Media Digest 5/28/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Ford Motor (NYSE: F) may kill the Mercury brand. Reuters: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is finding a flood of Asian buyers for the iPad. Reuters: Prudential plc is in talks with…
Reuters: Ford Motor (NYSE: F) may kill the Mercury brand. Reuters: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is finding a flood of Asian buyers for the iPad. Reuters: Prudential plc is in talks with…
The bets made for and against banks and tech companies were mixed for the period ending April 14. Short selling showed no particular pattern for the two huge industries. Shorts were out…
Reuters: Shares in Europe plunged Reuters: Oil hit the shores of Louisiana Reuters: The EU faces scrutiny over whether its austerity measure will be adequate. Reuters: The euro moved up in a…
Reuters: The Senate backed restrictions on credit rating agencies and credit card fees. Reuters: Oil dropped to a three-month low based on demand. Reuters: Facebook will hold a staff meeting on privacy.…
Reuters: The Senate will begin to vote on the financial reform bill. Reuters: Regulators are considering an antitrust case against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reuters: Tensions between Germany and France over the Greek…
Reuters: UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA) and Continental’s (NYSE: DAL) boards approved a merger. Reuters: Investors are concerned about the Greek rescue package. Reuters: Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) defended Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS)…
WSJ: Warren Buffett intends to discuss his investment in Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) at the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) annual meeting. Reuters: Federal authorities have started a criminal probe into Goldman.…
In the late 1990s, shares of Xerox Corp. (NYSE:XRX) topped $60. When the high-tech industry imploded in 2001, Xerox shares fell to below $5. Since then the shares have risen to about…
These are some of the key research calls from this Thursday’s analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Reiterated Buy but added to…
Reuters: Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) password operation was hit by cyberattacks. Reuters: A leading political party in Germany is urging that the nation not deal with Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS). Reuters: …
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 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…
This week is a jam-packed list full of the Unusual Suspects. We have many earnings reports, enough that we had to screen out some, and we have many issues to watch for…
Next week actually has some key earnings despite the notion that earnings season is over. We have many tied to retail due to the notion that most stocks in the national retail…
These are some of the top Wall Street research calls from analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Wednesday morning: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Started as Buy at Citigroup. Check Point…