Plans for a budget vote by Republicans in the House fell apart (Reuters) Moody’s threatened to downgrade Spain (Reuters) BSkyB will have a $1.6 billion share buyback (Reuters) S&P said the U.S.…
If you have been a reader of 24/7 Wall St. for long, you know that we appreciate companies that pay dividends just about as much the investors who buy companies because of…
The trend among short sellers for the last two months is that they gamble against shares in the weakest public companies. Perhaps they sense that an economic downturn or U.S. debt default…
Most of the focus on tech earnings this season has been on the extraordinary gains of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and even older companies like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Intel…
Congress and the White House have made little progress on the debt talks (Reuters) The U.S. has come perilously close to a cut of its debt to Aa (Reuters) Moody’s warned that…
Jon Ogg24/7 Wall St. normally covers research and analyst calls each morning of the week. After reviewing these, there always turn out to be some insightful research calls that stand well apart…
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for July 22, 2011. These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in…
Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may enter the bidding for Hulu (WSJ) Obama and Boehner have had secret meetings to settle the budget crisis (NYT) Douglas A. McIntyre
Douglas A. McIntyre NokiaWhy does troubled handset company Nokia (NYSE: NOK) own NAVTEQ, which is a map and traffic software company? The unit competes with several powerful rivals, including Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG),…
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:…
Germany and France reached a deal on how to handle the Greek debt crisis (MarketWatch) China’s PMI growth rate slowed to the lowest level since July 2010 (MarketWatch) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may…
We are tracking many movers in the pre-market trading session this morning. The moves are mostly to do with earnings and today’s top movers are as follows: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Brocade…
Updated throughout the day Some Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) directors have begun to look for a CEO replacement for Steve Jobs (WSJ) HSBC will help federal authorities locate accounts of Americans with…
Douglas A. McIntyre Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Outperform and $500 target at Credit…
There was a dispute about whether Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) board has formally discussed succession or even spoken with a large executive recruitment firm. Of course both things have happened. The issue…
