Reuters:  China may hold the key to a sanctions program against Iran. Reuters:  The head of the AIG (AIG) unit that caused most of the firm’s losses is back in US. Reuters:  The…
Dell (DELL) paid a price that it could not defend, at least financially, for Perot (PER) earlier this month. Xerox (XRX) has decided to follow Dell down the same road by paying…
The economy is obviously getting better, so long as you are not one of the unemployed or about to lose your job. Now with more than a 50% rally from the March…
Short sellers posted a mixed record on big banks. Short interest in Citigroup (C) plunged by 73% to 177.5 million shares. The short interest in Bank of America (BAC)Â was down 18% to…
Reuters:Â Â The young and affluent in China may become more active consumers. Reuters:Â Â The G20 is looking to nurture the recovery and add financial safeguards. Reuters:Â Â Taxpayers may never get back all…
These are this Tuesday’s top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious research calls we have seen out of Wall Street early on: Dell (DELL) downgraded to Neutral at Credit Suisse. Martin Marietta (MLM)…
Reuters:Â Â Obama pushed his economic message before the G20 summit Reuters:Â Â A Senate panel took up healthcare legislation. Reuters:Â Â Bank of America (BAC) missed a deadline for supplying information from Congress and…
These are this Monday’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks in the pre-market. We have more details on each for volume and price moves at VSInvestor.com: Delta Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:…
Shares of Perot Systems (PER) are up 65% to $29.69 on news that the company will be bought for $3.9 billion. Perot’s 52-week high. Dell is substantially overpaying to get into the…
Reuters:  The competition to dominate the green car market is increasing. Reuters:  Obama will pressure the G20 on Wall St. reform. Reuters:  Oracle (ORCL) earnings missed targets. Reuters:  Opel’s sales shows power…
Several consulting firms post annual figures for the world’s most valuable brands. The two best known are probably the Interbrand and BrandZ surveys. They are notably different, up until now at least.…
Morgan Stanley has made several key downgrades in technology, as well as a few lesser upgrades. Both IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) were downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight. Also…
Oracle (ORCL) probably thought its deal to buy Sun Microsystems (JAVA) was a sure thing once US regulators had approved the deal. Now, the transaction is in real trouble and some experts…
Google (GOOG) has set a deal to distribute its Chrome browser on Sony (SNE) PCs. Google has not had much success in getting computer users to switch from the two dominant browsers…
Reuters:  Ebay (EBAY) will sell Skype to private investors. Reuters:  China’s manufacturing index gained. Reuters:  A late Labor Day will hurt August retail sales. Reuters:  A US judge ruled against AIG (AIG)…
