Sony (SNE) and Google (GOOG) plan to launch a partnership to challenge to Amazon’s (AMZN) modestly successful e-book reader. According to The Wall Street Journal, the project will “give users of the…
According to Reuters, the Fed’s plans to buy Treasuries is like a program called “Operation Twist” which was part of the agencies effort to help the economy almost fifty years ago. Reuters…
Sales of the new Samsung Instinct are not helping Sprint (S) very much. Of all the handsets the No.3 US cellular carrier sells, the Instinct ranks N0.15 in terns of unit sales…
According to Reuters, AIG (AIG) will have to pay taxpayers back for bonuses it paid out before it can get its next $30 billion in loans. Reuters reports that Coke (KO) is…
According to Reuters, a price battle among goods makers is beginning. Reuters reports that payments to AIG (AIG) employees is causing rage among people already concerned about the bailout. Reuters reports that…
According to Reuters, Roche agreed to buy Genentech (DNA) for $46.8 billion. Reuters reports that the world economy is shrinking as the G20 meeting approaches. Reuters reports that US foreclosure filings were…
According to Reuters, Japanese gloom deepened and the government encouraged more coordination with the US. Reuters reports that AIG (AIG) got billions of dollars from the government that it paid out to…
Google’s (GOOG) huge video-sharing site YouTube drew enough people to have 100 billion videos viewed in January. The question is whether anyone in the media world, particularly the internet, TV, or film…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Ford (F) will launch a major financial restructuring. Reuters reports that the US is launching a $75 billion plan to help troubled holders of US mortgages. Reuters reports that…
It is probably a pretty fair guess that Google (GOOG) will have a poor quarter and that the stock is heading for new lows. Eric Schmidt, the search company’s CEO, made downbeat…
Douglas A. McIntyre By Douglas A. McIntyre of 24/7 Wall St. for DailyFinance.com Microsoft (MSFT) will begin to kick the tires on its new search engine. According to The Wall Street Journal, “Microsoft Corp. has…
Google (GOOG) came very close to facing antitrust charges when it planned to partially marry its search system with Yahoo!’s (YHOO). With 65% of the US search market, analysts believe the Google…
According to Reuters, Obama set out his goals in an address before Congress. Reuters reports that UAW leaders are urging members to vote for the new Ford (F) contract. Reuters reports that…
Every time there is news about the internet portal Yahoo! (YHOO), it makes the front pages. The only story about Yahoo, however, that deserved attention was the monstrous violation of fiduciary duty…
Layoffs at big companies are so common now that it is novel when a day goes by without Microsoft (MSFT), Caterpillar (CAT), or Macy’s (MC) letting thousands of people go. There are…
