Updated throughout the day. The auto task force says GM and Chrysler are recovering ahead of schedule (Reuters) Carl Icahn may force a sale of Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ:TTWO) after buying 11% of…
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…
The holiday shopping season and price cuts are not helping video game sales. November figures from industry research firm NPD show sales of software and consoles in the US dropped almost 8% to…
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…
This was a wild week, and perhaps a disappointment that the news did not propel stocks even higher. There were many key movers though, and we have a very active panel of…
The video game sector is not improving with the economy. It seems to not even be getting ‘less-bad’ with the other sectors that are looking ‘less-bad’ compared to earlier months. Last night’s…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have more detailed volume data and analysis on each stock story via a link over to VSInvestor.com: Smith &…
Reuters:Â Â Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may make bonus payments in stock. Reuters:Â Â China is worried about sticking to dollar deposits. Reuters:Â Â A well-known economist says housing will continue to fall. Reuters:Â Â Bank of…
It is time for the board of Take-Two (NASDAQ:TTWO) to see if it can renegotiate its contract with Zelnick Media, which runs the video game company. The current arrangement calls for Zelnick…
Douglas A. McIntyre Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer may want to reconsider being part of an effort to buy BusinessWeek. A report fromPaidContent says “the multimedia business media giant is working as a strategic partner…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. Updated 2:44 Dell Inc. (NYSE: DELL) will launch a branded Android smartphone thru AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and possibly other carriers next year. Source today is from WSJ,…
BusinessWeek is losing money, over $40 million last year by some accounts, and more if the publication’s corporate overhead is included. There have been questions about whether BusinessWeek is financially viable for…
These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, initiations, and positive research calls seen early from Wall Street: American Axle (NYSE: AXL) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) Started as Outperform…
Reuters:  Sales growth of Ford (F) and Hyundai topped other car companies. Reuters:  The EU could slow a takeover of Sun (JAVA) by Oracle (ORCL). Reuters:  Home sales and factory orders signaled…
The video game sector was supposed to be one of the relative beneficiaries of the recession even if it was not to be entirely immune. The sector was part of the ‘in-living…
