The mini-PC helped pull the industry though the global recession. Its sales outstripped those of larger, more expensive PCs. Research groups like Gartner proclaimed that the trend might go on for years…
Reuters: BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) is likely to show strong profits as it continues its quest to buy Potash (NYSE: POT). Reuters: Chrysler will have a hard time turning a profit this…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
M&A is back and investment bankers across the world are counting on large deals to make them highly profitable again. The mergers business was hurt by the economic downturn, M&A deals that…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) can afford to buy GM. The No. 1 US auto firm makes a fair amount of money, has nearly 20% of the American car market, and is the largest…
Reuters: Korean National Oil made a bid for UK firm Dana Petroleum Reuters: Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) shares dropped on concern about a tech slowdown. Reuters: Potash (NYSE: POT)…
Updated throughout the day. The Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4 and iPad will go on sales in China via China Unicom (NYSE: CHU) (Caixin) India has found a way to tap…
Douglas A. McIntyre There are already grey market versions of the iPhone 4 and iPad on sale in China, many of them brought in through Hong Kong. And, there are a number of cheap knock-offs…
Reuters: There do not appear to be any bids to rival BHP Billiton’s (NYSE: BHP) for Potash (NYSE: POT) Reuters: A US government agency is considering more self-regulation for oil Reuters: GM…
What happens when large hedge funds shut down? They unload their holdings, at least assuming the clients say they would prefer to receive share distributions. Stanley Druckenmiller is shutting down his Duquesne…
Updated throughout the day. Jodie Fisher may have lost consulting revenue because she did not sleep with Mark Hurd of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) (various) GM may sell preferred shares as part of…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) earned an ‘underperform’ rating and a $525/share price target from Wedbush Securities as the investment firm started coverage on the world’s leading search engine. Wedbush cited strong competition from…
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) may have just taken a page out of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) playbook. By creating demand where there has been none, this could be a significant point…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Reuters: Japan’s Q2 CGP was only .1% or a rate of .4% for the year. Reuters: Worries about growth have moved from Europe to the US. Reuters: Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)…
