Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares hit an all-time high yesterday as they rose to $209.35 up 3.5%. Most of the increase way due to rumors that the company will finally launch its tablet PC…
Reuters: Pay czar Feinberg approved compensation at several bailed out firms. Reuters: Oil moved above $77 as US crude stocks dropped. Reuters: The US is probing some banks about their sale of…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) rose close to 0.5% to a yearly high of $601.50, carried by the momentum of the market. Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE: JBL) rose over 14% to a yearly…
Updated throughout the day. Lehman is paying out big bonuses a year after its collapse. (Bloomberg). Citigroup (NYSE:C) has been hit by hackers who may have stolen millions of dollars (WSJ) Google…
MarketWatch: Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) downgraded Greece’s debt to A2 from A1 and said it had a negative outlook on the nation’s sovereign paper. Reuters: The FBI is probing a cyber attack on Citigroup (NYSE:C). Reuters: …
We have compiled several options chains we are watching today now that the DEC-2009 PUTS/CALLS have expired on Friday. Much of this likely options roll-outs continuing, but we are seeing some unusual…
Many investors use the last few weeks of each year to sell stocks on which they have posted losses to help their tax position. Other investors simply clean the dead wood out…
Updated throughout the day. The auto task force says GM and Chrysler are recovering ahead of schedule (Reuters) Carl Icahn may force a sale of Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ:TTWO) after buying 11% of…
Brand measurement is a popular exercise. Several major business magazines run brand value lists. The annual Brand Z and Interbrand lists always get heavy press coverage. Companies are concerned about their rankings…
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has made impressive strides into the smartphone market since launching the iPhone. There has been plenty of evidence since then that it is taking a part of BlackBerry’s market. But,…
Reuters: Merger activity will grow slowly in 2010. Reuters: Bank of America’s new CEO said he would focus on execution. Reuters: Profits at RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) topped forecasts. Reuters: Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) posed a surprise…
Some of the largest websites in the country had extraordinary swings in their audiences in 2009. Many of the most well-known web destinations lost large portions of their traffic Based on data from…
Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) will pay back TARP funds. Reuters: Kraft (NYSE:KFT) says it will be disciplined in its Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) buyout effort. Reuters: Some of AIG’s (NYSE:AIG) top staff…
The Top Fifty websites based on their percent of US online visits from January to November 2009 are dominated by search and e-mail. The top dozen sites according to data from Hitwise include…
M&A activity picked up in the second half of 2009 as the market moved up and access to capital for big companies improved. Corporate debt offerings soared and banks began to make…
