Next week is still supposed to mark the initial public offering of what me be a very hot IPO. Auto electric-battery maker A123 Systems Inc. is tentatively set to launch and begin…
Reuters: Obama is trying to push Wall St. reform. Reuters: German aid for Opel will go in part to Russia for operations there. Reuters: A global poll shows support for stimulus packages.…
Several consulting firms post annual figures for the world’s most valuable brands. The two best known are probably the Interbrand and BrandZ surveys. They are notably different, up until now at least.…
Apple (AAPL) has a deal with China Unicom (CHU) to sell its iPhone on the mainland. The deal, however, is not exclusive. The head of China Mobile (CHL), which has 500 million…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: International bank regulators are looking at Brazil as a model. Reuters: John Mack will step down at Morgan Stanley’s (MS) CEO. Reuters: The SEC vowed reforms after its report on Madoff revealed mistakes.…
Motorola (MOT), one the world’s No.2 handset company and now nearly out of business, introduced its new flagship product called Cliq. The phone runs the new Google (GOOG) Android mobile operating system.…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street early this Thursday morning: AMAG Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMAG) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to…
Reuters: GM has made its decision on Opel and will announce it today. Reuters: Foreign car makers are having trouble with the affluent market in China Reuters: Steve Jobs made a presentation at…
Generally speaking, success and intrigue in a new hot market brings on competition. It seemed to be a bit of an odd merger to many when Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) acquired…
Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) is signaling something which many smartphone and PDA-phone makers do not want to signal… difficulty grabbing market share for the new Palm Pre. The new promotion out of…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Markets in Asia and Europe were mostly higher with many up over 1%. Cadbury rose on an offer from Kraft (KFT). Rio Tinto (RTP) rose. Reuters: Kraft (KFT) bid $16.7 billion…
Reuters: China is making it difficult for foreigners to trade in its commodidites markets. Reuters: Toshiba will pay $5 billion for a unit of Areva. Reuters: The SEC and CFTC will align…
These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades and positive research calls seen from Wall Street analysts early this Thursday morning: Accenture (ACN) Started as Outperform at Baird. Anadarko Petroleum (APC) Raised to…
Google’s (GOOG) YouTube may finally come up with a way to raise revenue. It streamed nine billion videos last month, but, by some estimates loses $300 million a year. The quality of…
Reuters: The sell-off in Chinese stocks may be overdone based on earnings. Reuters: A report blamed the SEC for not doing its job investigating Madoff. Reuters: The Fed says the risks to…
