Reuters: The Treasury is keeping banks guessing about when they can repay TARP funds. Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) has raised more than $13 billion in share sales. Reuters: Hewlett-Packard’s (HPQ) financial…
GE’s financial business was supposed to be worth zero, or worse. Deutsche Bank analysts said it had a negative valuation of $50 billion. Some publicity-seeking stock commentators said the entire company was…
Douglas A. McIntyre The first quarter of 2009 Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) holdings are now out for the cut off date here of March 31, 2009. There are some changes from…
Reuters : Intel (INTC) said its results are running better than expected. Reuters : The government is looking at a pay overhaul in the financial sector. Reuters: Economic woes are hurting the…
Today was a big day for the world of colonoscopies and the battle in detecting colon cancer and polyps. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final decision that Medicare…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, stress tests results will force ten banks to have to raise nearly $75 billion. Reuters reports that Toyota (TM) lost $6.9 billion and warned of more losses ahead. Reuters…
GE (GE) announced a push to increase R&D in its medical division, bring down prices for many of the technologies it creates, and provide financing to the doctors and hospitals who use…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, GM (GM) is expected to post huge losses ahead of decisions about whether it will go into Chapter 11. Reuters reports that Obama is seeking budget savings due to…
By the time Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 yesterday, it was no longer a large American company. Although the firm is private, most estimates are that the No.3 US car company may…
Hulu, the large premium video site owned by GE’s (GE) NBC Universal, News Corp. and Providence Equity Partners, is growing faster than most analysts expected. According to comScore, Hulu had more than 380…
According to Reuters, world health officials are fighting to contain the new flu. Reuters reports that the government may be pressing Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC) to raise more money.…
According to Reuters, a new generation of netbooks may reshape the PC industry. Reuters reports that concerns about swine flu have spread across the globe causing health alerts. Reuters reports that John…
Short selling is among the most controversial investment practices and has been blamed for sharp sell-offs in the stocks of a number of large companies, especially financial firms. Governments in both the US and…
GE (GE) earnings are often viewed as a legitimate test of how the global economy is doing. It has tremendous international operations. It has large industrial, infrastructure, medical, financial, and media businesses.…
Douglas A. McIntyre As the executives at Apple (AAPL) were passing around the Dom Perignon, their counterparts at other companies which design and manufacture smartphones were putting all sharp objects out of reach. In a…
