It was the cleanest theft since the Great Brink’s Robbery in 1950. The Fed and JP Morgan (JPM) got the Bear Stearns (BSC) management is a room over the weekend and beat…
If you have been around the markets for a decade you’ll know the name Frank Quattrone quite well. Quattrone was one of the most influential investment bankers in the 1990’s who also…
Google (GOOG) says that there is nothing to worry about. Its business is just fine. Tell that to the investors who have ridden the stock down from $747 to $420. But, the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Accoding to Reuters, the Fed is set for a large rate cut in the face of the financial crisis. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) says it is well positioned for an economic…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) certainly does not want to see Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) buy Yahoo! (NASDAQ: MSFT). It would allow Microsoft to spread its search features across a much larger audience. It would…
According to Reuters, the Fed is opening up its own balance sheet to poisonous securities it may get from banks in exchange for cash. Reuters writes that JP Morgan (JPM) bought Bear…
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…
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube continues to gain visitors. It competitors have to be dismayed. According to comScore, YouTube had a 34.3% share of all videos watched in the US during January, an…
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares are trading at $440, down from a 52-week high of just over $747. Investors are worried that its highly lucrative text-based search ad business is slowing with the…
According to Reuters, Paulson will try to tighten rules at the state and federal levels to tighten mortgage standards. Reuters writes that Carlyle Capital was unable to reach a deal with it…
TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reached an agreement with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to bring videos from YouTube to the television set. It will offer access to videos stored on YouTube directly to…
Now that Google (GOOG) has a green light to buy ad serving firm DoubleClick, it is making a foray into display advertising. Currently the company makes almost all of its money off…
According to Reuters, central banks are uniting to ease the credit crisis. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) got EU approval to buy DoubleClick and its shares rose. Reuters reports that Caterpillar (CAT)…
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) launched a PC product loaded with its software and an operating system from open source Linux. The product was being sold in Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT). Unfortunately, Wal-Mart customer seem to like…
Fred Hickey, the editor of HIgh Tech Strategist, is saying Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will have a very large earnings miss this quarter followed by "more disappointments to come," according to Barron’s. What…
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