Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts seen trading actively on news or in reaction to peers. We have more detail and analysis over at VSInvestor.com with a…
Regulators in the US and Europe are still sifting through a variety of programs that would create a tariff on large banks to create a pool of money that could be used…
Many tech stocks have doubled or tripled from the March market lows. Short sellers are in many cases willing to bet that ride is not over. The short interest in Micron (MU)…
Reuters: British Air and Iberia signed a merger deal. Reuters: US Airways (LCC) and United (UAUA) are in merger talks. Reuters: A Toyota (TM) executive warned about defects in January. Reuters: Geithner…
Reuters: Oil dropped as the dollar strengthened. Reuters: Samsung posted record profits. Reuters: Greece wants to amend its aid deal with Europe and not use IMF. Reuters: The US Transportation Department will…
Banks’ repayments of TARP preferred stock and warrants continue to turn a profit for the U.S. Treasury Department, according to analysis by SNL Financial done by By Andrew Schukman and Russ Yates.…
Reuters: China said nothing about the US delay of currency manipulations charges. Reuters: Office vacancy rates hit a 16-year high. Reuters: CEO pay is down from last year and Ellison of Oracle…
Everyone loves Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) and the “never be evil” management of Google. Citigroup (C), Goldman Sachs (GS), and the other large firms on Wall St. are among the…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is in the news today because CEO Jamie Dimon issued a scathing letter to shareholders that effectively is attacking the current political climate in Washington…
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) or Primerica Inc. (NYSE: PRI)?… The answer is both or either. The financial supermarket is about to have one less aisle. Citi is spinning off the life-insurance and…
Reuters: Peabody Energy made a bid for Australia’s Macarthur Coal. Reuters: Some Yahoo! (YHOO )email accounts were hacked in China and Taiwan. Reuters: Japan export orders hit a six-year high.
Ireland decided to create the national “bad bank” after the credit crisis, a move the US government considered but rejected. The fate of that decision has come to haunt the small nation,…
Updated throughout the day. Morgan Stanley (MS) will underwrite the sale of the government’s piece of Citigroup (C) (CNBC) JP Morgan’s (JPM) One Equity Partners unit will take CKS private. (WSJ). The…
The federal government may sell its stake in Citigroup (C) at a profits of about $8 billion, according to The Washington Post. But, a sale of the stake, about 27% of the…
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