By Douglas A. McIntyre A number of media, including the Nikkei business daily, are reporting that the Japanese government is considering taking its huge flagship carrier JAL into bankruptcy. The news follows…
The Brookings Institution, The New York Times, and Bloomberg all covered the news that Texas added more people than any other state between July of 2008 and this past July, 479,000 according…
Many investors use the last few weeks of each year to sell stocks on which they have posted losses to help their tax position. Other investors simply clean the dead wood out…
Updated throughout the day. Tudor Investments will close its largest fund to investors (Bloomberg) Steve Cohen of SAC made money illegally trading on the RCA buyout by GE (NYSE:GE) (Cohen’s ex-wife) Apollo…
Reuters:Â Â Obama’s poll ratings on the economy dropped. Reuters:Â Â Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) picked insider Brian Moynihan as CEO. Reuters:Â Â Bernanke’s confirmation should pass its first hurdle. Reuters:Â Â The US delayed selling…
Lower oil prices and a resurgent economy should help the airlines post improved results in 2010, but that expectation is hardly true. The industry lost $11 billion in 2010. The International Air…
Reuters:  Abu Dhabi supplied Dubai with $10 billion in bail out funds. Reuters:  Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) is optimistic about its fight against Kraft (NYSE:KFT). Reuters:  Arcelor Mittal could cut 10,000 jobs. Reuters:  “Naked access”…
Reuters:Â Â Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may make bonus payments in stock. Reuters:Â Â China is worried about sticking to dollar deposits. Reuters:Â Â A well-known economist says housing will continue to fall. Reuters:Â Â Bank of…
Reuters:Â Â Affluent borrowers are being made credit card offers. Most other people are rarely solicited. Reuters:Â Â Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) will repay $45 billion in TARP funds. Reuters:Â Â AMRÂ (NYSE:AMR) and TPGÂ have offered…
The rumor that US Air (NYSE:LCC) and American (NYSE:AMR) may merge is not so far-fetched today, or that Southwest (NYSE:LUV) might take over JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU). British Air and Iberia, the flag carriers of…
Updated throughout the day. 11:45 AM EST: Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) may seek to sell its Home & Networking division for about $4.5 billion according to WSJ. -Jon Ogg American Air (NYSE:AMR)…
American Airlines (NYSE:AMR) is competing with Delta (NYSE:DAL) to form a close partnership with financially troubled Japan Air. Both US carriers would like ready access to JAL’s tremendous network of flights around…
Reuters:  Two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were acquited. Reuters:  Zucker, NBCU’s current CEO, will head the company when Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) buys a majority of the company from GE (NYSE:GE). Reuters: Dodd’s super-bank regulator…
Updated throughout the day. Update 2.52 PM EST: The antitrust disagreement between Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and AMD (NYSE:AMD) may be resolved by a private settlement (MarketWatch) Updated 12.23 PM EST: Motorola (NYSE:MOT) may…
Updated throughout the day. Updated at 11.49 AM EST:Â Reynolds Americam (NYSE:RAI) may buy Niconovum, a Swedish maker of nicotine gum and mouth sprays (Boomberg) Updated at 10.12 AM EST: Wells Fargo…
