5:22am ET
Transportation
GE (GE) May Buy Fifty Boeing (BA) 737s
GE (NYSE: GE) is considering buying up to fifity Boeing (NYSE: BA) 737 jets to lease to airlines. According to Bloomberg "The order may be valued at as much as $3.53 billion,…
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Industrials
Merrill Lynch Flips Conglomerate Coverage (GE, MMM)
Merrill Lynch has made a key reversal call in the conglomerate sector. It has raised General Electric (NYSE: GE) to Buy from Neutral, and it has downgraded 3M (NYSE: MMM) to Neutral…
5:50am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Citigroup (C) And Lehman (LEH) Will Disappear
The story is the same every decade or so. Bad economic times cause well-known businesses to fail. They are bought out and merged, and they simply cease to exist as the public…
10:02am ET
Military
SPAC IPO FILING: National Security Solutions Inc. (NSX, GE)
Another blank check company has joined the list of pending IPO’s. National Security Solutions Inc. is the next SPAC or special purpose acquisition company to submit an IPO filing. The offering is…
Douglas A. McIntyre 8:42am ET
Economy
What Stocks Aren’t Dropping, Much (MSFT)(GE)(CSCO)(INTC)(DELL)(QCOM)(AAPL)
For those intrepid enough to go into the market today, there are some stocks that are down under 1%. Some are even up slightly. A shopping list for the insane: Micrsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT),…
11:49am ET
Investing
Bleak House: Despair On The 52-Week Low List (GE)(VZ)(GOOG)(C)
Those rummaging through the garbage of 52-week low lists are usually bottom-fishing investors or desperate CEOs. But, the list is so broad that it has become a tableau of the market as…
2:54am ET
Media
Media Digest 3/14/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, regulators unveiled a plan to toughen rules for mortgage brokers. Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) have begiin informal discussion about the buy-out. Reuters reports that IACI…
7:13am ET
Industrials
Would GE Consider Being The Next Vulture Over Distressed Assets? (GE)
Yesterday we saw the annual report out of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), along with the letter from CEO Jeff Immelt. While we noted many issues that were broken down by segment…
Douglas A. McIntyre 12:12pm ET
Industrials
No Nasty Surprises in GE’s Annual Report (GE)
General Electric (NYSE: GE) issued its annual report, which Wall Street considers as a Bible for public companies. We normally peruse 10-k filings (annual reports) for all sorts of tidbits on companies…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:29pm ET
Industrials
CEO Immelt Buys $2M More in General Electric Stock (GE)
Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), has gone active again in buying up shares of company stock. In an SEC Filing, it shows that Jeff Immelt bought roughly 62,000…
Douglas A. McIntyre 12:11pm ET
Media
Tech Profits From 3-D & Cinema Expansion Initiatives (AIXD, DIS, GE, NWS, VIA, DWA)
A small company called Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIXD) made an announcement this morning that it received commitments from four major movie studios to provide movies to up to 10,000 digital…
5:05am ET
Industrials
GE (GE) Says “No Way” To Selling NBC Universal
GE (NYSE: GE) will say once again that its entertainment business, NBC Universal, is not for sale. “Should we sell NBCU? The answer is no!” Mr. Immelt writes in a message for…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:49am ET
Media
Media Digest 3/11/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Goldman Sachs says the Fed may make an emergency rate cut. Reuters writes that Nokia (NOK) is likely to sell down now that information from chip company Texas Instruments…
11:53am ET
Consumer Electronics
How Does GE (GE) Hit A 52-Week Low?
On the face of it, there is no way GE (NYSE: GE) should be at a 52-week low. The company is as solid as a rock, a "safe haven" stock. Its yield…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:51am ET
Media
Media Digest 3/4/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters February car sales dropped sharply especially for US made vehicles. Reuters writes that BHP Billiton (BHP) is working on raising $55 billion for its potential takeover of Rio Tinto…