According to Reuters, RIM (RIMM) posted strong earnings and added it 10 millionth subscriber. Reuters writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) is already getting ready for holiday price wars by beginning to drop prices.…
With its US vehicle sales down 20% in September, Ford (F) could use some quick cash. It may need it to fund a union controlled health care fund to get the liabilities…
Douglas A. McIntyre Ford’s (F) September vehicle sales dropped 21% in September. But, the have not hit zero yet. Sales to daily rental companies were down 62 percent, which is part of the company’s program…
Douglas A. McIntyre Hovnanian (HOV) the big home builder, recently ran a sale on a number of its houses in selected areas across the country. According to The Washington Post "the largest discounts were on…
Yahoo! (YHOO) is launching a new version of its search engine. The new product will bring the user results "incorporate a broader array of potential sources, such as videos or pages of…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he believes that the market is going to go higher and is on its way to his 14,548 DJIA target, give or take…
Auto research firm Edmunds and other analysts say Ford’s (F) sales will drop as much as 18% in September. As one analyst quoted at MarketWatch said "New cars and trucks from other…
The Detroit News is reporting that Ford (F) does not want the same deal that the UAW offered GM (GM). It wants a much better one. That might PO the union. As…
GM (GM) can cut all of the costs it wants to, and get a world class contract with the UAW. And, Ford (F) can follow suit. But, if they can’t sell cars,…
Alan Mulally of Ford (F) is sticking to his forecast that the company will be profitable in 2009. But, according to Reuters, he admits that the mortgage crisis and economic slowdown could…
It is easy to point to Chinese cars as being low-quality and cheap. But, in place like Africa and Latin America, that may not be such a bad thing. And, the US,…
The September short interest for NYSE stocks is out, and a number of big names in mortgages, retail ,and housing say bets against them move up. The figures compare shares short on…
Mark Fields, EVP of Ford (F) was in line to become CEO. But, the job went to someone from Boeing (BA). Fields may have shown why yesterday. The Ford exec made the…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Nokia (NOK) said the the ITC has begin an investigation into Qualcomm (QCOM) trade practives and patent infringements. Reuters writes that Boeing (BA) is estimating that China will need…
According to Bloomberg, "United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger picked General Motors Corp. (GM) as the union’s strike target after arguing with the automaker’s North American head over funding for a proposed…
