Updated throughout the day. SK Telecom may make a bid for Blockbuster assets (FT) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is at work on a mobile payment systems for Windows 7 (Bloomberg) Douglas A. McIntyre
Nintendo appears ready to prove that there are second lives for game console companies. The firm claims that first day sales of its new 3DS were the greatest for any handheld device in the…
The USPS has made a proposal the would allow it to close Post Offices with greater ease. The Postal Regulatory Commission and Congress can have a say in this matter so USPS management has…
The Wall Street Journal says that Portugal’s budget report for 2010 may be wrong. The paper writes that “The country’s statistics office has been reviewing its 2010 accounts after the EU’s Eurostat agency observed…
The federal government’s tax credit for home purchases ended last April. There was a sharp rise in home purchases ahead of its expiration. The housing market has moved down most months since then. Data…
Consumer morale and home prices dropped sharply according to two surveys (Reuters) Gold and oil rose on concerns about Libya and the movement in equities (Reuters) The new chief of Twitter wants the site…
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. While a new plan from the European Union might seem to belong more properly in our Alternative Energy Daily, it’s being noted here…
There are dozens of “best” lists put out by the media every year. These stories have catchy titles like the most admired companies, the largest companies, the wealthiest billionaires, the most well-liked billionaires, the…
Here is our latest installment of the Daily Austerity Watch, 24/7 Wall St.’s summary of the major news of efforts by governments to bring their fiscal houses in order. US Government — Washington pundits…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Apollo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL), Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBRG), and Vical…
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. Vevo may buy News Corp (NYSE: NWS) MySpace (Reuters) The Japanese government may take over Tokyo Electric Power (NYT) BP plc (NYSE: BP) management who oversaw the Deepwater Horizon may…
Moody’s reports that it is concerned about the financial effects of the AT&T (NYSE: T) $39 billion buyout of T-Mobile. The US telecom will take on $20 billion in debt to close the deal.…
Japan and Michigan have little in common except that they are among the largest regions that manufacture cars. Recently, they have begun to share one other thing. Each has become an example of potentially…
The Pew Charitable Trusts released its 2010 “Who’s Winning The Clean Energy Race” study. Many experts in the field consider it the gold standard of research in the field of green energy investment by…
The 2011 Oscar telecast will go down as one of the worst in the history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. At least that is what many Internet critics argued. Hollywood…
Off-exchange traded fund BATS will go public to challenge NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) and Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ). (Reuters) Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has take a sex bias case against it to the Supreme Court (Reuters)…
Swiss-based commodities trading house Glencore International expects to conduct an initial public offerin gon the Hong Kong exchange around the end of April. The company aims to raise $10 billion with this offering and…
Here is our latest installment of the Daily Austerity Watch, 24/7 Wall St.’s summary of the major news off efforts by governments to bring their fiscal houses in order. US Government: The game of…
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…