A bipartisan group of Senators will meet once more to work out a compromise on the budget. (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Facebook have considered a purchase of Skype. (Reuters) The Federal…
Avon (NYSE: AVP) will be taken over by L’Oreal. (The Daily Mail) Forty states attorneys general will probe the mortgage foreclosure debacle (WSJ) John Varvatos, the menswear label currently owned by the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: The Chinese president told Obama that the nation will make its own decision on the yuan. Reuters: Growth and cheap phones were key to Q1 industry growth. Reuters: Twitter will start…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
Reuters: China defended itself against Google’s (GOOG) censorship changes. Reuters: Regulators will face the panel looking at the credit crisis causes. Reuters: The capex outlook in Japan is weak. Reuters: US foreclosures…
Brand measurement is a popular exercise. Several major business magazines run brand value lists. The annual Brand Z and Interbrand lists always get heavy press coverage. Companies are concerned about their rankings…
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
Several consulting firms post annual figures for the world’s most valuable brands. The two best known are probably the Interbrand and BrandZ surveys. They are notably different, up until now at least.…
According to Reuters, Allan Stanford was found in Virginia. Reuters reports that the stimulus is unlikely to fix state problems. Reuters writes that US consumer prices probably moved up in January.
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we have seen on Wall Street this morning: Avon Products (AVP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Cardinal Health (CAH)…
Husbands have long joked that certain segments in their households, such as cosmetics and personal beauty care products, were largely immune from recessions. Many will still joke about this, but the numbers…
Hartford Financial (HIG) Big analyst downgrade. Plunges to $8.23 from 52-week high of $98.70. CIGNA (CI) Profit drops 53%. Stock off to $15.08 from 52-week high of $56.98. Avon (AVP) Weak guidance.…
These are not all of the downgrades or negative calls we are seeing, but these are the stand out calls early this Thursday morning: AIG (AIG) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.…
These are the early bird Downgrades and negative calls from analysts we are seeing this Thursday morning: Akamai (AKAM) Cut to Market Perform at FBR. Avon (AVP) Cut to Hold at Deutsche…
Concern about the health of Apple (AAPL) CEO and founder Steve Jobs has been mounting since his appearance to launch the iPhone 3G model. He was terribly thin. Earlier this week, the…
