America’s Most Successful Second Place Companies
“Never look over your shoulder. Something might be gaining on you.”–Satchel Page Jack Welsh once said that GE would sell any division of the conglomerate that was not No.1 or No.2 in…
“Never look over your shoulder. Something might be gaining on you.”–Satchel Page Jack Welsh once said that GE would sell any division of the conglomerate that was not No.1 or No.2 in…
Reuters: The Chinese president told Obama that the nation will make its own decision on the yuan. Reuters: Growth and cheap phones were key to Q1 industry growth. Reuters: Twitter will start…
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…
Reuters: The costs of the US bailout of the financial industry was $89 billion. Reuters: Goldman Sachs (GS) and AIG (AIG) are unwinding their CDS positions. Reuters: The euro surged on news…
The new Apple (AAPL) iPhone operating system, known as OS 4.0, was only introduced two days ago. Hackers have already broken into the system so that they can run pirated software on…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have…
Reuters: The Fed once again pledged low interest rates. Reuters: If the yuan rises, the euro may be badly hurt. Reuters: Soda companies are hurt by the economy according to AlixPartners. Reuters: …
Today, Google gets over 9.5 billion searches per month in the United States. Although search engines such as Microsoft’s Bing compete for a share of the market, they present no real threat…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have…
Apple’s (AAPL) cost to build its new iPad is extraordinarily low compared to what the firm charges consumers. iSuppli, a research firm which analyzes hardware expense of goods, estimates the total cost to build an…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have…
Most market experts would not have expected Apple’s (AAPL) market value to have passed Walmart’s (WMT) or GE’s (GE). But, it has even though the maker of the iPad and iPod had revenue of…
Reuters: Oil dropped as the dollar strengthened. Reuters: Samsung posted record profits. Reuters: Greece wants to amend its aid deal with Europe and not use IMF. Reuters: The US Transportation Department will…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may have already unleashed its iPad and already disclosed its first day sales of more than 300,000 iPad units. We have already seen many analyst calls this morning. We…
Updated throughout the day. Democrats are unhappy about an Obama Memorial Day deadline for a financial reform package (Politico) Yamaha plans to raise $810 million. (Bloomberg) Extended Stay, the hotel company, favors a…