Media Digest (8/31/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
An Institute for Policy Studies report says many CEOs at the 100 largest U.S. companies made more than their companies paid in taxes. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) knew of a…
An Institute for Policy Studies report says many CEOs at the 100 largest U.S. companies made more than their companies paid in taxes. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) knew of a…
It was only recently that Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) dropped the news that it was evaluating strategic alternatives for its PC group, called the Personal Systems Group. At the time the company…
The first problem Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) faces as it tries to sell its PC business is what an acquirer would have to pay. The second is that the PC industry is slowly…
A federal judge has ruled that music locker service MP3tunes has, in fact, infringed on the copyrights owned by music companies by allowing users to use a program to locate music on…
SABMiller makes a hostile bid for Foster’s Group. (Reuters) The Swiss National Bank says the franc is overvalued. (Reuters) News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) management under more pressure as a reporter says News…
In the seemingly never-ending round of intellectual property lawsuits over smartphone technology, Taiwan’s HTC Corp. has fired the latest shot. The smartphone maker has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission…
Game consoles and handheld game players took another shot to the chin today as Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) dropped the price of its Playstation 3 console by $50 on both the $299…
Risk in Europe continues to drag on global shares. (Reuters) Concerns about how S&P (NYSE: MHP) sets rating bring calls for reform. (Reuters) Rules on CME (NASDAQ: CME) margins move gold lower.…
The Federal Reserve is under pressure to offer solutions to falling markets and a slow economy. (Reuters) The Swiss franc hits a record against the euro. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)…
Wall St. had its worst sell-off in two years (Reuters) Regulators have begun to tussle over interpretations of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill (Reuters) LinkedIn (NYSE: LNK) posted strong earnings and a…
Sales of video games fell by 10% in June according to market research firm NPD Group, from $1.15 billion in June 2010 to $1.03 billion. This past May was even worse, with…
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for July 28, 2011. These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in…
Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS) cut 2,000 jobs as the bank’s results faltered (Reuters) Investors tried to move to safe investments as a default became more likely (Reuters) A new Boehner plan will…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) posted strong results, but Windows revenue may continue to drop as PC sales fade (Reuters) The Justice Department will look into whether the advertising operations of News Corp (NYSE:…
Sony (NYSE: SNE) continues to humiliate itself with a series of poor decisions, many of which have severely damaged earnings. The latest of these is to launch yet another e-reader into a…