According to Reuters, Washington Mutual (WM) fell 30% to a 17-year low. Reuters reports that billionaire Carlos Slim has bought 6% of The New York Times (NYT). Reuters writes that Northrop Grumman…
Boeing (BA) management had to define its success this year by avoiding a strike by its machinists. The executives have already failed at getting the company’s new flagship Dreamliner into production one…
Boeing (BA) was able to get the government to re-open the bidding for the Air Force’s new tanker. In the original round of competition, Boeing was bested by the team of Northrup…
According to Bloomberg, GM (GM) will announce a major restructuring including moving more production to small cars. Reuters reports that regional bank stocks were hit hard by liquidity concerns. Reuters writes that…
According to Reuters, Paulson will push for more market and financial regulations. Reuters writes the Anheuser-Busch (BUD) board will meet on the InBev offer. Reuters reports that the GAO was critical of…
These are ten of the top calls we see affecting shares this Friday morning in the early pre-market trading hours: Aetna (NYSE: AET) raised to neutral at Credit Suisse. Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU)…
Safeway (SWY) Food prices hurting retailing margins. Falls to $25.75 from 52-week high of $38.31. Northrop Grumman (NOC) Q1 charge still weighs on shares. Sell off to $69.48 from 52-week high of…
Fremont General (FMT) Down 50% today. Finally delisted. Hit bottom at $.26 against 52-week high of $13.80. Avnet (AVT) Warns on profits. Slips to $27.76 from 52-week high of $44.68. Kinetic Concepts…
According to Reuters, the war between Northrop Grumman (NOC) and Boeing (BA) is now going on in Congress and the public. Reuters says Dell (DELL) will buy $23 billion of components in…
Boeing (NYSE:BA) talks as if it can reverse the Air Force decision to give a $35 billion tanker contract to Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) and EADS, parent of Airbus. According to Reuters Mark…
Boeing (NYSE: BA) made an official complaint with the Government Accountability Office about a $35 billion Air Force tanker deal which it did not get. The deal went to Northrop Grumman (NYSE:…
According to Reuters, central banks are uniting to ease the credit crisis. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) got EU approval to buy DoubleClick and its shares rose. Reuters reports that Caterpillar (CAT)…
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Airbus go toe to tor for almost very major commercial airline contract in the world. They haul each other into court over international trade practice questions. For pure…
Now that Boeing (NYSE: BA) has officially lost the bidding for a new Air Force tanker to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and EADS, parent of Airbus, it will probably make an official…
The management of EADS sits in Europe watching pork-eating members of Congress talk about the hearings they will hold in an attempt to change the Air Force’s decision to buy $35 billion…
