Does Diet Coke Taste Better Than Pepsi?
The Wall Street Journal reports that sales of Diet Coke in the US have passed those of Pepsi. Regular, sugary Coke holds the top spot. The Journal’s analysis of the situation largely supposes that…
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Apple’s Chase For No.1 Market Cap Position Ends
coutesy of Exxon Mobile Corp.The market capitalization of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) moved ahead of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) last year. It was a humiliation for the world’s largest software company which held the distinction…
Relieving Taxpayers From Crisis Costs
Ireland’s new leadership does not believe that either companies that operate within its borders or its citizens should carry the entire cost of pulling the nation out of debt. That supposes that the EU…
Media Digest (3/17/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
FedEx (NYSE: FDX) profits will probably be higher but hurt by gas prices. (Reuters) Lehman Bros has set November 17 as the date to get approval of its bankruptcy plan. (Reuters) Problems in the…
Chocolate As Expensive As Caviar? That’s Absurd
Chocolate lovers, who are facing price hikes in the wake of record cocoa prices, can take solace in one thing: the cost of their deliciousness likely will never reach the level of caviar. That…
Japan’s New Car Market Could Hit the Skids (TM, HMC, NSANY)
The impact and aftermath of the Japanese earthquake on the US car market has been speculated about and analyzed pretty carefully in the past few days. As the second largest car market in the…
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index, The Companies With The Worst PR: March 16
Healthnet was hammered on news that it “missplaced” data on 2 million customers. Toyota (NYSE: TM) remained high on the list due to concerns about Japanese production and sales. Regulatory problems and costs may…
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Watch (3/16/2011) February PPI, Wholesales Prices
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 Rumors (3/16/2011) Zillow IPO
Updated throughout the day. LivingSocial will raise money at a $2 billion valuation (Bloomberg) Zillow has hired Citigroup (NYSE: C) to handle its IPO Douglas A. McIntyre
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (NFLX, ERIC, ORCC, RMBS)
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), Online Resources Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCC), and Rambus, Inc.…
Has Apple’s Tablet Business Run Out Of Time?
Just as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a successful launch of its new iPad 2, some industry experts see its dominance in the sector fading. This is despite some Wall St. firms’ estimates that Apple…
Americans Turn Against Green Energy Concerns As Japan Falters
It is a coincidence. A new Gallup poll says Americans are more interested in an increase and diversification of energy output than they are concerned about the environmental consequences of these actions. “Americans, by…
The Last Stand Of “Too Big To Fail”
The Congressional Oversight Panel, which was established by Congress in late 2008 to oversee the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), today released its 30th and final oversight report. Among its findings were:…
A Ratings Cut In Portugal As Inflation and Japan Loom
Moody’s cut the sovereign paper of Portugal from A3 to A1 with a negative outlook. The reasons were too few. They included a fear that the economy and productivity will not grow fast enough,…
Media Digest (3.16.2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Portugal’s debt was cut two levels by Moody’s (MarketWatch) Radiation levels rose at a reactor in Japan (Reuters) Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) will have a hard time taking over NYSE; Euronext (NYSE: NYX) The watchdog…
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 15 Toyota Earthquake
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…
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CIGX, CSCO, YHOO)
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:…
Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/15/2011) Nokia Siemens M&A, NASDAQ Offer For NYSE
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…
Four Dollar Gas Has Arrived
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 Pipe Dream
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. …