7:00pm ET
Media
The End To “Free” At The Wall Street Journal
It costs money to subscribe to the print edition of The Wall Street Journal. The price is $2.29 a week to be exact. The newspaper also charges for its $1.99 a week for its…
AAPL Coverage Page 625
11:35am ET
Investing
In A123 Battery IPO, Buffett Indirectly Wins (AONE, BRK-A, GE, QCOM, MOT, SCMR, AB, PG, AAPL)
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…
4:01am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/14/2009
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.…
9:01pm ET
Investing
The 100 Most Valuable Brands Of 2009?
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.…
5:34am ET
Telecom & Wireless
World’s Largest Cellular Company Still In Talks With Apple (AAPL)
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 3:54am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/11/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
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.…
4:19pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
Motorola (MOT): Right Phone, Wrong Network
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.…
8:49am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMAG, AAPL, BX, JBLU, LAZ, RSH, SF, TLB, TIF, XRX, YHOO)
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…
4:03am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/10/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
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…
3:05pm ET
Consumer Electronics
Apple Wants Cisco’s Flip Video Market (AAPL, CSCO)
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…
3:16pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
Palm Pre Price Cuts… Paradise Lost? (PALM, S, AAPL)
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 6:58am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/7/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
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…
4:05am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/4/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
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…
8:04am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades (ACN, APC, AAPL, CUB, IRF, NANO, PER, RAX, ZUMZ)
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…
5:27am ET
Media
YouTube Joins The Movie Rental Legions
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…