the sale of GM assets. Reuters: Rio Tinto (RTP) sold its food packaging assets for $1.2 billion. Reuters: …
There is still some conversation about the federal government restricting short-selling activity in certain stocks. The counterargument to these restrictions is that short selling plays an important role in the valuation of securities by…
Apple (AAPL) is doing an atrocious job of paying the developers of software for its iPhone, at least according to The New York Post. The newspaper reports that companies which are not being paid…
It seems that venture capital has started to reappear in clean energy and clean technology. A report this week from The Cleantech Group with contributions from Deloitte saw a resumption to growth in venture…
Pre sales have to keep a very brisk pace for Palm (PALM) to continue its turnaround. Many experts believe that consumers will make a decision to buy the Pre in lieu of the Apple…
By Antoinette Geyelin So, Mr. Bernard Madoff is going to jail for 150 years. Seems like a fairer sentence than the twelve his lawyers asked for. But you know what? I don’t think he…
By Kathleen Rogers The state of California may soon issue IOUs to its business vendors, students awaiting financial aid payments, and taxpayers expecting refund checks. When I first read this story, I had to…
China is scouring the world for oil as its expanding economy needs more crude to fuel its transportation and infrastructure needs. The world’s most populous nation is close to a deal to loan Brazil…
Nouriel Roubini told Barron’s almost a year ago that 1,400 US banks would fail due to the collapse of the credit markets. RBC Capital made a similar estimate. As it turns out, 2009 is…
Reuters: Smart investors are starting to cherry- pick stocks. Reuters: California may agree on a budget to stop using IOUs. Reuters: Some stock funds are still making up for lost ground. Reuters: The US housing…
The notion of regulating risk and behavior on Wall St. was given another stunning blow today as the FT reported that one rogue broker cause a spike in oil prices earlier this week. The…
This morning we caught an alert for volume and trading activity at VSInvestor.com in Beacon Power Corporation because of a government award of a loan commitment. This has now been confirmed. Beacon announced that…
The Labor Department has a slew of data on the employment front this morning. Actually, it is the unemployment front. The data for unemployment in June showed a rate of 9.5%. The bad news…
JPMorgan has decided to make some key solar ratings changes this morning. The firm is cautious on the valuation of some in the position of a declining market trend right now, but there are…
These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen this Thursday. There are going to be fewer and fewer research notes from now to what is most likely Tuesday morning as…
Bing is arguably the best search product Microsoft (MSFT) has ever launched. It has gotten good to excellent reviews. A number of internet reseach firms show that Bing is picking up market share from…
It is hard to say whether a person is better off stopping smoking and lessening their chances of a heart attack or killing themselves. Some of the anti-smoking drugs from Pfizer (PFE) and GlaxoSmithKline…
Several car companies have offered to make monthly payments for new auto buyers who lose jobs. Hyundai even has a program to take some vehicles back if their owners can’t find work. The K-Mart…
Goldman Sachs (GS) recently said that media reports that its employees would make huge sums based on the firm’s 2009 earnings were not true. It turns out that they probably are. In an article…
The SEC’s inspector general has suggested to Congress that the government should pay a bounty to individuals who turn in financial felons, a new wrinkle among the attempts to keep fraud out of the…