The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management strength…
Reuters: Some senators want hearings on the Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) bailouts. Reuters: Toyota (TM) is at work in China on damage control. Reuters: Asia factory output expanded by…
Reuters: Akio Toyoda met with Transportation Secretary LaHood. Reuters: Lloyds posted huge loss driven by bad debts. Reuters: A job creation effort is hung up in Congress again. Reuters: Blackstone (BSX) got commitments for…
Palm (PALM) may not be dead, but it is dying. It could not survive that ongoing success of smartphone leaders Apple (AAPL) and RIM (RIMM). The iPhone and Blackberry just keep gaining…
These are this morning’s top analyst research calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street analysts this Thursday: A123 Systems (NASDAQ: AONE) Started as Equal-Weight at Barclays. Big Lots (NYSE:…
Updated throughout the day Greece will sell a 10-year bond next week to raise about $3 billion. (WSJ) GE (GE) will sell a $3.3 billion interest in Turkish bank Garanti (CNBC). Australia’s…
Reuters: Coca-Cola (KO) is close to buying its largest bottler. Reuters: Microsoft (NASAQ:MSFT) won court approve to shut down computers that spread spam and viruses. Reuters: Akio Toyoda (TM) apologized to Congress from problems with…
Updated throughout the trading day… Google Inc. (GOOG)… The European Commission has asked Google to comment on allegations by rivals it demotes their sites in its search rankings. This is partof an…
Douglas A. McIntyre Google (GOOG) announced that it will test “superfast” broadband in more than 50,000 households and will offer connection speeds that are in some cases one hundred times faster than current services. It is ironic…
Reuters: The $15 billion jobs bill advanced in the Senate. Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) faces a US criminal probe. Reuters: KKR and TPC are close to a deal to buy Morgan Stanley’s (NYSE:MS) share…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs (GS) has begun PR efforts to improve its image (NYPost). Stanley Fink, the former chief executive of Man Group, and Larry Hite may start a new hedge…
Reuters: Obama plans to pressure health insurance prices as part of new reforms. Reuters: A Toyota (TM) memo shows the company worked to keep the costs of one of its…
Updated throughout the day. Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) and Myriad Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) buyout rumors on options trading (3:45 PM EST). BioHealthInvestor.com says caveat emptor! Two schools in China are being…
By Douglas A. McIntyre Two Chinese schools may be the source of the cyberattacks on Google (GOOG) and a number of other U.S. corporations, and according to The New York Times these…
Douglas A. McIntyre 