M&A activity picked up in the second half of 2009 as the market moved up and access to capital for big companies improved. Corporate debt offerings soared and banks began to make…
Tiger Woods has been the dominating news force over the last week. It has been such a distraction that we have even worried that this would take everyone’s eyes and ears off…
These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: American Express (NYSE: AXP) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Capital One (NYSE: COF) Started as…
Reuters: Senate Democrats unveiled their healthcare plan. Reuters: Hedge fund manage Griffin has rebounded from losses. Reuters: GM must pay its debt and become profitable before an IPO. Reuters: Kraft (NYSE:KFT) is…
American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) is about to get larger in the credit arena, and in a new path than its traditional high-end clients. The company announced that it has agreed to…
Douglas A. McIntyre Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) has shown its Q3-2009 holdings as of September 30, 2009. We had already seen how his securities holdings were up on the books in the holdings with…
The CEO of American Express (NYSE:AXP) Kenneth Chenault said that credit card spending by his customer was up 3% in October compared to September and up 1% from October of last year. That…
Reuters: Japan Airlines faces $8.8 billion in excess debt if liquidated. Reuters: Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) beat Wall St. estimates. Reuters: GM’s CEO will get a pay raise. Reuters: Nokia (NYSE:NOK) sued Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)…
American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) and Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) have both reported earnings this afternoon. We saw estimates rise in recent days as many lenders were discussing better credit…
We still have two DJIA components to report earnings this week. If you can believe it this week marked 12 of the 30 components reporting earnings, and that takes us to a…
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…
We have already run the 5 of the 30 DJIA components that reported earnings this morning. But we still have 7 more of the 30 DJIA components reporting during the rest of…
Reuters: The pay czar plans to rework employee pay at large banks. Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) may enter the tech M&A frenzy. Reuters: Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) says some Hotmail passwords were exposed. Reuters: The…
Personal bankruptcies posted a big increase in September, not a surprise as unemployment races toward 10%. The American Bankruptcy Institute reports that the September 2009 consumer filings total reached 124,790, a 41%…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Ken Lewis will step down as CEO of Bank of America (BAC) Reuters: Cisco (CSCO) bought Tandbeg for $3 billion. Reuters: The IMF raised forecasts for US GDP but warned on…
