courtesy of YouTubeWalt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) buys Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion. (Reuters) Many members of the Greek parliament will vote in favor of austerity measures. (Reuters) Chrysler will not move Jeep…
Courtesy of 20th Century FoxThe Star Wars franchise is back! The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is acquiring Lucasfilm Ltd. from George Lucas. The deal is a cash and stock transaction valued…
Jon C. Ogg Trying to figure out the impact of tablets on a how a given person spends time connected to the rest of the world requires a lot of patience and a sharp eye…
BP PLC (NYSE: BP) sets a deal to sell its half of BP-TNK to Rosneft. (Reuters) European Union leaders will take at least two months to set terms for new rules for the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. ADT Corp. (NYSE: ADT) started as Outperform with $45 target…
Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) is reportedly in talks with Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB), Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. (NYSE: SNI) and Univision to offer some of the networks’ cable…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) begins to sell its Nexus 7 tablet in Japan, which puts it into competition with Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE). (Reuters) Google’s shares trade at a record high. (Reuters)…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaStreaming and rental video provider Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is currently involved in a negotiation with A&E Networks for a license to distribute the network’s content. The existing license…
U.S. retail sales of video games, controllers and gear fell 20% in August compared with sales in the same month a year ago, according to a report from research firm NPD Group.…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) pushes for a ban on eight Samsung phones. (Reuters) Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) will allow former chairman Richard Schulze to review its books with an eye…
It was just on Monday that we released the 24/7 Wall St. “12 Big Dividend Hikes Coming Before The End of 2012” and we already have one of the twelve coming true. …
Most investors have discovered that earning less than 1% per year in short-term Treasuries or even less than 2% out in the 10-year Treasury is no fun. Longer-dated Treasury bonds also are proving…
In the copyright case between Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), the judge asks for names of paid reporters and bloggers who work for the companies. (Reuters) The government…
Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has just reported earnings for its second quarter. The DJIA component owner of the Disney theme parks, ESPN, films, and more turned in earnings of $1.01 in…
Jon C. Ogg The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning on a report from Europe that German chancellor Angela Merkel now backs bond buying by the European Central Bank.Even a larger-than-expected drop…
