The House defeated a bill to raise the national debt limit. (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) unsuccessfully tried to form a venture with Facebook. (Reuters) SAC is under investigation for its trading of…
Next week is supposed to mark the launch of earnings season. It will still be a tad light compared the two weeks that follow, but there are some market-movers and some sector-movers to…
It is 12:00 Noon and that means it is time for The M&A Daily. While news came out on Monday that Charles Schwab Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHW) was acquiring optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is getting hit hard today on news that Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group has sold shares in the stock in a registered offering. Don’t be fooled by…
Profits at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) rose 88% in the fourth quarter compared with the same period a year ago. Competitor Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) reported yesterday that its profits…
The S&P 500 Index rose about 17% in 2010, a good year by any measure. That rise apparently indicates that investors’ appetite for risk is growing. But is that actually the case? …
Insider selling by millionaire and billionaire corporate insiders is already rising, but it is about to go through the roof. Forget the politics and forget the morale left behind as a result,…
Irrelevant CNBC has reported that GM will not allocate any shares in its IPO for customers of Charles Schwab (NASDAQ: SCHW), TDAmeritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD), and E*Trade (NASDAQ: EFTC). That means retail investors…
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Raised to Perform at Oppenheimer. Advanced Micro Devices,…
It has been a week since E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) reported earnings. We have also seen earnings this week from TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD), and The Charles Schwab Corporation…
$100 billion… That is roughly the combined tally of August share buyback announcements and merger announcements. This may not be a record, but it has to be one of the most active…
Reuters: Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is expected to stop bidding for 3Par (NYSE: PAR). Reuters: BHP Billiton ((NYSE: BHP) says it will not divest Potash (NYSE: POT) divisions. Reuters: Consumer spending rose slightly…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) Target raised overseas by UBS. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA)…
These are this Thursday morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. American Capital, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS) Cut…
