Updated throughout the day. The Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) is in settlement talks with the SEC. (WSJ) American International Group, Inc (NYSE: AIG) fired Goldman as it primary adviser (NYTimes) Douglas A.…
Reuters:  Stocks fell in Asia and Europe as the pound and euro fell. Reuters:  The GOP’s attempt to kill a consumer watchdog program was not successful. Reuters:  The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:…
The rumor mill usually runs into trouble or gets light on Thursday ahead of the crazy “Rumor Friday”… Yet there are still several ongoing and newer issues running around Wall Street and…
Reuters:  Calm water is helping manage the Gulf oil spill. Reuters:  April retail sales should be up in a sign of consumer recovery. Reuters:  The US is questioning Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has become thought of as Darth Vader’s Empire for the public of late. Still, investors are torn over whether to Buy or Sell Goldman Sachs’ as…
Jon C. Ogg Reuters:Â Â The Senate will begin to vote on the financial reform bill. Reuters:Â Â Regulators are considering an antitrust case against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reuters:Â Â Tensions between Germany and France over the Greek…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts. We have a link to more detail and analysis on each where applicable at VSInvestor.com: Biosante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) is…
These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we saw from Wall Street research calls this morning: Adtran Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. athenahealth, Inc.…
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…
This weekend came both the Annual Meeting of Shareholders for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, NYSE: BRK-B) and the quarterly earnings report. So you have seen the stock market’s massive run up…
All bulge bracket firms and most major banking and brokerage firms cover each other in traditional analyst calls. Usually there is a coverage that involves trends in the sectors and the picks…
These are six of the biggest movers this morning in pre-market trading: China Sunergy Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: CSUN) is up as it didn’t get the memo about slower growth in solar. Earnings…
Jon C. Ogg The US Attorney of the Southern District of Manhattan, home to most prosecutions of Wall St. firms, has begun an investigation into Goldman Sachs Group’s (NYSE: GS) trading to see if any…
WSJ:Â Warren Buffett intends to discuss his investment in Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) at the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) annual meeting. Reuters:Â Â Federal authorities have started a criminal probe into Goldman.…
Updated throughout the day. Short covering may have driven Palm’s (NASDAQ: PALM) price up after the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) offer. (Barron’s) “Omers, the Canadian pension fund, is close to agreeing its first European buy-out…
