A report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations accuses Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) of selling weak financial securities and betting against the interests of its clients. (Reuters) Glencore will raise up to…
RealtyTrac’s list of the cities with the best bargains in foreclosed properties contained few surprises. What may not be well-known, however, is that many investors from outside the United States are taking in an…
Cisco news was particularly negative as CEO John Chambers tries to take apart the segments of his company that perform poorly. Concerns about Toyota’s earnings remain high due to parts and production shortages. Community…
Unless there is something really good on cable, Daily Austerity Watch will be grabbing a tub of non-fat popcorn and watching today’s speech by President Barack Obama detailing his plans to tackle the deficit. …
Steven M. West, who has been a board member of Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) since April 1996, runs a company called Emerging Company Partners LLC. It claims to help companies execute business strategies and aid…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Adtran, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN), Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE), Graham Packaging Company (NYSE: GRM), Riverbed…
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for April 11, 2011.These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in crowds?
Updated throughout the day. Deutsche Bank will restructure in the US to avoid certain federal regulations (WSJ) Schneider Electric made a $30 billion offer for Tyco (Reuters) BP may sell its stake in BP-TNK…
The Bell System divestiture was the final act in an epic antitrust battle between the phone company and the federal government. It caused AT&T to shed its local phone companies in 1984. The legal…
The new OECD Society at a Glance report shows that men in Asia do more hours of paid work than their counterparts in other regions of the world. Paid work hours in China, Japan,…
The IMF’s new Fiscal Monitor says “The United States will require significant deficit cuts in 2012 and 2013 to meet their commitments over the next few years. A downpayment in the form of deficit reduction…
The Fed’s exit from QE2 may involve rate increases (Reuters) Deutsche Bank will restructure its US bank business to avoid regulation (WSJ) Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) new CEO will be carefully watched as the search…
The idea of compensating donors of vital organs, which strikes many as morally repugnant, is gaining acceptance among some parts of the medical community which has grown frustrated at watching thousands of patients die…
Here’s an excuse to party if anyone needs one: it’s Tax Freedom Day. It’s a “holiday” invented in 1948 to commemorate the time of the year when Americans have paid off the amount…
John Chambers , CEO of Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), may have made good decisions several years ago to enter several consumer-facing technology ventures. Now his company is suffering from the fact that most of these…
In today’s round-up of fiscal news, Daily Austerity Watch will examine developments in the U.K., and Spain. But first up, let’s talk about Tasty Kakes. The snack treats are as much a part of…
It may be the surge in inflation or the lengthy drop in home prices or the 6.2 million unemployed America–but consumer economic optimism fell apart in March. That bodes poorly for second quarter GDP…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Allied Irish Bank (NYSE: AIB), ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH), Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL), Extreme…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million…
Updated throughout the day. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) financial executives were not told about plans that would prevent the firm from reinstating its dividend (WSJ) Deutsche Boerse will not raise its offer for NYSE…