Reuters: GM has made its decision on Opel and will announce it today. Reuters: Foreign car makers are having trouble with the affluent market in China Reuters: Steve Jobs made a presentation at…
The Bank of America (BAC) deal with the SEC to settle charges that it mislead investors about Merrill Lynch bonus payments in it proxy to approve the Merrill buyout is already being…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: First Solar (FSLR) plans a huge solar field in China. Reuters: Kraft (KFT) plans to cut its supplier base to save costs. Reuters: Cuomo may charge Bank of America (BAC) over…
Now that we are out of the woods in the crash scenario, assuming this week is no ill omen, investors may want to know which of the big companies would start to…
Reuters: Sales growth of Ford (F) and Hyundai topped other car companies. Reuters: The EU could slow a takeover of Sun (JAVA) by Oracle (ORCL). Reuters: Home sales and factory orders signaled…
Reuters: Ebay (EBAY) will sell Skype to private investors. Reuters: China’s manufacturing index gained. Reuters: A late Labor Day will hurt August retail sales. Reuters: A US judge ruled against AIG (AIG)…
It is usually a wonder when you see bank and brokerage firms analyst upgrades or downgrades on competitors in the bank and brokerage sector… Are they really downgrading themselves? That is the…
The DJIA has risen for eight straight days and the verdict is still out as to how today’s close will go. With major indexes trading over 50% above their March lows and…
The volatility late last year and in March should have pushed all of the speculators out of the US stock markets. Very few investors made money and a number of individuals and…
Reuters: Price cuts on video consoles by Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE) have causeD the competition in the field to heat up. Reuters: AIG’s (AIG) new CEO says he is working hard…
Paulson & Co. Inc. has become a very influential firm that can now move a market after John Paulson made billions from properly betting against the fate of the US financial and…
Reuters: Derivatives traders dipped into $4 trillion in client collateral. Reuters: Home sales and durable orders improved. Reuters: The US softened its stance on private equity deals to buy banks. Reuters: The…
Reuters: Senator Edward Kennedy died at age 77. Reuters: The US Postal System is seeking 30,000 job cuts. Reuters: US housing and confidence data moved up. Reuters: White House and CBO debt…
Short sellers moved out of tech stocks in large volumes at mid-month. Based on short interest figures as of August 14, shares short in Intel (INTC) fell 33% to 88.3 million. The…
By Douglas A. McIntyre The federal judge who was supposed to approve a $33 million settlement between Bank of America (BAC) and the SEC over omissions in the bank’s proxy statement for…
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