courtesy of MicrosoftCyprus likely to be pushed out of the European Union if it cannot repair its finances enough to get aid. (Reuters) An Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report…
courtesy Dell Inc.If Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) can top an buyout offer by Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners to buy Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), the private equity firm may have…
ThinkstockEuropean Business Activity Cyprus is not the only major concern for the European Union. The purchasing managers index (PMI) for the region plunged in March as more evidence came in that austerity…
courtesy of AOL, IncChina’s PMI rises, but the improvement is unimpressive. (Reuters) Cyprus will keep banks closed and may nationalize pension funds. (Reuters) The Fed will hold interest rates as they are,…
courtesy Dell Inc.Financial firm Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) may make a offer to take Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) private, an offer that would be higher than one from Michael Dell and Silver Lake.…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said today that the CR Intrinsic unit of hedge fund SAC Capital has agreed to pay $600 million to settle insider trading charges brought by…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 28 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
courtesy of AOL, IncYahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) workers worry that overly high standards for job candidates set by CEO Marissa Mayer have hurt rebuilding the workforce. (Reuters) The MGM board may set…
courtesy Dell Inc.In a terse press release this morning, Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP) said that it has entered a confidentiality agreement with Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and “looks forward…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Twitter is now a place where people can create stock hoaxes. (Reuters) U.S. companies keep profits abroad, according to a Wall Street Journal survey. (WSJ) Japan’s machinery orders fall.…
ThinkstockYou have heard of all sorts of bubbles in the financial world. There are instances like the housing bubble, a bond bubble, the dot-com bubble, the tech bubble, the private equity bubble, and…
ThinkstockThe Wall Street Journal reported that S&P 500 companies will return $300 billion to shareholders in 2013 via dividends and share purchases. The figure is a record, which would imply a level…
courtesy of AOL, IncThe European Central Bank cuts its growth forecasts for group members and says inflation is not a threat. (Reuters) The Motorola division of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will cut…
ThinkstockThe ability for consumers to view the world from the screen of their smartphone or tablet device is quickly changing the technology world. The need for faster access, more processing power and…
ThinkstockNow that Carl Icahn has a toehold at Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and fired off a letter to that company’s board on how shareholders should be treated, he’s getting down to business…
