The Federal Reserve may allow some of the nation’s strongest banks to raise their dividends. (Reuters) The S&P and DJIA hit 2 year highs. (Reuters) China attacked the US over its plans…
The Republicans took control of the House but not the Senate. Solar panel maker Solyndra was forced to halt expansion, to some extent because of Chinese competition. (NYT) Cotton prices will cause clothing…
In the first nine months of 2010, manufacturers pushed some 52 million TV sets into their distribution channels. Unfortunately, only 38.7 million sets made it onto retailer shelves, according to research firm…
Some of the recent acquisitions by one public company or another have given shareholders huge windfalls. 3Par was sold at an extraordinary valuation after a bidding war between Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and…
Reuters: Geithner said the major currencies are “in alignment” but need negotiations to make sure their status remains that way. Reuters: Toyota (NYSE: TM) will fix 1.52 million Avalons. Reuters:…
The Mac is unlikely to take Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) to the leader’s board for PC sales. It is still considered too much of a niche product. And, netbooks, which were until…
The environment for home sales becomes more difficult with each passing month. Some estimates put 11.1 million mortgages, about 23% of the US total, underwater, meaning that homeowners owe their banks more…
The personal computer business is changing. In some ways the changes are better, but in many ways the changes are not good for the sector. Gartner Group’s Q3 preliminary data showed growth…
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: (NASDAQ: DELL) is seeing some unusual activity ahead of its earnings report. Perhaps more interesting is what is causing the move. There are a couple of rumors that either…
Looking for companies that are “cheap” is often a tricky situation when you just run the numbers. Cheap stocks are usually cheap for a reason, and that reason is either because fears…
Insider selling often does not usually offer any more insight than insider buying. But when you have a hot sector that is full of rumors about who the next storage, cloud, and…
The president of PAR, which owns 7.7% of the shares in Dollar Thrifty (NYSE: DTR), told The Wall Street Journal that his fund will vote against a Hertz offer to buy the…
Short sellers increased their positions in a number of telecom and tech stocks. Shares sold short in AT&T (NYSE: T) rose 14% to 58.2 million. The short interest in Verizon (NYSE: VZ)…
Reuters: The Chinese premier said he would not succumb to pressure from the US on the value of the yuan. Reuters: An SEC watchdog said the timing of the charges against Goldman…
Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Mac and iPad continue to dominate Window’s based PCs in surveys. The new ASCI study of customer satisfaction is no exception. “Apple continues its dominance, leading the PC…
