Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has an amazing bond offering that is selling today with a caveat. The Goldman Sachs bond issue is $1.3 billion with a 6 1/8% coupon. What…
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) are a nearly perfect cameo of where the stock market is now, and where it is likely to remain after earnings season.…
Updated throughout the day. Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will unveil an unnamed consumer product. (Reuters) JPMorganChase (NYSE: JPM) will press federal officials about getting back some of the funds it spent to buy…
Reuters: US businesses fear a fight over the yuan will cause a trade disaster. Reuters: The US will test a cyber-blitz response plan. Reuters: JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) may go to the…
Perhaps the biggest news of the week was that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) was closing down its proprietary trading operations. The ramifications were taken out of context. On the surface,…
Updated throughout the day. Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) will up its bid for 3Par (NYSE: PAR) (various) Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) will offer a research application at the Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) App…
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) shares have dropped to 52-week low in the last few days. So has Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC). Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Citigroup (NYSE: C), and quasi-bank…
If no one wants to borrow money even as long-term interest rates are low and going lower, then it’s hard to see how a bank is going to make money. That, at…
Reuters: Research In Motion will share some BlackBerry code with the Saudis. Reuters: The dollar hit a 15-month low compared to the yen Reuters: India will decide whether to restrict the BlackBerry.…
Most of the analysis about super-brands focuses on companies and products that have been prominent in the last few decades – companies like Apple, Google, Toyota, or Starbucks. According to how many…
Updated throughout the day Research In Motion’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) deal with Saudi Arabia over BlackBerry use is said to undermine use by younger subscribers. (Bloomberg) Whitehaven Coal rose in Sydney trading after…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) has objected to giving the government advanced notice of its dealings with oil companies on major projects. Reuters: Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will take on Facebook with a…
Updated throughout the year. Blackstone may buy some of Morgan Stanley’s (NYSE: MS) Japanese interests. The pay czar will release compensation details of some Wall St. managers who received huge pay packages…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. BP plc’s CEO Tony Hayward will step down, or not (Times of London, Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) picked Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS)…
WSJ: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will begin the search for a new CEO. Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) will continue its work on the leaking well and said seepage had nothing to do…
