Updated throughout the day. GMAC has attracted potential buyers including Wibur Ross, BlackRock (BLK), and Blackstone Group (BX) (Reuters) The Blackstone Group, the Apollo Group and Colony Capital may buy WestLB’s real estate finance unit. (FT)…
Updated throughout the day. Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) and Myriad Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) buyout rumors on options trading (3:45 PM EST). BioHealthInvestor.com says caveat emptor! Two schools in China are being…
Esteemed banking analyst Meredith Whitney just gave a CNBC interview a year after starting that she was starting Meredith Whitney Advisory Group. She is still very cautious on the banking sector and…
Updated throughout the day. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) was involved in a criminal tax evasion case involving a wealthy US investor. (NYT) Shares in Man Group are higher on word that Blackrock (NYSE:BLK) may buy the company. (Reuters)…
For the first time, China Investment Corp., the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has filed a Form 13F with the US Securities and Exchange Commission listing details of its investments in companies traded…
These are this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Raised to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Reuters:  Oil is at $82 and will move based on US jobs data. Reuters:   Reliance upped its offer for Lyondell to $13.5 billion. Reuters:  An former SAC employee was caught in a probe of…
Reuters:  Chinese banks must raise large sums of capital which could test equity markets. Reuters: AIG’s (NYSE:AIG) CEO had his pay package approved. Reuters:  The Fed sees growth but substantial policy risks.
Reuters:Â Â The Ohio Attorney General is suing a number of Wall St. firms. Reuters:Â Â GM will start to repay part of its debt to the US. Reuters:Â Â Citigroup (NYSE:C) will sell Bellsystem…
Reuters:Â Â E-mails and the credit crisis will be key to the trial of Bear Stearns workers. Reuters:Â The approval process for Tengzhong to buy Hummer has started in China. Reuters:Â Â Philips Electronics…
Reuters:Â Â GM says most of its cost cutting is done and its sales chief left. Reuters:Â Â Spot gold hit a record above $1,050. Reuters:Â Â The Senate healthcare bill weighs in at $829…
Baby boomers control $10 trillion in assets. A great deal if not most of that money has been invested in the stock market as this part of the population attempted in increase…
Baby boomers control $10 trillion in assets. A great deal if not most of that money has been invested in the stock market as this part of the population attempted in increase…
Updated throughout the day. Update: RADVision (RVSN) is trading down over 33% on rumors that the Cisco (CSCO) buyout of Tandberg will cost it nearly 40% of its revenue. (Morgan Keegan) Update: Friday’s…
BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) hits a yearly high of $220.17 on analyst upgrade from Deutsche Securities. Most other asset managers saw declines today. Greenhill & Co. (NYSE: GHL) hit a yearly high…
