The World’s Most Misunderstood Consumer Brands
The process of brand valuation is more an art than a science, or at least that is the conclusion of research done by 24/7 Wall St. The most well-regarded “brand evaluators” rarely come up…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Experts Finally Catch Up To The Housing Double Dip
MacroMarkets, an economic research firm, released its new survey of 111 people who are experts on home price trends. “The survey is based upon the projected path of the S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price…
As Detroit Dies, Solutions Disappear
The Bureau of the Census said Detroit lost 26% of its population over the last decade. That brought the number of people within its borders to 713,777. The New York Times pointed out that…
A Profit For The Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve made a profit last year. It turned $79 billion of its $82 billion in “comprehensive income” over to the Treasury. The agency is an island of profit in the federal government…
Media Digest (3/23/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Japan’s markets fell on concerns about contaminated drinking water (Reuters) The US has stopped imports from the area around Japan’s nuclear disaster (Reuters) The damage to Japan could cost $300 billion (Reuters) Officials of…
Austerity Watch: 3/22/11 Ireland, Minnesota
Austerity Watch Daily covers critical news about national sovereign debt, Credit Default Swaps, state and municipal deficit actions, and discussions about the US deficit and debt. Here are some highlights from media reports: 1.…
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 22 Companies With The Most Bad News
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) was swamped with bad press as it was sued by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) over patents on technology used in the Nook e-reader. PG&G has applied to renew licenses to…
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (3/22/2011) RIM Playbook, $102 Oil
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…
Today’s Best Market Rumor (3/22/2011) Libya’s Gold
Updated throughout the day. The Libya army is financing itself with the nation’s gold holdings (FT) AT&T (NYSE: T) will offer concessions to the government to close the T-Mobile deal (FT) Douglas A. McIntyre
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AGNC, HOTT, NFLX)
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC), Hot Topic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOTT), and Netflix, Inc.…
Will SK Telecom Try To Buy Sprint, Again?
SK Telecom, one of the largest companies in South Korea, apparently tried to buy Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) in 2008. It was always hard to understand why an Asia firm would want to own a…
Nikkei Moves Toward Pre-Crisis Levels
The Nikkei rose 4.3% today to 9,608. Another two days of similar gains would put the index at nearly 10,550, which is close to where it traded before the devastating earthquake and tsunami. It…
Facebook’s Valuation Warning: When Yahoo! Was Worth More Than Intel, Verizon, And Pepsi
Are investors forgetting the lessons of the dot-com bust of the 1990s?It would seem to be the case. Just like in the Clinton administration, companies with uncertain prospects are attracting insanely high valuations. …
The New Generation Of American Monopolies
A monopoly is either what the government says it is or what a dominant company’s competitors claim. The government’s opinion is the only one that counts, however, as Sprint will find out as it…
Media Digest (3/22/2011)
Japan may need to work with the G7 to keep the yen low. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) factories and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) expansion plans were hurt by the earthquake’s aftermath. (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE:…
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (3/21/2011) Schwab M&A, Citi Dividend
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…
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ATE, VRGY, VOD, XNPT)
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Verigy Limited (NASDAQ: VRGY), Vodaphone Group Plc. (NADAQ: VOD), and Xenoport, Inc. (NASDAQ: XNPT).…
Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/21/2011) Nasdaq M&A, Intel CEO
Updated throughout the day. Nasdaq OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) worries it will face regulatory scrutiny if it bids for NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) (WSJ) Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) tried to hire a Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) executive…
Google Is World’s Most Valuable Brand
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the world’s most valuable brand with a $43.3 billion valuation. It is followed by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), Bank of America (NYSE:…
Economic Fears That Won’t Go Away
Some economists look at American attitudes toward spending, stagnant wages, and high fuel prices and conclude that the recession has not ended–at least for the average citizen. A new Gallup poll shows that they…