Some wireless companies oppose the use of their networks as a means to make political contributions. (Reuters) Chinese inflation falls as the nation’s economy cools. (Reuters) The push to put together a European…
Mortgage bank Countrywide used its VIP loan program to influence Congress. (Reuters) The search for a CEO for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) narrows to interim chief Ross Levinsohn and Jason Kilar of Hulu.…
Bloomberg reports that Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) may launch a smartphone, which would mean the world’s largest e-commerce company would join the mobile phone sector just after Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)…
As of late last week we had many potentially imminent buyouts that could have hit the market. When we were just finishing the report draft on Friday is when the Amylin Pharmaceuticals,…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) pays $60 million to settle a trademark dispute in China. (Reuters) Factory orders in both Japan and China fall in June. (Reuters) Barclays (NYSE: BCS) Chairman Marcus Agius quits…
EU leaders set a tentative plan to recapitalize troubled banks directly with funds meant to be loaned for sovereign bailouts. (Reuters) Stockton, Calif., files for bankruptcy. (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM)…
If Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is fortunate, its new Nexus 7 tablet will be like a Chrysler automobile. The device is up against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), with its General Motors (NYSE: GM) type…
Angela Merkel goes into today’s EU summit at odds with other leaders about regionwide bonds and austerity. (Reuters) Barclays (NYSE: BCS) pays $453 million to settle a probe on Libor trading. (Reuters)…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is nothing if not determined to slice off a share of Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) dominance of the market for personal media. At the company’s I/O developer’s conference…
Stockton, Calif., is about to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) wins a court decision to stop shipments of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet into the United States. (Reuters)…
Internet research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released its rankings of the top web properties for the month of May. The top 5 of the 50 sites ranked by unique visitors…
Paul Ausick Each year, 24/7 Wall St. identifies 10 important American brands that we predict will disappear within a year. This year’s list reflects the brutally competitive nature of certain industries and the reason…
This report is updated throughout the day if rumors arise on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire. Rumor has it that Samsung’s next version of Galaxy will be larger in its fight to…
The G20 meeting ended with a pledge to support the ongoing integrity of the euro, as well as promises to create plans to bring down the borrowing costs of the region’s weakest…
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has two main partners to help it enter the mobile world. One is Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), which sells the tabletlike e-reader Nook. The…
