Tech stocks are supposed to go down less than the overall market and come back faster. That has been in the Broker 101 handbook for at least two decades. The reasoning is…
According to Reuters, Obama said that the recession would be halted by government efforts. Reuters reports that Treasury wants broad new powers to wind down troubled non-bank financial firms. Reuters reports that…
Google (GOOG) has been buying modest-sized companies for several years. It tries to find firms that have software or products that allow it to diversify out of the firm’s core search business,…
According to Reuters, a number of AIG (AIG) employees gave back their bonuses. Reuters reports that economist Martin Feldstein said the recession may last well into 2010 and the government may have…
According to Reuters, the US will woo private capital to get buyers for bank toxic assets. Reuters reports that US shoppers are likely to remain frugal. Reuters reports that US car dealers…
Microsoft’s (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer is making a good show of trying to get Yahoo! (YHOO) to discuss selling its search business. The combination could give MSFT 30% of the US market…
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…
