Updated throughout the day. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will buy Opalis Software (Barron’s) Updated 9.47 AM EST The CEO of Bank of New York (NYSE:BK) is once again a candidate for the top jobs…
Reuters: The pressure is on big oil companies such as Exxon (NYSE:XOM) and BP (NYSE:BP) to find inexpensive oil reserves in Iraq. Reuters: Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) sees no threat to the US debt…
Short sellers sharply increased their gamble that financial stocks would fall based on short selling data from NYSE and Nasdaq on the last day of November. Shorts pushed into Citigroup (NYSE:C), increasing…
If the rumor mill is accurate, it seems that Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) may get to beat Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) in the race to exit the TARP in the…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 2.33 PM EST: Hollywood companies may buy some game publishers including Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Take-Two (NASDAQ:TTWO) (Barron’s) Updated 9.54 AM EST: Sprint’s (NYSE:S) customer base is…
Behind the scenes but barely out of sight, Citigroup (NYSE:C) is fighting with federal agencies about how much money it will need to have on hand to exit the TARP program. Taxpayers…
Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) and the government are in a dispute over TARP re-payments Reuters: Japan release plans for an $81 billion stimulus package. Reuters: Morgan Stanley’s (NYSE:MS) new CEO will shuffle top management.…
RBS (NYSE:RBS) is about to lose almost 1,000 bankers due to pay restrictions set by the UK government. The Times of London reports that the managers and traders will move to companies where their pay…
This was a wild week, and perhaps a disappointment that the news did not propel stocks even higher. There were many key movers though, and we have a very active panel of…
It may be that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner needs to take a revisionist’s view of history to support his attacks on the large bonuses Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and other banks are about to pay their…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) was all over the news for repaying the TARP and for its huge $15.00-equivalent stock offering of more than $19 billion. The S&P rebalance helped Bank…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have more detailed volume data and analysis on each stock story via a link over to VSInvestor.com: Smith &…
Reuters: Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may make bonus payments in stock. Reuters: China is worried about sticking to dollar deposits. Reuters: A well-known economist says housing will continue to fall. Reuters: Bank of…
These are this Thursday morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Market Perform at JMP Securities. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
The program Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has announced to repay the TARP funds it received is a modest vindication for its retiring CEO Ken Lewis. He has proved that his firm, which…
