The members of the Federal Reserve are more divided about what steps the central bank should take next to mute inflation and help the expansion. (Reuters) Americans are telling the Fed that…
Japan’s markets fell on concerns about contaminated drinking water (Reuters) The US has stopped imports from the area around Japan’s nuclear disaster (Reuters) The damage to Japan could cost $300 billion (Reuters)…
“We will encourage the best firms to acquire or build up overseas operations and to license or acquire famous global brands in order to obtain international recognition and improve the image and…
When Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) coughed up $1.65 billion for YouTube in 2006, there were plenty of questions about what the Google brass was smoking. It’s still not clear whether YouTube is…
It was just two years ago today that the U.S. markets reached an absolute bottom. Investors were reeling and the public was literally getting ready for a breakdown of the system. After…
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae moved to the top of the negative news search as both lost billions of dollars. Frontier Oil remained high on the list due to concerns about its…
Frontier Oil is receiving the most bad press this morning after posting poor earnings. And, investors are still upset about its M&A deal with Holly. Holly posted good earnings but it investors…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEIS) Raised to Buy and $19…
The SEC will try to make market traders less reliant on ratings agencies. (Reuters) GM (NYSE: GM) will set up a profit-sharing plan for workers. (WSJ) S&P warned Japan on its credit…
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is finding some love after The Mouse House managed to beat earnings handily. The entertainment and media giant, and DJIA component, reported earnings for its first…
Jon C. Ogg For its first fiscal quarter of 2011, Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA) reported that profit fell -12% and revenue fell by -4.8% due mainly to weakness in the company’s film business. Viacom’s cable…
The press made a great deal of the change in command at the top of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). It is hardly a change at all. The new CEO of the giant search…
Many investors find no better teacher than Warren Buffett. His place as one of the world’s wealthiest men speaks for itself thanks to the almost unimaginable gains seen by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.…
The cost of carrying Monday Night Football is about to go from being expensive to off the charts. We Americans probably never think of the costs behind carrying the game. The costs…
Rumors are still running rampant despite the upcoming slow period around the holidays. The biggest macroeconomic issue surrounds the chatter around China, first with it saying it will buy more sovereign debt…
