Lubrizol (NYSE: LZ) is being bought by Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) for $9 billion. Investors seem to think that is too low. Toyota (NYSE: TM) is hurt by earthquake and interruption of supply. Con…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGX), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Updated throughout the day. Nasdaq OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) may make an offer for NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) (Reuters) Nokia Siemens will try to renegotiate it $1.2 billion deal to buy enterprise assets from Motorola…
Every motorist’s nightmare has come true: gas prices have topped $4 per gallon in Hawaii. Data on the American Automobile Association website shows that regular fuel in the Aloha State is fetching $4.016 per…
Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) new CEO Léo Apotheker laid out a relatively simple formula for the expansion and improved profitability of the large technology firm that completely ignores the work of his successful predecessor Mark Hurd. …
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan have already raised the question of whether reactors should be built to handle 9.0 scale earthquakes and whether sea walls which cover 40% of Japan’s east coast should…
Americans may cut back car purchase as shipments of automobiles from Japan fall due to the earthquake and tsunami there. The effect on US car companies would seem to be positive, but it probably…
There are several ways to measure what many experts describe as a shortage of physicians in some parts of the United States. The first is the ratio of doctors per thousand people. America’s rank…
The Nikkei fell 11%. The Ethisphere Institute released its list of the most ethical companies saying those most open with employees and shareholders topped the list. (Reuters) The euro zone will probably increase guarantees…
About the only good news in the news business is coming from the web. The growth, though impressive, is not enough to sustain the profitability of newspaper publishers which are experimenting with ways to…
Electric energy provider Dynegy (NYSE: DYN) has been through a great deal recently. It threatened to file Chapter 11. The firm said it might not be able to refinance a credit facility. The company’s…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Cameco Corporation (NASDAQ: CCJ), Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGX), JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd.…
Updated throughout the day. Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) will merge their enterprise units (The Times) American Eagle Outfitter may be bought by private equity interests (NYPost) Douglas A. McIntyre
The hackers who released confidential Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) documents claim that they show fraud on the part of the huge financial firm. Some “documents”: Bank Of America Fraud Emails, Corporations Move Your…
The consensus estimate is that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sold 500,000 iPad 2 units over the weekend. That is more than the original iPad sold after its weekend launch. Most analysts who cover the company…
IHS Global Insight claims that China surpassed the US as the world’s largest manufacturing nation last year. China had 19.9% of the world’s market. The US had 19.4%. Several media outlets claim that America…
US stock markets may continue to make an assault on their all-time highs as the year goes along. The DJIA trades at 12,000 not so far from its 2007 peak of 14,000. A number…
The rook of a second nuclear reactor blew off in Japan. (Reuters) A hacker group plans to release Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) e-mails today. (Reuters) Members of Congress are certain of a deal…
“We will encourage the best firms to acquire or build up overseas operations and to license or acquire famous global brands in order to obtain international recognition and improve the image and competitiveness of…
Preliminary estimates for the cost of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake are as high as $35 billion, and the effects of the tsunami could cause that to grow According to research firm AIR Worldwide: Given…