Reuters: US regulators are looking at steering problems on the Toyota (TM) Corolla. Reuters: Greece says it is not seeking EU taxpayers’ money. Reuters: Gold fell on an IMF sale. Reuters: US state…
“Ashes to ashes , dust to dust”…The Book of Common Prayer “Remember Caesar, thou art mortal” — William Shakespeare The media creates and distributes hundreds of lists of the most powerful, the richest, and …
Reuters: The IMF may join the bailout of Greece. Reuters: The European Central Bank will help in efforts to ease Greek debt. Reuters: Motorola (NYSE:MOT) will split its businesses in half in…
Updated throughout the day. The Fed is in talks with money market funds to see if they will help to take $1 trillion out of the financial system (Bloomberg) Apple (AAPL) has…
Reuters: The EU summit will address the Greek bailout. Reuters: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will test an ultra-high speed broadband system. Reuters: Sweden took that top spot from the US for use of telecom…
Short interest in major banks rose sharply for the period that ended on January 31. Share short in Citigroup (NYSE:C) were up 11% to 439 million. The short interest in Bank of…
Updated throughout the day. Toyota (TM) will recall the Prius in Japan (Reuters) JPMorgan (JPM) chief Jamie Dimon will be paid $15 million to $20 million in 2009 compensation (FT) Barclays (BCS) will bail…
Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) said it would have charges of $2 billion for recalls, but posted a profit last quarter and improved its forecasts. Reuters: Shell’s (RDS.A) profits fell sharply. Reuters: Sony (NYSE:SNE)…
The trend begun by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) to pay bankers and management generous bonuses has begun to move to other financial firms. AIG (NYSE:AIG) said it had been able to get back…
Reuters: Volcker believes that banks should not be allowed to make risky trades. Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) sales dropped after its recall announcements. Reuters: More US consumers are paying credit cards before mortgages. Reuters: …
Reuters: Congress will probe the Toyota (NYSE:TM) recalls. Reuters: Samsung said chip and TV demand is strengthening. Reuters: Some AIG (NYSE:AIG) employees are open to cuts in retention pay.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was cross-examined yesterday by the House Oversight and Government Reform committee. The lawmakers could not understand why AIG (AIG) got $182 billion in taxpayer bailout cash. They said that it…
Reuters: The Toyota (NYSE:TM) recalls grew to 8 million. Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) is considering selling its real estate unit. Reuters: Wall St. will fight Obama’s plan for the banking system. Reuters: Obama…
Updated throughout the day. The Fed may gamble that it can end purchases of mortgage paper without hurting the housing market (Bloomberg) Microsoft (MSFT) Window Mobil 7 will be out this summer …
Reuters: Obama will focus on jobs and the deficit. Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) will suspend manufacturing of eight models. Reuters: Geithner and the NY Fed defended their actions in AIG (AIG) bailout. Reuters: China will…
