America’s Worst Board Members: Henry McKinnell of Moody’s
He nry A. McKinnell, Jr, has been a board member at Moody’s (NYSE: MCO) since 1997. He serves as the head of the governance and compensation committee and is the firm’s lead director. The…
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The US Car Market: Making Money Vs. Making Sales
The Ford (NYSE: F) brand outsold the Toyota (NYSE: TM) brand in 2010. That crown has to be worth something. Ford makes popular, well-designed cars. Toyota’s image has been hurt by millions of recalls…
Who Cares Who Buys Facebook Shares?
There is a notion that Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) should not be allowed to buy shares in Facebook for $450 million and sell them to clients. The SEC plans to look into the…
Media Digest (1/5/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The SEC is faced with the challenge between disclosure of public and private companies as Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) invested $450 million in Facebook. (Reuters) US officials said it was critical for China…
Robust Auto Sales in China for 2011, But No New Records (GM, F, TM, HMC)
Chinese buyers are projected to have purchased up to 18 million cars in 2010, more cars than have ever been sold in one country in one year. Those cars represent a year-over-year growth rate…
Today’s Best Market Rumors 1.4.2010 Obama To Get Staff, BP M&A
Updated throughout the day. Facebook may lay off half of its staff (WSJ) BP plc (NYSE: BP) may get a buyout offer from Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) (Daily Mail) Obama has talked to…
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ATPG, BANR, DRYS, XING, XOMA)
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (NASDAQ: ATPG), Banner Corporation (NASDAQ: BANR),…
A Microsoft TV Box To Compete With Google And Apple
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will launch a TV set-top box at the International Consumer Electronics Show, according to a number of media reports. It will compete with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), and the…
American Optimism About Economy Springs Higher
Americans believe, by a wide margin, that the economy will be better in 2011 than it was in 2010. As a matter of fact, “Twice as many Americans think the U.S. economy will be…
BP plc May Be Back In Play
BP plc (NYSE: BP) may be back in play. That is, at least, what a report from The Daily Mail says. The FT points out that claims against the UK-based oil giant for the…
The Fifteen Most Hated American Companies Of 2010
Customers, employees, shareholders and taxpayers hate large corporations for many reasons. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed many of these to choose the 15 most hated companies in America. We examined each company based on six…
Media Digest (1/4/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
December retail sales may the last rise in several months. (Reuters) The US will ease some restrictions on deepwater drilling. (Reuters) Oil reached a 27-month peak. (Reuters) Blu-ray could accelerate 3D TV purchases. (Reuters)…
Consumer Bankruptcies Soar, The Recovery Expands
A note to those who have taken all the positive financial and economic data released recently to offer proof the recession is over–consumer bankruptcies soared last year. U.S. consumer bankruptcies increased 9 percent…
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (DRYS, IPXL, ISPH, MOTR, XING)
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Dryships, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS), Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPXL), Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISPH), Motricity,…
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (1/3/2010) Facebook $50 Billion, Hyundai Rules
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…
Australia Flood Is Concern For Coal Prices, A Commodities Lesson
Floods not seen in the modern era have shuttered coal mines throughout an area of Queensland, Australia, the size of Texas. Several large international miners, including Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP), will take huge losses.…
Hyundai Ruins The US Car Market For Its Competition
Hyundai and its stablemate Kia had almost no presence in the US car market five years ago. Hyundai and Kia now have 7.8% of monthly domestic sales, higher than Nissan, and have begun to…
America’s Worst Directors: AMD’s Robert B. Palmer
The role of directors and their performance are not as visible as are the performances of public company CEOs. However, they are nearly as important in some cases. Boards have the final say in…
Censorship: The Great Enemy Of Skype, Facebook, And Twitter
The determination of foreign governments to protect their national technology franchises or censor information that originates outside their borders could limit the growth prospects of Skype, Facebook, and Twitter. That’s something competition has failed…
Media Digest 1.3.2011 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Facebook raised money at a $50 billion valuation. (NYT) Foreign commercial real estate investors ranked the US as the No.1 location to buy properties. (Reuters) Oil is unlikely to surge quickly above $100. (Reuters)…