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…
Now that we are out of the woods in the crash scenario, assuming this week is no ill omen, investors may want to know which of the big companies would start to…
Vanity Fair has announced its “The New Establishment 100″ list for 2009. The selections are based on wealth, influence, and philanthropy, as well as such intangibles as vision and the X factor.”…
Reuters: Ebay (EBAY) will sell Skype to private investors. Reuters: China’s manufacturing index gained. Reuters: A late Labor Day will hurt August retail sales. Reuters: A US judge ruled against AIG (AIG)…
There are two ways to look at the economic relationship between Apple (AAPL) and AT&T (T) and both may be accurate. AT&T says it has signed up 10 million subscribers to buy…
Reuters: The best investment for Chinese companies may be the nation’s own 1.3 billion person home market. Reuters: Japan’s Democrats took power. Reuters: Economists say there is no need for a second…
Apple (AAPL) finally has its deal to distribute the iPhone in China after months of rumors and speculation. China Unicom (CHU), the second largest wireless carrier on the mainland, says it has…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Price cuts on video consoles by Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE) have causeD the competition in the field to heat up. Reuters: AIG’s (AIG) new CEO says he is working hard…
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is about to report earnings. Thomson Reuters has estimates for the former PC-leader at $0.23 EPS and $12.59 billion in revenues. For next quarter those targets are $0.26…