Reuters: The federal government will supply states with $1.5 billion in funds for small businesses. Reuters: Financial leaders around the world have begun to work to stop a currency war. Reuters: Japan…
As investors ready themselves for Halloween, images of the macabre are hard to escape. The stock market also is filled with death metaphors. Companies SLASH costs and stocks are PUMMELED by bad…
Reuters: George Soros says Germany has a deflation problem. Reuters: China helped keep the yuan’s value low by giving aid to Greece. Reuters: China ignored EU comments about the yuan. Reuters: Congress…
Toshiba has introduced a 3D TV that does not require consumers to wear the odd glasses that people must wear to view movies using the technology. Many electronics companies say that 3D…
Amazon.com (NYSE: AMZN) has begun to raise the price of some of its e-books above their paper versions. According to The New York Times, “Don’t Blink,” by James Patterson and Howard Roughan,…
Reuters: Bank of Japan moved rates to zero Reuters: September retail sales were probably up due to promotions. Reuters: Obama said the fiscal situation was untenable. Reuters: Twitter appointed a new CEO.…
This weekend’s edition of The Unusual Suspects is different. While some earnings focus is made, there are several key events coming up that investors and traders alike will want to watch. Don’t…
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) Cut to Sell at Societe Generale. Amazon.com, Inc.…
A temporary job is better than no job, until the person who has it is fired. Toys “R” Us said yesterday that it would add 45,000 workers for the holidays. Presumably, unless…
Douglas A. McIntyre Blockbuster filed for Chapter 11 as expected. The rental chain declared that it reached agreement with a group of bondholders holding approximately 80.1 percent principal amount of the company’s 11 3/4 percent…
The demand for e-readers is nearly insatiable and the trend is likely to continue, at least for a little while. People with e-readers read more, which is good for the e-book industry.…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Neutral at Robert W. Baird; Cut to…
Ron Bukle’s fierce battle for Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is baffling for many reasons. The biggest mystery is why he is bothering at all. Barnes & Noble’s prospects are so…
In breathless prose that it does so well, CNBC sounded the alarm bell about the future of television. Check out the first paragraph: “An alarming survey by Credit Suisse should serve as…
You probably already know now that Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has promised to pay a dividend of 1.5 to 2% initially for 2011. After a multi-year period of dead performance, this…
