What is for sale on Wall St.? It depends on who one wants to believe. Some rumors are false and may be planted for nefarious reasons. Others are true, but their truth…
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) is proposing to buy Yahoo!’s (YHOO) search business. Reuters writes that Barclays (BCS) is looking at a possible bid for Lehman (LEH). Reuters reports that customer satisfaction…
Barclays (BCS) said it would take a write-down of about $2 billion in impaired assets, some of them related to mortgages. The big Brit bank may have to raise $1 billion to…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, profits fell at Barclays (BCS) due to large write-offs. Reuters writes that Carl Icahn has decide to begin a proxy fight against Yahoo! (YHOO) Reuters reports that Sony (SNE)…
Markets in Europe were off at 6.45 AM New York time. The FTSE was down .2% to 6,252. Barclays (BCS) was off 2.5% to 463.25. Unilever was up 3.9% to 1727. The…
Since the government is blamed for all ills and catastrophes it should be praised for the good and right that it does. The SEC said yesterday that brokerages could not keep the…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are ten of the top calls we are seeing that could impact shares early this Thursday morning: Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) started as Market Perform at Morgan Keegan. Allegheny Tech…
Markets in Europe were off at 6.35 AM New York time. The FTSE was down 1.7% to 5,977. Barclays (BCS) was down 2.4% to 445. BHP Billiton (BHP) was off 5% to…
Markets in Europe were up modestly. The FTSE rose .3% to 6,069. Barclays (BCS) fell 4.1% to 458.75. RBS (RBS) fell 4% to 357.75. The DAXX was up .3% to 6,807. Deutsche…
Markets in Europe were up modestly at 6.25 AM New York time. The FTSE rose .6% to 6,013. Barclays (BCS) fell 1.1% to 473.5. Lloyds fell 2.6% to 431.25. The DAXX was…
Markets in Europe rose slightly at 6.25 AM New York time. The FTSE was up .1% to 6,052. Barclay’s (BCS) rose 2.6% to 491.5. SABMiller was up 5.5% to 1,182. The DAXX…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Europe were modestly higher at 6.35 AM The FTSE rose .7% to 5,948. Barclays (BCS) was up 2.9% to 462. BA was up 2.6% to 214. The DAXX rose .4%…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Europe were slightly lower at 6.50 AM New York time. The FTSE was off .4% to 5,895. Barclays (BCS) was off 2.9% to 489.5. British Air was down 3% to…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Europe were up at 6.40 AM. The FTSE was up .7% to 5,744. Barclays (BCS) was up 4.6% to 474 BP (BP) was down 1.9% to 502.5. The DAXX rose…
Markets in Europe were higher at 7 AM New York time. The FTSE was trading up 1.1% to 5,725. Barclays (BCS) was up 3.2% to 459. HBOs was up 4.6% to 566.5.…