The debate over whether Europe should have one central financial authority grows louder. Even Angela Merkel of Germany has hinted she would drop her objections to eurobonds if this new authority has substantial influence…
The European Union may form a central office of treasury to match the European Central Bank. (Reuters) Ford (NYSE: F) may create brands specific to the Chinese market. (Reuters) The slowing economy hurts U.S.…
If the DJIA has an important support level at 12,000, either technically or psychologically, the floor is about to be breached. The index sits at 12,050, and there are a number of indications investors…
nationsonline.orgThe debate over whether Europe should have one central financial authority grew louder. Even Angela Merkel of Germany has hinted she would drop her objections to euro-bonds if this new authority has substantial influence…
about what can be done to salvage the US economy will be dominated by whether the Federal Reserve will launch a QE3. So far, the Fed has reported that unemployment, housing, and consumer spending…
Nintendo has broken the mold of video console design. It needs to do something to get market share back from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) which builds the XBox, and Sony (NYSE: SNE) which makes the…
World markets dropped sharply, driven lower in particularly by the Friday May jobs report from the U.S. Signs of recession in Europe and a lack of coordinated effort to solve the sovereign debt crisis…
AOL (NYSE: AOL) had a significant setback in its effort to keep dissident directors off its board. Starboard Value, which owns over 5% of the portal company, nominated three directors. Powerful shareholder evaluation firm Institutional…
nationsonline.orgSeveral news sources report that Angela Merkel may not want to face a collapse of the EU because efforts for a coordinated financial rescue have failed. Part of the reason for the process being arrested…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was the only original equipment manufacturer of cellphones to gain substantial market share in the US based on an average of the three months through April according to a new study by Comscore.The number…
Market views Greece’s debt problems as so severe that credit ratings barely matter. That did keep Moody’s from taking negative action on Greece’s sovereign paper. Perhaps the move is a precursor to what may…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) released it preview edition of Windows 8, putting the world’s largest software company closer to launching what will be its most important product for the next two years. New launches of…
The price for Brent crude has dropped below the $100 milestone for the first time since October. It is another signal that the world is: 1) no longer worried about a major supply interruption,…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will begin to charge money for a service which has been free. Sameer Samat the Vice President of Product Management for Google Shopping wrote in a blog: First, we are starting…
courtesy Facebook Inc.“Earlier today, some users briefly experienced issues loading the site. The issues have since been resolved and everyone should now have access to Facebook,” company spokesman Michael Kirkland told Reuters. It is…
The Formula One initial public offering, which was supposed to debut on the Singapore market, was killed. The move was extraordinary. Owning shares in the premier racing business in the world is nearly as exciting as owning…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will begin to charge money for a service that has been free. Sameer Samat, Vice President of Product Management for Google Shopping, wrote in a blog: First, we are starting to transition…
China’s PMI indicates a considerable slowing of its economy. (Reuters) Senior EC and ECB officials warn that the eurozone is on the brink of a calamity. (Reuters) Problems at Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) cause…
Europe’s unemployment remains extremely high at 11% in April. Eurostat economists reported that: The euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate3 was 11.0% in April 2012, stable compared with March. It was 9.9% in April…
Anyone who bet that India, Brazil and China would slow down in an exact order was a winner. Actually, it is hard to say where the drop-off began and when. China certainly joined the…