Congressman Barney Frank and Senator Chris Dodd are not wasting any time after health care reform. In a press conference this morning, the two well-known Democrats said financial reform was next on…
Reuters: A Chinese newspaper accused Google (GOOG) of helping US intelligence Reuters: JP Morgan (JPM) is close to a huge tax refund deal with the FDIC. Reuters: Oil dropped below $81 on…
Reuters: The Obama health care bill passed the House and Senate. Reuters: The Senate will begin a fight on financial reform Reuters: Arrow agreed to a buyout from Shell (RDS.A) and PetroChina (PTR).…
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…
Reuters: China took a hard position on the value of the yuan despite US pressure. Reuters: Google’s (GOOG) ad partners in China expressed concerns about its plans. Reuters: If banking laws change,…
Updated throughout the day. Janet Yellen will be nominated to be vice chair of the Fed (various) Meg Whitman’s former CEO of Ebay (EBAY) run for governor of California may be hurt by…
Updates throughout the day. AIG (AIG) has developed a new system for paying management bonuses (NYT) “While banks like JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs have enough liquidity to consider raising dividends or buying back…
The International Brotherhood of Electric Workers, a shareholder in Goldman Sachs (GS), filed a lawsuit in Delaware which accuses the investment bank of overpaying its management and bankers. The union wants Goldman…
Reuters: Toyota (TM) said it found no electronic safety problems with its cars. Reuters: China said it was committed to US debt but worried about gold. Reuters: Japanese car companies are studying…
The outrage over investment bank salaries has just begun to die. Many financial firm CEOs and senior managers took less pay than they have in recent years, and took a larger percent…
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…
These are ten of the top research calls we have seen in the form of upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NYSE: AKAM) Raised…
Reuters: GM will recall 1.3 million cars for steering problems. Reuters: China would like one price for iron ore to cut commodity speculation. Reuters: Two software services will help telcos as they…
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) is going to get hear more criticism over the notion that it creates so many millionaires. Compensation has been an issue since about half way through…
Douglas A. McIntyre 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…
