The first attempts to market video phones are now 30 years or more old. They were run on residential landlines, weak sisters to the video conferencing just emerging at large companies. But,…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Research-in-Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry has not been pulled down from its perch as one of the world leading cellphones by either the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone or Google- (NASDAQ: GOOG) powered…
The US Attorney of the Southern District of Manhattan, home to most prosecutions of Wall St. firms, has begun an investigation into Goldman Sachs Group’s (NYSE: GS) trading to see if any…
WSJ: Warren Buffett intends to discuss his investment in Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) at the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) annual meeting. Reuters: Federal authorities have started a criminal probe into Goldman.…
Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) will gamble on the smartphone industry with its buyout of Palm (NADSAQ: PALM) Reuters: The oil spill from a BP plc (NYSE: BP) rig is close to shore. Reuters: …
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is the first to take a bite into Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM). Shortly after today’s closing bell, H-P and Palm said they entered into a definitive agreement where HP…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is lower this morning on several issues. A soft tape is one, a small chip acquisition is another, but the company now has a Taiwanese company called Elan…
Reuters: The Fed will probably say it will keep rates low. Reuters: Republicans have come up with their own bank reform plan. Reuters: Wellpoint says it will stop dropping patients. Reuters: Oil…
The age of the American CEO did not begin until the end of the 19th century. Prior to that time, all the largest businesses in America were run by owners and families…
We have several big movers this morning in our day trader and active trader alerts. Two current favorites… Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is down 1% ahead of the CEO testimony;…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) reversed course today and said it will not offer its Nexus One handset on the Verizon Wireless network. The reason for the decision is a secret but almost certainly represents…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
China’s tech pirates are at it again. Merchants in the People’s Republic are selling knock-of versions of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, Reuters reports. They look a bit different from the original…
Reuters: Germany’s ruling party is keeping pressure on Greece to restructure debt. Reuters: The growth forecasts of the G20 do not make economic sense. Reuters: Oil moved higher on strong economic numbers.…
In the late 1990s, shares of Xerox Corp. (NYSE:XRX) topped $60. When the high-tech industry imploded in 2001, Xerox shares fell to below $5. Since then the shares have risen to about…
