South Korea has become the latest country to open up to sales of the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. According to The Wall Street Journal, The Korea Communications Commission has approved the sale of…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: A dispute over tires is making trade talks among G20 nations difficult. Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) will give Congress documents about Merrill. Reuters: Th G20 is looking at ways to…
Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon (AMZN), is known for being eccentric, but his new handset offer may be taking that act a bit too far. Every cellphone that operates…
DVD sales are flagging and rentals are up, news which is likely to be unwelcome at the major movie studios. The Digital Entertainment Group announced that in the first half of this…
These are this Friday morning’s top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street affecting shares: Allstate (ALL) Raised to Buy at Argus. American Tower Corp. (AMT) Started as Outperform…
While the markets have started to sell off by what feels almost as ‘sharply,’ we have noticed late morning that a huge number 0f major technology stocks have hit 52-week highs on…
Reuters: Obama’s move on trade with China makes good on a promise to labor. Reuters: Uninsured Americans hope healthcare reform will bring them coverage. Reuters: Adobe (ADBE) will buy Omniture for $1.8…
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…
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…