Reuters:Â Â New airport security measures could hurt airline revenue. Reuters:Â Â US holiday retailers were up 3.6% according to one report. Reuters:Â Â A bankruptcy filing by JAL is possible to handle its financial…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters:Â Â Pay czar Feinberg approved compensation at several bailed out firms. Reuters:Â Â Oil moved above $77 as US crude stocks dropped. Reuters:Â Â The US is probing some banks about their sale of…
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) has some good news this morning, although this could actually be bad news for those hoping for an immediate takeover. The company has been without an heir…
Reuters:Â Â The healthcare bill moved over key hurdles in the Senate. Reuters:Â Â Oil is above $73 on Iran-Iraq tensions. Reuters:Â Â Citadel filed for Chapter 11. Reuters:Â Â The head of AIG (NYSE:AIG) said…
Meredith Whitney must be staggering her bank coverage news out to get more exposure, or at least that is a cynical take on the matter. Yesterday, she hit Goldman Sachs Group Inc.…
Reuters:  Merger activity will grow slowly in 2010. Reuters:  Bank of America’s new CEO said he would focus on execution. Reuters:  Profits at RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) topped forecasts. Reuters:  Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) posed a surprise…
Financial stocks were already looking mixed at best early this morning with the largest offering in capital markets history pricing last night for a trade today. But Meredith Whitney, of her own…
Reuters:  Abu Dhabi supplied Dubai with $10 billion in bail out funds. Reuters:  Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) is optimistic about its fight against Kraft (NYSE:KFT). Reuters:  Arcelor Mittal could cut 10,000 jobs. Reuters:  “Naked access”…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 2.33 PM EST: Hollywood companies may buy some game publishers including Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Take-Two (NASDAQ:TTWO) (Barron’s) Updated 9.54 AM EST: Sprint’s (NYSE:S) customer base is…
Reuters:  Citigroup (NYSE:C) and the government are in a dispute over TARP re-payments Reuters:  Japan release plans for an $81 billion stimulus package. Reuters:  Morgan Stanley’s (NYSE:MS) new CEO will shuffle top management.…
The program Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has announced to repay the TARP funds it received is a modest vindication for its retiring CEO Ken Lewis. He has proved that his firm, which…
Reuters:Â Â The dollar may keep rising as investors close out bets on oil and the currency. Reuters:Â Â Black Friday deals may not signal a retail comeback. Reuters:Â Â Kraft (NYSE:KFT) is weighing a…
A number of large Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) shareholders would like to see the firm’s profits in their pockets and not in the bank accounts of the Goldman partners. The Wall Street Journal…
Reuters:  The Senate is near its first vote on healthcare. Reuters:  Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) is betting on corporate spending for its recovery. Reuters:  Time Warner’s (NYSE:TWX) AOL showed that the worst is not…
Large U.S. banks have raised money to improve their capital position this year, in some cases because the government required them to do so. Bank analysts have worried that a wave of…
